Preamble

Members ofthe Guyana Association of Professional Engineers are required to use their special training, knowledge, and experience for the good of the community, and to conduct their private and professional lives in accordance with the highest ethical standards. To this purpose, every member shall observe and be bound by the following Code of Ethics.

This Code applies to all forms of engineering employment, and for the purpose of this Code, the term "Employer"shall include the term "Client".

Code of Ethics

1. A member, in his responsibility to his Employer and to the profession, shall have full regard to the public interest.
2. A member shall so order his conduct as to uphold the dignity, standing, and reputation of the profession.
3. A member shall discharge his duties to his Employer with complete fidelity, and shall not accept remuneration for services rendered other than from his Employer or with this Employer's permission.
4. A member shall not maliciously or recklessly injure or attempt to injure, whether directly or indirectly, the professional reputation, prospects, or business of anyone.
5. A member shall not improperly canvass or sclicit professional employment nor offer to make, by way of commission or otherwise, payment for the introduction of such employment.
6. A member shall not, in self-laudatory language or in any manner derogatory to the dignity of the profession advertise or write articles for publication, nor shall he authorize such advertise­ments to be written or published by any other person.
7. A member, without disclosing the fact to his Employer in writing,shall not be a director of nor have a substantial financial interest in, nor be agent for any company, firm or person carrying on any contracting, consulting or manufacturing business which is or may be involved in the work to which his employment relates; nor shell he receive directly or indirectly any royalty, gratuity of commission on any article or process used in or for the purposes of the work in respect of which he is employed unless or until such royalty, gratuity, or commission, has been authorized in writing by his Employer.
8. A member shall not use the advantages of a salaried position to complete unfairly with other Engineers.
9. A member in connection with work in a country other than his own shall order his conduct according to this Code so far as they are applicable; but where there are recognized standards of professional conduct, he shall adhere to them.
10. A member shall not directly or idirectly, attempt to supplant another Engineer; or shall he intervene or attempt to intervene in or in connection with engineering work of any kind which to his knowledge has already been entrusted to another Engineer.
11. A member shall not be the medium of payments made on his Employer's behalf unless so requested by his Employer; nor shall he, in connectic with work on which he is employed, place contracts or orders except with the authority of and on behalf of his Employer.
12. A member shall not knowingly compete-on the basis of professional charges with another Engineer.