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 APPENDIX E5 

PART 5 – OBTAINING PROFESSIONAL STATUS  ADDITIONAL ASSIGNMENTS ASSIGNMENTS – CHAPTERS CHAPTERS 16, 17 & 18 

CHAPTER 16 – WRITING THE PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE EXAM AC#'$EGE%E#T:  The author would like to express his appreciation to  provincial Associations Associations in Alberta, Alberta, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, and Ontario for their assistance in obtaining sample questions from previous rofessional ractice !xams" The questions have been significantl# adapted from the originals" The sources are not specificall# identified b# province, because b ecause all questions are good  preparation for exams in all provinces" $our $our answers should be substantiated, where  possible, b# references to the provincial or territorial Act, %egulations, or &ode of !thics"

Essay-Type Essay-Type Exa!"a#!$" %&es#!$"s 16.1 – Deviation from Construction Plans A building contractor engages a rofessional !ngineer to design and p repare drawings for  the formwork and scaffolding for a reinforced concrete building to meet building code requirements" The engineer does this and affixes his seal and signature to the original tracings, which he turns over to the contractor" 's 's this acceptable professional practice( )ater the engineer is asked to inspect the scaffolding as built and finds that in man# significant parts of his design has been altered and the contractor*s superintendent has  built it the wa# he thought it should be built" 'n particular, some important features of his drawings that affect building safet# have been altered" *estion:  +hat should the engineer do( +hat are the engineer*s responsibilities to the  building owner, the contractor and to the profession( iscuss iscuss this situation, and the engineer*s professional responsibilit# for the safet# of the future tenants"

16.2 – Hiring of Employees Employees !ngineer A was emplo#ed b# &onsulting !ngineer B for five #ears before resigning from her work with B and starting her own consulting practice" -hortl# thereafter, &onsulting !ngineer B learns that some of his sub.professional emplo#ees /designers, technologists, etc"0 are working for A in in their spare time /evenings and weekends0" Both consulting firms compete for the same work, so !ngineer B believes that his compan# information is  being applied to benefit !ngineer A" Also, he believes that the outside work b# his sub. sub.  professional emplo#ees is too extensive, and diminishes their productivit# in his his compan#" 1e notes that recent profits have been sharpl# reduced"

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*estion:  id A act unethicall# b# emplo#ing &onsulting !ngineer B*s sub.professional emplo#ees without his knowledge, in their spare time /evenings and weekends0(

16.3 – Obection to a !uality "tan#ar#  2ohn oe, an engineer emplo#ed b# a testing laborator#, represents his firm on a standards committee for automobile products" All but two of the members of this ten.  person committee are engineers" After much deliberation on one standard, the committee arrives at a consensus, but oe is violentl# opposed to the result and registers his ob3ection" After carefull# considering this ob3ection, the committee passes the standard for formal publication" -ubsequentl#, the laborator# receives a contract to test automobile  products to this standard, and oe is assigned the 3ob of supervising the tests, compiling the final report, which indicates that the samples meet the requirements of the standard, and signing the report on behalf of the firm" 1e ob3ects because he considers that his signature on a report attesting to the conformance of a product with a standard indicates that he endorses the standard" *estion:  's he correct in his assumption( +hat action should he take(

16.$ – Possible Conflict of %nterest in Purc&asing' An engineer works for a large consulting engineering firm, designing and specif#ing electrical equipment" -he owns shares in a large, well.known electrical manufacturing compan#" 1er shareholdings amount to onl# a ver# small fraction of one percent of all shares issued" *estion:  's it a violation of the &ode of !thics for this engineer to select and specif# equipment made b# a compan# in which she holds stock( 'n #our answer, explain what she should do about it"

16.( – )it&&ol#ing of "tructural Certification An owner retains an architect to prepare plans and specifications for a building, using a standard contract form" The architect, in turn, retains a structural engineer for the structural portion of the plans and specifications" The building is erected" Both  professionals complete their respective portions of the contract except for the execution of the required certificate of compliance" uring the progress of the work, the owner makes progress pa#ments to the architect, and the architect pa#s the appropriate amount from her pa#ments to the structural engineer" 1owever, when the building is completed and read# for occupanc#, the owner still owes and refuses to pa# the architect a substantial sum due under the contract, and the architect accordingl# owes the structural engineer a proportionate amount" The owner alleges that there have been several deficiencies in the work of the architect and refuses to pa# her the  balance due" The owner asks cit# officials to issue him an occupanc# permit, and the# contact the architect who, in turn, requests the structural engineer to certif# that the structural s#stem

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has been completed in compliance with the applicable building code and regulations" -uch certification is required before the cit# ma# issue an occupanc# permit to the owner" The structural engineer refuses to provide the certification until he has been paid for his services"  *estion: 's it ethical or unethical for the engineer to refuse to provide the certification that would enable the owner to secure the occupanc# permit, on the grounds that he has not been paid for his services(

16.6 – *e#uction of Design +ees A client retains an engineer in private practice to design and supervise the construction of  a warehouse" -ometime later, the engineer is asked b# another client to provide  professional engineering services for a warehouse almost identical to that previousl# designed b# him, except for those minor changes necessar# to adapt the building to the site" This client suggests that the fee should be lower than that charged for the original design services, because the engineer could use his same design with onl# minor changes" *estion:  4or the re.use of his design /b# a different client0, would it be ethical for the engineer to charge a fee substantiall# less than that recommended b# the Association(

