NIEE interfaces with participating societies, other technical/professional societies and other professions. Specific projects of the Institute are guided and implemented through three Commissions. These commissions and their responsibilities are:

Commission on Program Development

• Promote study by experts

• Hold workshops and conferences

• Coordinate lectures by eminent engineers and ethicists

• Cooperate with other organizations

• Provide input by and to the public

Commission on Education

• Educate students

• Develop and distribute educational materials

• Develop resource persons

• Provide forums for presentations and discussions among educators

• Provide forums for presentations and discussions among practicing engineers

Commission on Practice Applications

• Nurture ethical behavior in engineers

• Nurture public service orientation of engineers

• Nurture ethics in the work place

• Develop resource materials for engineers

Why an Ethics Institute?

Unethical behavior. It’s the stuff that feeds the news media and, more importantly, brings about real-life tragedy. From the Oval Office to corporate board rooms, professional ethics are under public scrutiny now more than ever before. Along with physicians, attorneys and journalists, engineers have begun to pay more serious attention to the ethical questions their jobs pose.

This nation depends on its engineers for everything from safe drinking water to sturdy bridges, industrial processes to consumer products. An engineer’s action or inaction can have dire public safety consequences. An engineer’s work can be life-saving or life-threatening to thousands.

As both businesspersons and guardians of the public’s trust, engineers daily face new ethical challenges spawned by advances in technology – this in addition to the age-old tensions inherent in competition in the marketplace versus our responsibility to hold paramount the health, safety and welfare of our society.

The National Institute for Engineering Ethics has been established to promote the study and application of ethics in our nation’s engineering schools and throughout the profession. We invite you to join us as we encourage engineers of all disciplines toward the ethical practice of engineering.

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