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40/3334–6FE Reference Handbook 10.4 · Ethics · Sustainability
1. Hold Paramount Public Safety2. Licensure & Responsible Charge3. Contracts & Conflicts of Interest4. Practice Only in Areas of Competence5. Confidentiality of Client and Employer Information6. Bribes and Gifts7. Reporting Unethical Practice8. Sealing Only Work Under Responsible Charge9. Public Welfare Over Employer Interest10. Truthful Public Statements11. Environmental Stewardship12. Continuing Education / Maintain Competence13. Duty Priority When Interests Conflict14. Expert Witness Duties15. Competitive Bidding for Professional Services16. Intellectual Property and Confidentiality17. Standard of Care and Professional Liability18. Sustainability and Stewardship

Handbook formula

Sustainability and Stewardship

ASCE/NCEES expect PEs to consider long-term environmental, social, and economic effects — not only first cost. Report conflicts when a client demands a clearly unsustainable or hazardous path.

Triple bottom line
Duty to future users of the work

Step-by-step solved example

Client wants the cheapest culvert that will clog and flood a neighborhood in 5 years. What first?

  1. 1. Duty

    Public safety and welfare outrank the owner’s first-cost preference.

  2. 2. Action

    Advise in writing of flood risk and code/drainage criteria; refuse to seal an unsafe design.

Answer: Advise of the public-safety risk and refuse to seal an inadequate design

10 practice questions

0/10 correct

1.Triple bottom line is

2.Life-cycle assessment looks at

3.A sustainable design that violates fire code

4.Resilience means

5.If the owner rejects a safer stormwater plan you should

6.Environmental stewardship in NCEES rules is

7.Greenwashing is

8.The public in ‘hold paramount’ includes

9.Climate-adaptation design (freeboard, heat) is

10.Lowest first-cost is