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Why engineering students must

take Engineers in Society?
Engineers
– is you
- Moral autonomy and professional
responsibilities (ability to think critically and
independently)
- apply knowledge to create practical devices,
structures, and processes.

Society
- Group of people, refer to public community
- Sharing same geographical or social territory
- National identity, Culture and Solidarity
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- BELONG TO THE SOCIETY - All engineers do not work alone but they are part of
society (as manager, as consultant/expert, as project/product designer, as
academician, as legal enforcer etc.)
- DECISION MAKER - Most of the time, engineers must be able to identify some of
the non-technical decisions which do not relate to any engineering facts but instead
have significant impact to society.
- KNOWLEGEABLE - As engineers, knowledge of the economic, industrial and social
contexts of engineering is on equal footing as the core engineering knowledge.

- To undertaking above task, engineers must

 be knowledgeable, have adequate knowledge on relevant aspects of
engineering practice in society.
 be responsible, know their tasks and roles, to portray professionalism to the
society they are serving.
 be professional, know the engineers code of ethic, sustainable development,
related legal/law requirement, safety and Health and standard used in
implementing their responsibilities.
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Introduction to Course Syllabus

L One - engineers in Society.pdf

Group Report and Individual Assignment

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BRAIN STORMING QUESTIONS

• WHAT IS ENGINEERING?
• WHO & WHAT IS AN ENGINEER?
• WHAT IS MECHANICAL
ENGINEERING ?
• WHAT ARE POSSIBLE JOBS FOR
MECHANICAL ENGINEERS?
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is therefore defined as
Skill to perform
an ART,
a Science A body of certain kind of organised, well-founded and
repeatable knowledge.
and
A technological field that requires the application of
Technology scientific & engineering knowledge & methods
combined with technical skills in support of engineering
activities.

Without engineering, the whole world will not improved.

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World without engineer

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World with engineer

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What is an engineer?
Engineers vs Scientist
Engineers vs Technicians

• Engineers are builders, adventurers and

problem solvers.
• They seek quicker, better and less
expensive ways of completing projects.
• An engineer uses the forces and
materials of nature to benefit humankind.
•Engineers are paid for their services but
skills and responsibilities involved in
engineering make it more that just a job.
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Engineer have connection

effect public health and

Work of engineers can
with the society

safety
Results

Can influence business

and politics activities
Results

That’s why engineers must

increase the awareness
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Is engineering a profession?
 Engineering is certainly a job
 Engineering possesses those attributes that typically characterize a
profession (skill, formal education, recognize body, public good result)
 Satisfies an indispensable and beneficial need.
 Requires the exercise of discretion and judgment and is not subject to
standardization.
 Involves activities that require knowledge and skill not commonly
possessed by the general public.
 Has group consciousness for the promotion of knowledge and
professional ideas and for rendering social services.
 Has a legal status and requires well-formulated standards of admission.
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In the past, engineering could be divided into four major branches:

Mechanical, Chemical, Civil and Electrical, with sub branches of each
discipline.
Today however, the number of engineering degrees available have
increased dramatically. There are now six major branches of
engineering: Mechanical, Chemical, Civil, Electrical, Management, and
Geotechnical, and literally hundreds of different subcategories of
engineering under each branch.

Today, Top Engineering Degrees

Aerospace, Agricultural, Architectural, Biomedical, Biomechanical, Civil,

Construction & Environment, Industrial, Emgineering MBA, Computer
Eng, Electrical, Electronics, Eng. Technology, Eng. Management,
Mechntronics, Project Management, Robotics, Software Eng. Structural,

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Mechanical engineering is a discipline of engineering that applies the

principles of physics and materials science for analysis,
design, manufacturing, and maintenance of mechanical systems.
It is the branch of engineering that involves the production and usage
of heat and mechanical power for the design, production, and operation
of machines and tools. It is one of the oldest and broadest engineering
disciplines.

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Mechanical Engineers touch almost every aspect of technology.

