Chapter 2 - Codes of Conduct

Question 1

what are codes of conduct?

Answer 1

codes in which organizations lay down guidelines for responsible behavior of their members

Question 2

what are the two types of codes of conduct?

Answer 2

professional and corporate

Question 3

what is a professional code?

Answer 3

formulated by professional associations of engineers

Question 4

what is a corporate code?

Answer 4

formulated by companies in which engineers are employed

Question 5

what is an aspirational code?

Answer 5

express the moral values of a profession or company

Question 6

what is an objective?

Answer 6

express to the outside world the kind of values the profession or company is committed to

Question 7

what is an advisory code?

Answer 7

objective to help individual professionals or employees to exercise moral judgements in concrete situations on the basis of the more general values and norms of the profession or company

Question 8

what is a disciplinary code?

Answer 8

objective that the behavior of all professionals or employees meets certain values and norms

Question 9

what makes up a profession?

Answer 9

Use of specialized knowledge and skills; Monopoly on the carrying out of the occupation; Assessment only possible by peers; Service orientation to society; Ethical standards

Question 10

what is integrity?

Answer 10

living by one’s own moral values, norms and commitments

Question 11

what is honesty

Answer 11

telling what one has good reasons to believe to be true and disclosing all relevant information

Question 12

conflict of interest

Answer 12

the situation in which one has an interest (personal or professional) that, when pursued, can conflict with meeting one’s professional obligations to an employer or to other clients

Question 13

corporate social responsibility

Answer 13

the responsibility of companies towards stakeholders and to society at large that extends beyond meeting the law and serving shareholders’ interests

Question 14

mission statement

Answer 14

Concisely formulates the strategic objectives of the company and answers the question of what the organization stands for

Question 15

core values

Answer 15

Express the qualities that a company considers desirable and which ground business conduct and outcomes; Appeal to the attitudes of employees; No detailed rules of conduct

Question 16

stakeholder principles

Answer 16

principles that guide the relationship between a company and its stakeholders

Question 17

norms and rules

Answer 17

Contain guidelines for employees how to act in specific situations

Question 18

window dressing

Answer 18

presenting a favorable impression that is not based on the actual facts

Question 19

uncritical loyalty

Answer 19

placing the interests of the employer, as the employer defines those interests, above any other considerations

Question 20

critical loyalty

Answer 20

giving due regard to the interest of the employer, insofar as this is possible within the constraints of the employee’s personal and professional ethics

Question 21

confidentiality duties

Answer 21

duties on employees to keep silent certain information