Carrera 4 N. 10-41
Bogotá, Colombia

Founded: 1887
Members: 1800

Code of Professional Ethics

The honor and dignity of the profession ought to be for the Engineer his or her major pride; as a result, in order to extol the profession, he should conform his conduct to the following norms that constitute his Code of Professional Ethics:

1. To exercise the profession as well as the activities derived from it with decorum, dignity, and integrity.
2. To always work under the assumption that the exercise of the profession constitutes not only a technical activity but also a social function.
3. To always act honorably and loyally with persons or entities to which services are offered.
4. To abstain from receiving gratuities and rewards other than the agreed upon salary or honorarium.
5. To not use with colleagues unfair methods of competition such as under bidding or offering professional services at a lower than standard price.
6. To try neither to supplant another engineer when a contract has already been awarded or a position determined nor to replace an honorable and competent employee.
7. To abstain from an intervention that would unfairly affect the professional reputation of a colleague.
8. To limit advertised services exclusively to those for which one is qualified by academic education or professional experience.
9. To not propose competitive bidding in which the value of the professional honorarium will be one of the factors that determines the selection of engineering consulting services, nor to participate in such competitive bidding.
10. Finally, to have due respect and consideration for all colleagues.

TRANSLATED BY JUAN LUCENA AND CARL MITCHAM