• They create machines, products and technological systems that benefit
society.
• They work in industry, business, government and universities. Some
work for large companies, others are part of small firms, or even work for
themselves.
The mechanical engineering field is so diverse that each mechanical
engineer does things somewhat differently from his or her
colleagues. Still, most mechanical engineers focus on one of three broad
areas of technology:
- ENERGY. how it is generated, stored and moved.
- MANUFACTURING. Mechanical engineers develop the machines that
process materials into products.
- DESIGN MECHANICS. Mechanical engineers are concerned
with designing devices used by consumers and industry.

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Engineers involved in Manufacturing Chain…

PRODUCT TOOLING
STYLE
ENGINEERING

STAMPING DIES & PLASTIC MOULDS

PROTOTYPE
STAMPING BODY
DISTRIBUTOR ASSEMBLY
ENGINE
PROTON
CASTING
EDAR - FINAL ASSEMBLY PAINTING
EON

MACHINING

PRODUCT
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National Development and

The Role of Engineers
Engineers play crucial role in country development.
No Engineers ------- National Development is impossible.
Why? Because,
• Engineers are involved in producing the goods
• Engineers are involved in producing the goods and services to
raise the economy of the country.
• Engineers design and build the necessary infrastructure, facilities,
equipment, etc. for achieving the desired standard of living.
• Engineers are the backbone of a country’s
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National Development
National Development
• What is Development?
• Difference between developing and developed nation?
• Indicator for development progress?
• Global competitiveness?
• Goal of development?
• What is the role of an engineer in achieving developed nation status?
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National Development
Developed nation – transformed its society into a highly productive and
high income society.

Development according to (Logeswaran, Azhar, Nai, & Kheng , 2006)

The transformation of traditional, low productivity,

subsistence societies into modern, high productivity and
high income nations

It involves transformation of structure of

production and employment from
Agriculture to
manufacturing to
service industry.
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National Development
In case of Malaysia, at what stage, Developed or Developing nation?

Malaysia as Developing Country.

• Rich in local natural resources
• Rich in local natural resources.
• Skilled local labour.
• Good infrastructures and services
• Healthy climate for local and foreign investments.
• Good support and incentives for business.
• Strategic location in the Asia Pacific rim.
• Politically Stable
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Some Indicator for development progress of a nation

• Standard of living of the people is indicated by :
- gross domestic product
- purchasing power of its currency
- manufacturing productivity
- employment rates
- literacy rates
- life expectancy
- intellectual properties
- expenditure on R & D
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Global competitiveness
Goal of Development
Degree to which a nation is able to produce
goods and services under international
market conditions, while expanding and
maintaining its standard of living

Role of Engineer
• Directly or indirectly involved in producing the goods and services to
raise the economy of the country
• Provide the expertise and skilled personnel for planning, execution and
maintenance of the infrastructure for various sectors
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Global competitiveness

To increase the standard of living of the people so that they can lead a
better life and at the same time increase the nations’s global
competitiveness

Role of Engineer
• Directly or indirectly involved in producing the goods and services to
raise the economy of the country
• Provide the expertise and skilled personnel for planning, execution and
maintenance of the infrastructure for various sectors
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Development in Malaysia
• 3 major national development policies
- New Economy Policy (NEP) ; 1971 to 1990
- New Development Policy (NDP) ; 1991 to 2000
- National Vision Policy (NVP) ; 2001 to 2020
• National Development policies are operationalized through ‘Outline
Perspective Plans’
• Each Outline Perspective Plans are executed via series of Rancangan
Malaysia (RM), which are designed to achieve the objectives of the
former.

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National Development Policies and Plans

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Facilitating the Modern Way of Living

Contribution of Engineers
• Civil and Structural Engineers
- planning, designing, construction and maintaining public infrastructure
works of all kinds
- examples of infrastructure work: buildings, roads, highways, railways,
ports, airports, water supply schemes, irrigation and drainage schemes,
sewerage treatment plants, power stations, oil and gas processing plants.

• Mechanical Engineers
- design, production, operation and maintenance of mechanical systems
such as: engines and machines for transportation, refrigeration and air
conditioning, turbines and rockets
- also involved in the operation and maintenance of industrial and power
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Facilitating the Modern Way of Living-cont…

Contribution of Engineers
• Electrical and Electronics Engineers
- designing, producing and transmitting electricity as well as designing
and manufacturing electronic equipment and components.

