My only post regarding this subject: I copied this from IEEE --- which is IEEE's Code of Ethics which I = believe every Engineer (SI or other) should live by --=20 I've met allot of Engineers who may need to read this badly! =20 Please note # 10 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~= ~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ =20 IEEE Code of Ethics ----=20 We, the members of the IEEE, in recognition of the importance of our technologies in affecting the quality of life throughout the world, and = in accepting a personal obligation to our profession, its members and the communities we serve, do hereby commit ourselves to the highest ethical = and professional conduct and agree: 1. to accept responsibility in making engineering decisions consistent = with the safety, health and welfare of the public, and to disclose promptly factors that might endanger the public or the environment; 2. to avoid real or perceived conflicts of interest whenever possible, = and to disclose them to affected parties when they do exist;=20 =20 3. to be honest and realistic in stating claims or estimates based on available data;=20 =20 4. to reject bribery in all its forms;=20 =20 5. to improve the understanding of technology, its appropriate = application, and potential consequences;=20 =20 6. to maintain and improve our technical competence and to undertake technological tasks for others only if qualified by training or = experience, or after full disclosure of pertinent limitations;=20 =20 7. to seek, accept, and offer honest criticism of technical work, to acknowledge and correct errors, and to credit properly the contributions = of others;=20 =20 8. to treat fairly all persons regardless of such factors as race, = religion, gender, disability, age, or national origin;=20 =20 9. to avoid injuring others, their property, reputation, or employment = by false or malicious action;=20 =20 10. to assist colleagues and co-workers in their professional = development and to support them in following this code of ethics.=20 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~= ~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thanks, Rich =20 ------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from si-list: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list For help: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field List FAQ wiki page is located at: http://si-list.org/wiki/wiki.pl?Si-List_FAQ List technical documents are available at: http://www.si-list.org List archives are viewable at: //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list or at our remote archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu