- Uphold the honor, integrity, and dignity of the profession;
- Practice engineering in compliance with all legal requirements in the jurisdiction of practice;
- Represent their professional qualifications and experience truthfully;
- Reject practices of unfair competition;
- Promote mentorship and knowledge-sharing equitably with current and future engineers;
- Educate the public on the role of structural engineering in society;
- Continue professional development to enhance their technical and non-technical competencies;
- Act as faithful agents of their clients and employers with integrity and professionalism;
- Make clear to clients and employers any real, potential, or perceived conflicts of interest;
- Communicate in a timely manner to clients and employers any risks and limitations related to their work;
- Present clearly and promptly the consequences to clients and employers if their engineering judgment is overruled where health, safety, and welfare of the public may be endangered;
- Keep clients’ and employers’ identified proprietary information confidential;
- Perform services only in areas of their competence;
- Approve, sign, or seal only work products that have been prepared or reviewed by them or under their responsible charge;
- Only take credit for professional work they have personally completed;
- Provide attribution for the work of others;
- Foster health and safety in the workplace;
- Promote and exhibit inclusive, equitable, and ethical behavior in all engagements with colleagues;
- Act with honesty and fairness on collaborative work efforts;
- Encourage and enable the education and development of other structural engineers and prospective members of the profession;
- Supervise equitably and respectfully;
- Comment only in a professional manner on the work, professional reputation, and personal character of other structural engineers; and
- Report violations of the Code of Ethics to the Professional Structural Engineers Association.