• Chemical Engineers
- design, operate and maintain chemical plants to convert raw material
into useful products for mankind
- ensures processes are operated safely, sustainably and economically

• Environmental Engineers
- design treatment processes to ensure that the environment we live in
is fit for all living beings.
- ensure all development projects are constructed and operated in a
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This chapter covers:

 Profession, Professionalism and Professional
 The Engineers as a Professional Man
 Responsibilities as an Engineers
 Professional skills & Codes
 Professional Rights & Responsibility
 Environmental Responsibility
 Challenges of Young Engineer
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Profession & Professionalism

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Definition of Profession
-Profession from word: “job” and occupation”
-is an specialized occupation or vocation characterized
by intensive training leading to a first professional
degree and subsequent licensure by a regulatory body.
- terms of judgment and discretion is used in profession
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Profession has the following characteristics

Skill/ training

Academic Qualification/
Knowledge competency

Recognized Function/
status/social status Organization

Standard of
professional conduct
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Employers want new workers

What is Professionalism to be responsible, ethical, and
team oriented, and to possess
- the competence or skill expected of strong communication,
interpersonal, and problem
a professional.
solving skills. Wrap these
- expression of ideas by which our skills up all together and
profession should strive to serve you’ve got professionalism.

community
- is a way of thinking and living rather
than accumulation of learning
-Cannot be taught by stating a code of
ethics or by memorizing a set of rules.
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Professionalism has the following distinguishing attributes

Educated, independent, Expert, knowledgeable, competence Orgaination & public

dedicated & self pride interest

Establish good Qualify

relationship

Trainned, formal Rule & law discussions, research and

education information
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What Professional ?
Person formally certified by a professional body of belonging to a
specific profession by virtue of having completed a required
course of studies and /or practice. And whose competence can
usually be measured against an established set of standards.

- in modern society profession & professional make it more that just a job or
occupation.
- Professional be used to distinguish the practitioner from unpaid amateur.
- Secondly, to indicate some degree of skill and many years of experienced
- A professional is a member of a profession.
- Professionals are governed by codes of ethics, and profess commitment to
competence, integrity and morality, altruism, and the promotion of the public
good within their expert domain.
- Professionals are accountable to those served and to society
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The Professional Man

The marks of a professional man are:
• Professional activity - Responsible,
special skills
• Motivation for services
• Motivation for self-expression – joy &
pride in work to be done and self-
imposed standards
• Recognition of social duty – standards
of profession, public understanding,
public service.
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Example : Professional Engineer

Graduate BSc in Engineering and professionally engaged in a field of
engineering.
Involve in developing economical and safe solutions to practical problems,
by applying mathematics and scientific knowledge while considering
technical constraints i.e. design, research, development, maintenance,
project, management etc.
the work of engineers is the link between society and commercial
applications and some consider link between art and science.
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Is engineering a profession?
 Engineering is certainly a job
 Engineering possesses those attributes that typically characterize a profession
(skill, formal education, recognize body, public good result)
 Satisfies an indispensable and beneficial need.
 Requires the exercise of discretion and judgment and is not subject to
standardization.
 Involves activities that require knowledge and skill not commonly possessed by
the general public.
 Has group consciousness for the promotion of knowledge and professional ideas
and for rendering social services.
 Has a legal status and requires well-formulated standards of admission.
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Why an Engineer will be always as a Professional Person?

Engineering is an important and learned profession.

As members of this profession, engineers are expected to exhibit the

highest standards of honesty and integrity.

Engineering has a direct and vital impact on the quality of life for all
people.

Accordingly, the services provided by engineers require honesty,

impartiality, fair ness, and equity, and must be dedicated to the
protection of the public health, safety, and welfare.

Engineers must perform under a standard of professional behavior that

requires adherence to the highest principles of ethical conduct.
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Responsibilities as an Engineer

Do you like solving technical problems?

Are you good at science and math?

You have made the right choice to

become an engineer.

Engineers are problem solvers who use their expertise in science and
math to do their job

As an engineer, your are tremendous.

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Responsibilities as an Engineer - cont…

Responsibility definition
• the quality or state of being responsible by virtue of :
- Moral, legal, or mental accountability
• Reliability, Trustworthiness

A duty or obligation to satisfactorily perform or complete a task (assigned by

someone, or created by one's own promise or circumstances) that one must
fulfill, and which has a consequent penalty for failure.

