SE101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Canadian Council Of Professional Engineers, Ethical Egoism, Copyright Infringement
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Working environment: unlike many professions, few engineers are self-employed, many engineers are employed by companies. Particularly true for software engineers: general public rarely notes work of engineers. Professional engineering titles: person holding a license granted by legally constituted licencing body such as peo is a professional engineer, often allowed to use a title granted by a licensing body: P. eng in canada: title protected by engineers canada (known as ccpe before 2007) who monitor use of title on regular basis. Enforcement: peo does not have resources to enforce licensing of every practicing engineer, licensing (and enforcement) is most prevalent among civil. Most often employed by government or by general public: cannot be expected to assess quality of engineer"s products or processes, licensing is important to ensuring quality of work. Professional engineers act: act delegates responsibility for regulating engineering profession in ontario to peo, act contains provisions for: Expand upon clauses of the act for clear interpretation.