Code of Ethics in Malaysia

Rev. 0 Date 9. 8. 2005 BEM/RD/PPC/12 BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO CODE OF ETHICS FOR recent ENGINEERS Serial No 0021 INTRODUCTION The Board of takes Malaysia (BEM) has, from clipping to sequence, received enquiries and complaints from the public about the breeding of conducts in relation to the alteration of Engineers Act. BEM has, therefore, produced the guidelines herein that outline the conduct anticipate of addresss. These guidelines argon set out on a lower floor a number of broad atomic number 18as relating to the technology profession.Dos & tire out ts 1) Registration Under the Registration of Engineers Act 1967 (Act 138) and resultant amendments, the most recent being grade 2002, it is a prerequisite of the Law that every individual providing sending aids be a qualified person and registered with the Board of Engineers Malaysia. This requirement extends to foreigners who are required to anticipate registration as Temporary Engineers. The Do and founder s ts below relate to the requirement of this Act. DOs 1. 1 An planing graduate with accredited technology form mustiness register with the Board of Engineers to take up employment as an technologist gain Ts 1. 1. 2 1. 3 1. 4 1. 5 An applied scientist should non be the Submitting Person for de signals beyond his/her area of cleverness An train should non endorse his PE Stamp and sign on reports or plans non prepared by him. (see also Consultancy 2. 3 of Don ) t An organise should non enter into partnership with any companionship non permitted under the Engineers Act. An Engineering Consultancy Practice should not provide professional services in any branch of steering where none of its directors are registered to commit in that branch of channeliseing. An guide must not practise in the branch of unioniseing he is not registered in. ) Consultancy In the Registration of Engineers Act 1967 (Revised 2002), planning is included for the registration of Accredited Checke rs and the requirement of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) beginning year 2005. DOs 2. 1 2. 2 2. 3 2. 4 2. 5 2. 6 2. 7 2. 8 2. 9 An train should be transparent and receptive to peer come off or checking of his drill if requested/required by the client/authorities. A checker point must be undecided to the views and design concept of the pilot film designer and in areas of disagreement, the checker must do justification for his disagreement.A checker engineer should take affluent state for the checking of the work himself. An engineer should undertake continue professional development to enhance his knowledge and capability. An employer engineer should ensure that his employee engineers are bona fide engineers registered with BEM. An engineer should report unethical practice to BEM. An engineer who is a Submitting Person must ensure the accuracy of and be responsible for altogether works delegated to others by him. An engineer should make optimum use of manpower, m aterials and money.An engineer should be aware of authorities requirement to use local materials, wherever possible. fatigue Ts 2. 1 2. 2 2. 3 2. 4 2. 5 2. 6 2. 7 2. 8 2. 9 A checker engineer should not bear checking of work not within his area of competency as well as work that he is not familiar with. An engineering consultant should not exsert out dates for fees below the minimum outlined in the scale of fees. An engineer should not endorse any work not performed and/or supervised by him. An engineer should not supplant another engineer.An engineer should not compromise on public safety. An engineer should not offer his opinion on engineering matters unless he has full facts to support the opinion. An engineer should not base his design on unsubstantiated data, for caseful designing foundation without soil investigation. An engineer should not have any conflict of interest some(prenominal) in connection with the work he is travail unless prior blessing from BEM and clien t are obtained. An engineer should not accept work outside his perpetual work without the expressed permission of his employer. 1 3)Supervision The supervising of works designed by the Submitting Engineer is a requirement under the Uniform Building By-Law 5 (UBBL 5). This ByLaw states that supervision must be provided by the Submitting Engineer to ensure that the works carried out are as intended in the design. Delegation of supervision is permitted just now the responsibility of this supervision still rests with the Submitting Engineer. DOs 3. 1 3. 2 3. 3 3. 4 3. 5 3. 6 An engineer who is the Submitting Person should be responsible for the project disregarding of whether it is self-supervised and/or delegated supervision.An engineer must be meticulously proper and correct in certification of works. An engineer must be familiar with and knowledgeable in the work he is to supervise. An employer engineer shall ensure that his faculty undergoes regular and proper skills-training. An engineer supervising a project shall keep proper records of all documents and proportionateness pertaining to the project. An engineer must be conversant with time and cost implications in the issuance of any instruction. acquire Ts 3. 1 3. 2 3. 3 3. 4 3. 5 3. 6 An engineer must not everyplace or under certify progress of works.An engineer must not make wrongful certifications. An engineer must not certify work not within his expertise. An engineer must not accept site supervisory staff who are not qualified or are incompetent. An engineer must not delay approvals without justification. An engineer must not intentionally delay inspection of works. 4) Regulatory Requirements exclusively engineers registered with the Board of Engineers Malaysia must be familiar with the requirements of the Registration of Engineers Act 1967 (Act 138) and its subsequent amendments. Ignorance of the requirements of this Act is no defense in the Courts of Law in Malaysia.DOs 4. 1 4. 2 4. 3 4. 4 A n engineer should notify the pertinent authorities (within reasonable/statutory time limit) on changes in designs or withdrawal of services. An engineer should enclose completed forms in time for inspection and approval for Certificate of Fitness / Certificate of Completion and Compliance. An engineer should be aware of environmental, health and safety matters during and after(prenominal) construction. An engineer should ensure that environmental, health and safety measures are implemented as per drawings and specifications.DON Ts 4. 1 4. 2 An engineer should not allow works to proceed to begin with plans are submitted to and/or approved by the relevant authorities. An engineer should not undertake a project for which the client is not going to fulfill statutory requirements. 5) enactment of Ethics All engineers are expected to uphold the integrity of the profession by behaving in a manner expected of him in the Code of sell of Engineers. DOs 5. 1 5. 2 5. 3 An engineer must be conversant with the Code of Conduct of Engineers.An engineer must understand the need for responsibility and liability as stipulated in the Code of Conduct. An engineer must respond promptly to complaints and enquiries by clients /authorities. DON Ts 5. 1 5. 2 5. 3 5. 4 An engineer should not solicit/ tout. An engineer should not knowingly mislead the public by giving perverse information so as to gain mercantile advantage/mileage. An engineer should not respond to an open advertisement to bid for provision of professional service if such provision for the service requires bidding fees or equivalent as is usually imposed on contractors.An engineer should avoid favoritism among vendors and other suppliers. These guidelines are by no means exhaustive and provide be updated from time to time to reflect the changing needs of the profession. All engineers are required to be fully familiar with the Registration of Engineers Act 1967 (Act 138), and its subsequent amendments, and the Code of Ethics. The requirements of this Act are to be upheld at all times by the engineering profession. 2