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Responsibilities as an Engineer - cont…

Responsibilities as an Engineers
• are tremendous.
• once graduated from engineering school, you are addressed as an
Engineer or Junior Engineer before can become a Professional Engineer.
• common activity for all engineers is solving problems; problem may
involve quantitative or qualitative factors; it may be physical or economic;
it may require abstract mathematics or common sense.
• Since the engineer functions at the socio-technological “interface” (with
science and technology on one side and individuals and communities on
the other), you have a unique responsibilities to
- make decision,
- decide on priorities,
- establish performance criteria,
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- specify evaluation procedures and safety
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Some responsibilities of Mechanical Engineers

(the list is not exhaustive)
• Design and implement cost- effective devise modifications to improve reliability, safety and
throughput.
• Develop, test and evaluate theoretical designs
• Discuss and solve intricate problems with sub-contractors, manufacturing
departments, customers and suppliers.
• Ensure that a product is made once again unfailingly and is performing consistently in
particular operating environments.
• Manage projects with the help of engineering techniques and principles.
• Plan and design new manufacturing processes.
• Produce details of outline designs and specifications.
• Recommend modifications subsequent to prototype test results.
• Use research, conceptual, planning and analytical skills, especially computer aided design
and mathematical modeling.
• Consider the implication of issues like cost, time constraints and safety.
• Work with some other professionals outside and within the engineering specialization.
• Monitor and commission the systems and plants.
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manufacturing.
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Responsibilities as Engineer - cont…

The BRAT Case

In the early 1970s, work was nearing completion on the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) system
in the San Francisco Bay metropolitan area. The design for BART was very innovative, utilizing
a highly automated train system with no direct human control of the trains. In the spring of 1972,
three engineers working for BART were fired for insubordination. During the course of their work
on the project, the three had become concerned about the safety of the automated control
system and were not satisfied with the test procedures being used by Westinghouse, the
contractor for the BART train controls.

Unable to get a satisfactory response from their immediate supervisors, the engineers resorted
to an anonymous memo to upper management detailing their concerns and even met with a
BART board member to discuss the situation. The information on the problems at BART was
leaked to the press by the board member, leading to the firing of the engineers. They
subsequently sued BART and were aided in their suit by the Institute of Electrical and
Electronics Engineers (IEEE), which contended that they were performing their ethical duties as
engineers in trying to protect the safety of the public that would use BART. Eventually, the
engineers were forced to settle the case out of court for only a fraction of the damages that they
were1 -seeking.
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Responsibilities as Engineer - cont…

Based on the Case Study
• 3 engineers were fired from the company for insubordination.

• Reason being, they were concerned about the safety of the automated control
system and were not at all satisfied with the test procedure being used to control
the train.

• The engineers conveyed their concerns to a board member anonymously.

However the problem was leaked to the press.

• They subsequently sued BART , and were aided by IEEE which contended that
they were performing their ethical duties as engineers to protect the safety of the
public.

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the course of their professional lives. Often the rights and responsibilities overlap.
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Category of Mechanical Engineers

• Feasibility study
• Planning
• Survey
• Design
• Construction
• Commissioning
• Operation
• Maintenance

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Feasibility study
• Is an evaluation and analysis of the potential of the proposed project which is
based on extensive investigation and research to give full comfort to the decisions
makers in-terms of technical, costing and profit.
• The objective is to ensure the success of the projects.
• The assessment is based on an outline design of system requirements, to
determine whether the company has the technical expertise to handle completion
of the project.
• When writing a feasibility report, the following should be taken into consideration:
- A brief description of the business to assess more possible factor/s which
could affect the study.
- The part of the business being examined.
- The human and economic factor.
- The possible solutions to the problems.

• The objective is to ensure the successful of the projects .

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schedule feasibility.
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Planning
• Is the process of thinking about and organizing the activities required to achieve a
desired goal.
• Planning Engineer:
- Overseeing the programs of work, ensure there is enough manpower,
materials and equipment's. They ensure that the construction is completed
safely and to the required standard and time.
- They work closely with site managers and other engineers to ensure a project
runs on schedule and that material supplies are sufficient.

