Shania Faith R.

Loveres Assignment November 15, 2018

PIChE Code of Ethics

Section 1. The chemical engineer shall be guided in all his relations by the highest standards of
honor and integrity and shall act with fairness and impartiality to all.

Section 2. The chemical engineer shall uphold at all times the dignity of the chemical
engineering profession and shall protect it from misrepresentation.

Section 3. The chemical engineer shall avoid being associated with any enterprise which is of
questionable character or is contrary to law or public welfare.

Section 4. The chemical engineer shall express a professional opinion only when he is
adequately informed of the facts related there to and the purposes for which the opinion is asked.

Section 5. The chemical engineer shall not issue statements, criticism or arguments on matters
of public concern which are inspired or paid for by private interests, unless he indicates in whose
behalf he is making the statement.

Section 6. The chemical engineer shall not indulge in self-laudatory advertisement nor make
exaggerated, untrue, or misleading statements in media or any public forum.

Section 7. The chemical engineer shall be mindful of the safety and convenience of the public at
all times and shall make every effort to remedy or bring to the attention of his client or
employer any dangerous defect in equipment or structures or dangerous conditions of operation
which come to his knowledge.

Section 8. The chemical engineer shall consider it his professional obligation to protect the
interest of his client, employer or any person of responsibility and he shall act accordingly
as long as it does not conflict with law, public policy, and welfare.

Section 9. The chemical engineer shall make known to his client or employer all his other
professional obligations, financial interests, or other considerations which might restrict or
interfere with his meeting the legitimate expectations of his client or employer before undertaking
an engagement.

Section 10. The chemical engineer shall not accept compensation, financial or otherwise form
more than one client or employer who is in the same line of business or has conflicting
interest with the others, without the consent of all parties; he shall not accept compensation
directly or indirectly from parties dealing with his client or employer except with the consent of his
client or employer.

Section 11. The chemical engineer shall present clearly the consequences or risk that will arise if
his professional judgment or work, for which he is responsible, is overruled.
Section 12. The chemical engineer shall not hesitate to engage or advise his client or employer
to engage the services of other experts or specialists on problems on which his information or
experience is inadequate.

Section 13. The chemical engineer shall regard as the property of his client or
employer any plan, design, or other record which results from the use of information which is not
common knowledge or public property, but which information is obtained from his client or
employer.

Section 14. The chemical engineer shall exchange general information and experience with his
fellow chemical engineers, contribute to the work of engineering societies and schools, and
cooperate in such other endeavors as will enhance the effectiveness of the chemical engineering
profession.

Section 15. The chemical engineer shall encourage and provide opportunity for the professional
development or advancement of chemical engineers in his employ.

Section 16. The chemical engineer shall recognize the view that inadequate compensation for
professional services tend towards inferior and unreliable work and shall not accept
compensation beneath the generally accepted level of professional fee.

Section 17. The chemical engineer shall not compete with another engineer unfairly, such as
reducing his usual professional charges for work after having been informed of the charges
asked by others.

Section 18. The chemical engineer shall not injure or attempt to injure falsely or maliciously,
directly or indirectly, the professional reputation, competence, capability, prospects, or practice of
another professional.

Section 19. The chemical engineer shall endeavor at all times to give credit to those to whom
credit is properly due.

Section 20. The chemical engineer shall not review the work of another chemical engineer for
the same client or employer without the prior knowledge and consent of such engineer when the
client or employer relation of such chemical engineer has already been terminated, prior notice is
sufficient.

Section 21. The chemical engineer shall report any infraction of any rules of professional
conduct to the Philippine Institute of Chemical Engineers (PICHE) for proper appraisal and shall
be ready to testify, if necessary.

Section 22. This Code shall take effect after fifteen (15) days following its publication in the
Official Gazette.