Role Of Engineering In Engineering

A weapon is a tool which can be used to kill or incapacitate, to destroy property, or to otherwise render non- functional or unavailable. It may be used to attack and defend, and consequently also to threaten or protect.

Metaphorically, anything used to damage (even psychologically) can be referred to as a weapon. A weapon can be as simple as a club or as complex as an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).

Engineers are supposed to get involved in defense industries (in the development of the military weapons) either directly or indirectly throughout the world. The weapons are produced and designed in such a way to kill human beings. Hence, it becomes an ethical issue that has to be carefully looked into by an engineer.

7.5.1 Engineers’

A primary responsibility of managers is to produce a valuable product.
10. Manager also maintains the respect of persons, including customers, employees etc.
11. Profit is not main objective but safety of person comes first.
12. Managers and engineers ultimate goal is to make valuable produce with profitable.
13. Profit corporations are successful only when they make a profit.

7.8 CONSULTING ENGINEERS

The consulting engineers work in private. There is no salary from the employers. But they charge fees from the sponsor and they have more freedom to decide on their projects. Still they have no absolute freedom, because they need to earn for their living. The consulting engineers have ethical responsibilities different from the salaried engineers, as follows:

1. Advertising
The consulting engineers are directly responsible for advertising their services, even if they employ other consultants to assist them. But in many organizations, this responsibility is with the advertising executives and the personnel department.

They are allowed to advertise but to avoid deceptive ones. Deceptive advertising such as the following are prohibited:

(a) By white

Safety and Client’s Needs

The greater freedom for the consulting engineers in decision making on safety aspects, and difficulties concerning truthfulness are the matters to be given attention. For example, in design-only projects, the consulting engineers may design something and have no role in the construction. Sometimes, difficulties may crop-up during construction due to non-availability of suitable materials, some shortcuts in construction, and lack of necessary and adequate supervision and inspection. Properly-trained supervision is needed, but may not happen, unless it is provided. Further, the contractor may not understand and/or be willing to modify the original design to serve the clients best.

A few on-site inspections by the consulting engineers will expose the deficiency in execution and save the workers, the public, and the environment that may be exposed to risk upon completion of the project.
The NSPE codes on the advertisement by consultants provide some specific regulations. The following are the activities prohibited in advertisement by consultant:

1. The use of statement containing misrepresentation or omission of a necessary fact.
2. Statement intended or likely to create an unjustified