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Survey
• Is process of gathering data to be used by planners and engineers.
• Common task of Survey Engineer (Mechanical) include :
- writing reports (often technical)
- advising clients
- providing legal advice and evidence for court cases
- Overseeing building work.

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Design
• Is the creation of a plan or convention for the construction of an object or a
system (as in architectural blueprints, engineering drawing, business process,
circuit diagrams and sewing patterns).
• A design engineer is responsible for performing research and creating designs of
a new product, improving the characteristics of existing products of the company,
and determining different types of products that will be of use within an industry.
• Design engineers can work in different industries, but their main tasks revolve in
the field of engineering.

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Construction
• Is the process by which material, equipment, machinery are assembled into a
permanent facility.
• Construction Engineer :
- Primarily responsible for planning and coordination of various construction
field execution activities within the mechanical discipline.
- Activities will include involvement in the procurement, fabrication, installation,
modification, maintenance and testing of various systems and components.

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Commissioning
• Process by which an equipment, facility, or plant (which is installed, or is complete
or near completion) is tested to verify if it functions according to its design
objectives or specifications.
• When new construction is planned, a commissioning engineer is hired by the
owner to provide independent oversight of the many contractors needed to install
heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC), electrical and other systems for
the building.
• Many times, commissioning is not considered until a project reaches the
construction phase. While still valuable, employing a commissioning engineer
after construction begins means that there is less opportunity to organize and
plan ahead .

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Operation
• Transforms resource or data inputs into desired goods, services, or results, and
create and deliver value to the customers. Two or more connected operations
constitute a process, and are generally divided into four basic categories:
- (1) Processing - (3) Transport
- (2) Inspection - (4) Storage
• Operation Engineer :
- make sure a company's operations, such as manufacturing and shipping,
work properly and meet factory and management specifications.
- handle any repairs or upgrades to the machinery and coordinate with other
department heads to fine-tune their operations systems.
- routinely examine machinery for defects and communicate maintenance
schedules to department heads.
- work as part of a team for a company and interact with computer and
software engineers, quality control specialists and others to increase
efficiency and establish best practices.
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Maintenance
• Actions performed to keep some machine or system functioning or in service.
• Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) may be defined as, "All actions which
have the objective of retaining or restoring an item in or to a state in which it can
perform its required function. The actions include the combination of all technical
and corresponding administrative, managerial, and supervision actions”.
• Maintenance Engineer :
- undertake scheduled, and unscheduled (breakdown) maintenance of
engineering equipment or plants.
- Work in Shift and ‘on-call‘ , particularly where manufacturing equipment is in
continual 24-hour operation.

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Professional Skills and Codes

Engineering Practice
As what we know

“Engineering is described as the application of the theory and principles

of sciences and mathematics”

‘this links social needs and commercial applications'

And engineering practices is a combination of integration of processes (tool

used by engineers to solve the problem) and knowledge (achieved certain
degree of intellectual and technical mastery) and also not endanger the
safety of community

This is why good practice of engineering is so important in community today

1 because
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economy and technology.
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Professional Skills and Codes - cont…

Engineering Practice + Professionalism

“a combination of integration of processes and knowledge”

“standard of professional behavior (good attributes)”

Engineering Professional Practices

“works performed in conformance with rules based on demonstrated basic

scientific facts or experiences that, as a result, create products that would not
be detrimental to mankind.”
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Professional Skills and Codes - cont…

Professional
Skills

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Professional Skills and Codes - cont…

To ensure engineers comply good practices

Code & Laws

Code:
outlining the responsibilities of or proper practices for an individual, party or
organization.

Laws: (To be covered in Laws related to Public)

the principles and regulations established in a community by some authority and
applicable to its people, whether in the form of legislation or of custom and
policies recognized and enforced by judicial decision.

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Professional Skills and Codes - cont…

6 General Rules of Code of Ethics
Rule 1 : Engineers shall build their professional reputation on the merit of their services and
shall avoid unfair competition with others

Rule 2: Engineers shall continue their professional development throughout their careers, and
shall provide opportunities for professional development to engineers and technician under their
supervision.

