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The Code of Ethics by Engr Rocky Wong
The Code of Ethics by Engr Rocky Wong
Members
The Code of Ethics (or the Code of
Professional Conduct)
~ The Hallmark of Professionalism;
Engineering in Malaysia
RWHT/IEMQ&A/COPC/REV(1)120908
During the period before
independence and immediately
thereafter, membership of learned
societies for engineers (including
pupil engineers), with the ICE,
IMechE, IEE, and the IEM (after
1959) was the Hallmark of
Professionalism.
Most Malayan engineers then were in the
employ of PWD (JKR), CEB/NEB (TNB), MR
(KTM), DID (JBS), Telecoms (TM), MU
(UM) etc.
A larger part of the early membership in
the IEM came from amongst the rank of
engineers working for the government.
The earlier Past Presidents of the IEM
were usually the Heads of those
Government Departments and agencies.
To be promoted in government
service an engineer must prove
that he is a Professional Engineer
- meaning, he is a M.I.E.M~ a
gold standard hallmark of
professionalism; much respected
by peers and allure respect by
others.
On the other hand, in the private
sector, an engineer with IEM corporate
membership such as; MIEM or FIEM
meant that he had the license to
practise consulting engineering in the
field of his engineering discipline.
A competitive consulting engineer
would endeavour to attain corporate
fellowship in the IEM and additionally,
in a UK based engineering learned
society of his discipline e.g. ICE or
IMech or IEE, etc. and would have
earned him the CEng status.
However, membership in the IEM
(before the existence of BEM)
entitled the engineer to pre-fix his
name the appellation: Ir. a
qualified practitioner of
engineering; equivalent to the
status of C.Eng.
The Code
of
Practice
To qualify for membership in the
IEM meant and continue to
mean, that a person conforms
to a Code of Practice defined
by what follows:-
The Engineers Code of Practice
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);
Professional Engineers,
Graduate Engineers, and
Ethical,
Competent,
Intellectual,
Mature, and
Responsible.
They shall prove to their peers that they are
qualified to be M.I.E.M, because they are:-
Incorporated Member;
Affiliate Member; and
Associate Member.
The aforesaid exemplifies the IEMs
perspective; how about the aspect from the
BEM? Registration of an engineer with the
BEM equates to legal recognition of
qualification(s) and a BEM license to practise
as an ECP provides the benchmark for QA
professional services meeting the
expectations of public interest. Only ECPs
qualify to be UBBL defined Submitting
Persons empowered to signing off the
various forms aggregating to a project
specific CCC.
The Engineers Code of Ethics
(COE)
Why is the Code of Ethics important to
engineers?
It is a HALLMARK of Professionalism;
An EDGE in competition;