16., – Eart&-uae Design "tan#ar#s' $our consulting firm is hired b# the &it# of Townsville to assess the risk and possible effects of a tidal wave" Townsville is located at the end of a long, narrow inlet, in an earthquake 5one, although the last one occurred in 6789 when the cit# was reall# onl# a fishing port" To make sure the# have an adequate picture of the disaster that could result, the cit# asks #our firm to examine the effects of the :99.#ear earthquake" $our findings are so horrendous that the cit# authorities are appalled, and the# feel that if the public were to reali5e the extent of impending damage, mass h#steria would result" As well, because man# of the authorities are elected officials and have been in their positions for man# #ears, people could ask wh# such a stud# was not carried out #ears ago and wh# adequate  planning b#.laws were never formulated" The Ma#or asks #ou to keep the findings of the :99.#ear quake confidential and to undertake another stud# of the effects of the 699.#ear quake" $ou do so, but the results are still frightening, and the cit# now asks #ou to stud# the 89.#ear quake" *estion:  iscuss this situation from an ethical point of view" +hat action will #ou take as a rofessional !ngineer( +hat advice will #ou give to the cit# council(

16./ – Construction "afety at a +oreign "ite A &anadian rofessional !ngineer is working in a foreign countr# for a client building a  power station" -he is acting as technical adviser to the client" The client is directl# supervising all construction labour" The client does not have an# apparent safet#  procedures for his workers; no hard hats, no safet# shoes, in some cases, no shoes at all"

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Missing stairwa#s and holes in floors do not have safet# barricades" The conditions would be unacceptable in &anada" Although the poor safet# conditions ma# not affect the technical aspects of the power station, the# clearl# affect the safet# of the workers" *estion:  +ould it be ethical for the &anadian engineer to ignore the safet# problem, and take no action( +hat kind of action couldA& /heating, ventilating and AA& requirements" +hen the review is complete, !ngineer B asks engineer A to sign and approve the plans, as satisf#ing the 1>A& specifications" *estion:  +hat potential professional dangers arise in this arrangement( +hat questions should !ngineer A clarif#, before agreeing to this assignment( Are !ngineer B*s instructions to !ngineer A consistent with the &ode of !thics( lease explain #our answer"

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16.11 – Possible Conflict of %nterest in a City Proect' !ngineer ! is a member of a cit# council, and he is also chair of its finance committee, which provides advice to cit# council regarding appropriations for cit# pro3ects" The finance committee is asked to approve a pollution abatement pro3ect, prepared b# consulting engineering firm, !?" !ngineer ! is one of the principals in the !? firm, which has established a good reputation in the pollution control field" !ngineer !*s name appears on the contract proposal that !? submitted to the council, offering to provide the engineering services" *estion:  @nder these circumstances, is it ethical for !ngineer ! to offer to undertake this engineering work( +hat actions must !ngineer ! take to avoid charges of conflict of interest( lease explain #our answer"

16. 12 – onus for ttracting 4e5 Professional Employees' Because of a tight competitive market for professional emplo#ees, a large manufacturing compan# has adopted a polic# of pa#ing a bonus to an# member of its professional staff who is successful in persuading a professional engineer or geoscientist working for another organi5ation to 3oin the compan#" The theor# is that professional emplo#ees ma# know other professionals who would consider emplo#ment with the compan#, if the# were approached b# one of its professional emplo#ees" The bonus offered is 899 for each newl#.recruited professional engineer or geoscientist" *estion:  's it ethical for a compan# to adopt this polic#( +ould it be ethical for the  professional emplo#ees of the compan# to participate in this recruitment program( lease explain #our answer"

S'$(#-A"s)e( Exa!"a#!$" %&es#!$"s $ou are a practising rofessional !ngineer or ?eoscientist emplo#ed b# a +, compan# in Manitoba" $our division of the compan# has been transferred to Ontario from Manitoba" +hat must #ou do to work professionall# in Ontario( Ans-er: text, -ection :"66, Mobilit#C $our code of ethics imposes several ethical responsibilities on the professional" 'n ., #our own words, state what duties #ou owe to societ#, to emplo#ers, to clients, to colleagues, to subordinates, to the profession, and to #ourself"  Ans-er: text, -ection 7"D, &odes"C +hat is the difference between a provisional licence, limited licence and a /" temporar# licence in professional practice( Ans-er: text, Table :"6"C The most common ethical problem for professionals is a Econflict of interestE 0, efine and discuss a Econflict of interestE"  Ans-er: text, -ection 69"F"C

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't is wise to avoid all conflicts of interest, but some conflicts are unavo idable" 5, +hat action must the professional take when faced with an unavoidable conflict of interest( Ans-er: text, -ection 69"F"C

T(&e*Fa+se Exa!"a#!$" %&es#!$"s The Associations no longer use the trueGfalse format for the rofessional ractice !xam,  but the questions below, taken from an older exam, are a good review for the !" The author urges readers to answer them" Answers are inserted for the first five questionsH in the remaining questions, insert the reference from the provincial < territorial licensing Act, the %egulations, the &ode of !thics or the textbook, to support #our answer" 6" A person ma# assume the title Irofessional !ngineerJ or the title Irofessional ?eoscientistJ before being registered with the Association, if the person is working under  the direct supervision of a registered professional" False, Although an unlicensed person ma# practise engineering