Rule 3: Engineers shall uphold and enhance the honor, integrity and dignity of the engineering
profession and shall discharge their duties in a manner that foster and consolidate these values
in the local community or worldwide.

Rule 4: Engineers Shall act in professional matter as faithful agent or trustee for their
employers/clients and shall avoid conflicts of interest.

Rule 5: Engineers shall be objective and truthful in presenting their judgments, statement or
testimony, which shall be restricted to their areas of competence and professional specialty.

Rule 6: Engineers shall hold paramount the principles of safety and environmental protection in
discharging their professional duties with an ultimate goal of maintaining individual and public
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Code of Conduct : BEM vs IEM

BEM Code of Professional Conduct
• The code of Professional Conduct describes the professional behavior of Engineers.
• Are amenable and have clear interpretation because of its legal connotations and would be
enforceable in law. Issues of morality and philosophy would be ineffective in law since it is
impossible to legislate moral or philosophical principles.
• Therefore, the BEM code can distinguish between legal and illegal cases.
• BEM lays down minimum baseline rules which are enforceable in law and must be observed
by all engineers registered under the Engineer’s Act.

The IEM Regulations on Professional Conduct

• Tend to be general because IEM members comprise of various engineering disciplines, as
well as types of professional employment and businesses.
• Involves moral and philosophical considerations including public safety & health,
conservation of resources & environment, upgrading of technology, engineers responsibility
and the conduct of affairs between Engineer and employees, clients and peers.
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appropriate action.
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Code of Conduct : Other than BEM and IEM

The Association of Consulting Engineers,
Malaysia (ACEM) code
• is designed to order conduct of Consulting Engineers in areas like advertising and
promotion of works, fees and other remuneration, competition with other members,
submission of bids or proposals and related subject.
• ACEM members are bound to observe the Codes of both BEM and IEM (if they are also
IEM members) and details rules to govern the conduct of Consulting Engineer’s business.
• The ACEM Code is designed to maintain strict discipline amongst their members to ensure
that they maintain their independent professional status without excessive commercial
involvement which may give rise to conflict of interest.

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BEM Code of Professional Conduct

BEM Guidelines of COPC consist of 5 guidelines where Engineers shall:-

1. Hold paramount the safety, health and welfare of the public.

2. Undertake assignments only if he/she qualified by education and

experience.

3. Issue public statements only in an objective and truthful manner.

4. Act for each employer or client as faithful agent or trustee.

5. Conduct himself/herself honorable, responsibly, ethically and lawfully to

enhance
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IEM Code of Practices

IEM Engineers’ Code of Practice consist of five (5) components.

1. Accreditation Procedure; an engineering education programme and IHL audit

process of qualifications for the purpose of membership entry consideration.

2. Code of Ethics (or Code of Professional Conduct).

3. Professional Interview (PI); for the purpose of admission into Corporate

Membership by way of peer-based assessment.

4. Life long learning to keep obsolescence at bay (now known as CPD) as per the
objectives of the IEM, i.e “…….. to promote and advance the science and profession
of all aspects of engineering”.

5. Public Interest driven science, engineering & technology (SET) centric design
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codes
the welfare of the community and the environment overall.
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The Engineer’s Code of Ethics is a constellation of noble ideals
binding the following into a virtuous paradigm of what a Professional
Engineer and his upright bearing should be:

• The Profession: An Engineer shall at all times uphold the dignity, standing and
reputation of the profession by his behavior, actions and words.
• With Colleagues: An Engineer shall not maliciously or recklessly harm or attempt
to harm whether directly or otherwise the professional reputation of another
engineer, but shall however foster the reputation of colleagues for the
advancement of the profession.
• Towards Employers and Clients: An Engineer shall serve employers and clients
with honesty, loyalty and integrity in conforming to the highest standards expected
of their respective community.
• The Public: An Engineer in providing his services shall at all times be governed
by the paramount interest of the public, in particular their welfare, health, safety
and environment.
• Oneself: An Engineer shall maintain and enhance his health and competency in
subscribing to self and continuing professional development.
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Professional Skills and Codes - cont…

as it may, a professional engineer inspired by the Engineers’ Code of
Practice,
and
believes without reservation the Engineer’s Code of Ethics, abides by
the BEM’s Code of Professional Conduct,
and

subscribes to the IEM’s Regulation on Professional Conduct as an

active IEM Corporate Member;

this Engineer would have attained the Hallmark of Professionalism.

