College of Engineers and Surveyors of Puerto Rico

Rules of Ethics

In order to maintain and extol the integrity, honor, and dignity of their professions, in accordance with the highest moral and ethical professional norms of conduct, the Engineer and the Surveyor:

1. Should consider their principal function as professionals as that of serving humanity. Their relation as professional and client, and as professional and patron, should be subject to their fundamental function of promoting the wellbeing of humanity and that of protecting the public interest.
2. They will be honest and impartial and will serve faithfully in the development of their professional functions, always maintaining their independence of criteria which constitutes the base of professionalism.
3. They will strive to improve the competence and the prestige...