id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-660 Engineering ethics - Wikipedia .html text/html 4142 511 51 The Boston molasses disaster provided a strong impetus for the establishment of professional licensing and codes of ethics in the United States. One response was the development of formal codes of ethics by three of the four founding engineering societies. Many engineering professional societies have prepared codes of ethics. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers: "We, the members of the IEEE, … do hereby commit ourselves to the highest ethical and professional conduct and agree: 1. ^ ASME member H.F.J. Porter had proposed as early as 1892 that the engineering societies adopt uniform membership, education, and licensing requirements as well as a code of ethics. Professional Engineers Ontario Code of Ethics. Ethics Guidelines for Professional Conduct for Civil Engineers (PDF). Harris, C.E., M.S. Pritchard, and M.J. Rabins (2008).Engineering Ethics: Concept and Cases, Wadsworth Publishing, 4th edition. American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Code of Ethics ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-660.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-660.txt