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Professional Rights and Responsibility

Right vs Responsibilities

Rights : A freedom that is protected

Responsibilities : A duty that you should

carry out
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Meaning of “Responsibility”
1. Obligations.
- morally mandatory and some obligations are incumbent on each of us,
such as to honest, fair and decent.
- Other are role responsibilities, acquired when we take an special role
such as parents, employees and professionals.
2. Accountable
- capacity to understand and act on moral reasons.
- answerable for meeting particular obligations.
- acted as what we did.
- admit on wrongdoing. (voluntary wrongdoing or negligence).
3. Conscientious
- do right thing at the first time and everytime.
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PROFESSIONAL
RESPONSIBILITIES

WE HAVE SEEN PROFESSIONAL

RESPONSIBILITIES ON THE ENGINEER.
ENGINEERS ALSO HAVE RIGHTS THAT GO ALONG WITH
THESE RESPONSIBILITIES

EVERY RIGHT IMPLIES A RESPONSIBILITY

NOT ALL OF THESE RIGHTS COME A BOUT DUE TO THE

PROFESSIONAL STATUS OF ENGINEERING.
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RIGHTS OF ENGINEERS
• Right of Professional Conscience
- The right to exercise professional judgement in carrying out one’s duties, and to exercise this
judgment in a moral and ethical manner

• Not participate or condone unethical activity

- Based on their belief that it is so. Generally two categories:
i. Those generally considered to be so within the profession (e.g. forging, lying, bribes etc.)
ii. Differing yet reasonable opinions (e.g. weapons)

• Talk publicly about work, involved in professional organization (respecting

confidentiality)
- Right to speak about work (remember confidentiality) and receive external recognition.
- Also internal recognition (e.g. patents, promotion, raises)

• Recognition, including fair remuneration

• Protect public interests, safety
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RIGHTS OF ENGINEERS
There are rights Individuals have regardless of professional
statues
Including:

1.the right to privacy.

2.the right to participate in activities of

one's own choosing out side of work .

3.right to due process .

4.the right reasonably object to company

policies without fear retribution.
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Environmental Responsibility
Major Global Environmental issues
• Climate change

• Non biodegradable material

• Oil spills and pollution

• Resource depletion

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Environmental Responsibility - cont…

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Environmental Responsibility - cont…

Professional Role
• Limit and capture emissions to environment, focusing on waste treatment

• Use clean-up-technology

• Use end-of-pipe approach

• Comply with laws and legislation

• Design and operate process within the constraints of material utilization, cost,
environment, safety and health

• Design and operate cleaner processes

• Embark into cleaner production

• Emphasize life-cycle thinking

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Challenges for Young Engineers…1/2

1. Less than half learnt in classroom will be used or applicable at work.

• The other half is soft skills

2. Less job opportunities in government; more in private sectors. Demand

for private sectors:-

• communication skills
• problem solving skills
•Ability to adapt
•Job readiness
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Challenges for Young Engineers…2/2

3. Not only competitions within Malaysia; increasing competitors

globally. Things you need to have:-
• communication skills
•Ability to adapt
•Be innovative
•Resourcefulness

4. Engineers should work towards “Job-Creators” instead of “Job-

Seekers”. Requirements to be job seekers:-
• Communication skills
•Ability to adapt
•Business knowledge
•Entrepreneur skill
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SELF DEVELOPMENT AS AN ENGINEERS…1/2

1. Working in the recognized engineering field
2. Attending trainings, courses, conferences, workshop, seminar,
colloquium, meeting, bulletins & etc
3. Involvement in Engineering Society
4. Involve in mentor mentee program
5. Writing and read books related to the engineering field
6. Formal and informal long life learning - postgraduate studies
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7. Write and presenting papers in journals, proceedings, conferences,

colloquiums, bulletins & etc
8. Giving Talk, keynote speaker, forum etc
9. Industrial involvement (for academicians)
10. Finally : Continuing Professional Development (CPD) points as an
indicator and how to collect it. 50 CPD pts required for renew Professional
Engineer status