24. When estimating, you are entitled to know all who are requested to bid. When bids are in, you should know all prices and bidders. Check your customer's statements by open discussion with your competitors. You thereby frequently learn some surprising things. 25. The buyer who shows or pretends to show you the bids of others to induce a lower figure from you, is practicing the same tricks all along the line. He sincerely wishes to give you the job, "if you will do it lower than anyone else." OUR DUTY TO OUR WORK PEOPLE 26. To interest ourselves in their personal welfare. To encourage and assist them in thrift and self-advancement. 27. To remember our gain comes from the business we do at a profit; that fair wages must always be paid to good workmen; that every old employee has cost us an investment of time and money, which is lost when he leaves. 28. To especially consider the interests of our boys and apprentices, to be careful to allow no detrimental influence over them. 29. To take no boy as apprentice until his fitness and aptitude have been proven upon trial, and when accepted to spare no reasonable effort or expense to have him mature as a finished workman and a good citizen. EMPLOYMENT INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COUNCIL New Haven, Conn. Formulated June 30, 1922: CODE OF ETHICS ON HIRING OF HELP FROM OTHER PLANTS Resolved: 1. That an employee is a free agent in choosing his employer and that nothing in this plan shall be construed or practiced so as to bar or unduly hinder employee from obtaining employment. 2. That each plant may request or require that reasonable notice be given by employee when leaving, provided such notice does not exceed one week. 3. That each plant make an effort and take all reasonable measures to ascertain the last previous or present employer of applicants. 4. That when present employer is known, prospective employer shall ascertain whether proper notice has been worked, and if so, applicant may be hired immediately. If not, and present employer so wishes, prospective employer shall recommend that applicant return and work out satisfactory notice. 5. That no applicant shall be promised employment until the above is carried out. 6. That this plan can work only on a basis of mutual fair play and consideration on the part of each plant. Good results can only be obtained by having some one person in each plant responsible for the employment procedure. ENGINEERING See also under Chemistry AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HEATING AND VENTI- Code prepared by joint committee of five engineering AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS SOCIETY OF NAVAL ARCHITECTS AND MARINE Adopted Nov. 8, 1923, with slight changes: A CODE OF ETHICS FOR ENGINEERS Engineering work has become an increasingly important factor in the progress of civilization and in the welfare of the community. The Engineering Profession is held responsible for the planning, construction and operation of such work and is entitled to the position and authority which will enable it to discharge this responsibility and to render effective service to humanity. That the dignity of their chosen profession may be maintained, it is the duty of all engineers to conduct themselves according to the principles of the following Code of Ethics. 1. The Engineer will carry on his professional work in a spirit of fairness to employees and contractors, fidelity to clients and employers, loyalty to his country, and devotion to high ideals of courtesy and personal honor. 2. He will refrain from associating himself with, or allowing the use of his name by, an enterprise of questionable character. 3. He will advertise only in a dignified manner, being careful to avoid misleading statements. 4. He will regard as confidential any information obtained by him as to the business affairs and technical methods or processes of a client or employer. 5. He will inform a client or employer of any business connections, interests or affiliations, which might influence his judgment or impair the disinterested quality of his services. 6. He will refrain from using any improper or ques tionable methods of soliciting professional work, and will decline to pay or to accept commissions for securing such work. 7. He will accept compensation, financial or otherwise, for a particular service, from one source only, except with the full knowledge and consent of all interested parties. 8. He will not use unfair means to win professional advancement or to injure the chances of another engineer to secure and hold employment. 9. He will cooperate in upbuilding the Engineering Profession by exchanging general information and experience with his fellow engineers and students of engineering and also by contributing to work of engineering societies, schools of applied science and the technical press. 10. He will interest himself in the public welfare in behalf of which he will be ready to apply his special knowledge, skill and training for the use and benefit of mankind. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ENGINEERS CODE OF ETHICS Any code of ethics must be predicated upon the basic principles of truth and honesty. "Whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest," are the things for which engineers must contend. An engineer may not "go beyond and defraud his brother" by any underhanded act or method. He may not do or say anything which will injure his brother's reputation or his business for the purpose of securing his own advancement or profit. This admonition carries with it no obligation to refrain from telling known and absolute truth about an unworthy brother, as a protection to others; but the truth so told must be such as can be substantiated, and he who tells it must have the courage which will not shrink from the consequence of his telling. The engineer owes his client allegiance demanding his most conscientious service. But conscientious service to the client must never entail a surrender of personal convictions of truth and right. An engineer who receives compensation from an employer may not receive gift, commission or remuneration of any kind from a third party with whom he does business for that employer. An engineer seeking to build up his business may not resort to self-laudation in advertising. He may state briefly the lines of work in which he has had experience, and enumerate responsible positions which he has held and give his references. An engineer who employs others either in his own service or in that of the client who employs him, should recognize in his relationship to them an obligation of exemplary conduct, of helpfulness and personal interest in those with whom he is thus brought in contact, and he should discharge such obligation tactfully and kindly. The honor of the profession should be dear to every engineer, and he should remember that his own character and conduct reflect honor, or the reverse upon the profession. If, then, he so lives that his own honor shall never be smirched by his own act or omission, he will thus maintain the honor of the organization to which he belongs. AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CONSULTING ENGINEERS Adopted 1911; amended Jan. 16, 1921: CODE OF ETHICS It shall be considered unprofessional and inconsistent with honorable and dignified bearing for any member of the American Institute of Consulting Engineers: (1) To act for his clients in professional matters otherwise than in a strictly fiduciary manner, or to accept any other remuneration than his direct charges for services rendered his clients, except as provided in Clause 4. (2) To accept any trade commissions, discounts, allowances, or any indirect profit or consideration in connection with any work which he is engaged to design or to superintend, or in connection with any professional business which may be entrusted to him. (3) To neglect informing his clients of any business. connections, interests or circumstances which may be deemed as influencing his judgment or the quality of his services to his clients. (4) To receive, directly or indirectly, any royalty, |