Board of Ethical Review Cases
The following constitute all published opinions of the NSPE Board of Ethical Review. Opinions issued by the NSPE Board of Ethical review prior to 1980 are provided solely for historic purposes and may no longer be valid because of changes to the NSPE Code of Ethics as well as legal and regulatory requirements.
Subjects:
Confidential Information
Conflict of Interest
Outside Employment/Moonlighting
Remuneration
Case 05-8: PE—Reference to Expired License
Subjects:
Advertising
Licensure Laws
Misrepresentation/Omission of Facts
Public Statements and Criticism
Self-Promotion
Subjects:
Confidential Information
Conflict of Interest
NSPE Code of Ethics References:
Subjects:
Confidential Information
Conflict of Interest
Duty to Disclose
Faithful Agents and Trustees
Public Statements and Criticism
Subjects:
Confidential Information
Conflict of Interest
Faithful Agents and Trustees
Outside Employment/Moonlighting
Case 02-3: Conflict Of Interest—Allegations Of Bias
NSPE Code of Ethics References:
Subjects:
Conflict of Interest
Subjects:
Competence
Conflict of Interest
Duty to the Public
Faithful Agents and Trustees
Qualifications for Work
Signing Plans/Documents
Subjects:
Conflict of Interest
Duty to the Public
Statements on Technical Matters for Interested Parties
Subjects:
Conflict of Interest
Duty to the Public
Engineering Document
Faithful Agents and Trustees
Unethical Practice by Others
Subjects:
Competence
Conflict of Interest
Faithful Agents and Trustees
Signing Plans/Documents
Subjects:
Competence
Duty to the Public
Employer
Faithful Agents and Trustees
Licensure Laws
Plans/Specifications
Signing Plans/Documents
Subjects:
Conflict of Interest
Political Contributions, Gifts, Commissions