Ethical issues involved No, it is unethical for the engineer to charge a fee substantially less than that recommended by the Association, even though most of the design work was already done for a previous client. In fact, engineer must realize his or her responsibility to the profession and fellow engineers and must all time apply the condition of a contract with equal fairness between the employer or client and the contractor. Moreover, engineer must not give or offer fee reduction for similar work to influence the award of a contract because the main purpose for setting a scale of fee for provision of professional engineering services is to defend the welfare of engineers by confirming that they are remunerated satisfactorily. Engineer should …show more content…
The compensation for presenting a design is for more than the design itself, it is for accepting the liability for the design 's accuracy and sufficiency. Therefore, it is inappropriate to accept a reduced fee for engineering work, even when similar work has been performed in the past; as such reduced fees remove incentive to work as hard to ensure that the design will work in the current circumstance. The engineer hence has an obligation to insist on standard compensation. Lack of professionalism Lack of professionalism in term of possess specialized engineering knowledge and skill, but having the wrong attitude for the goodness of humanity and society and unable to recognize the importance and value of engineering ethics and codes of professional conduct, the possibility of causing this fee reduction for similar work problem will be very high. The trait of lack of professionalism including not realize his or her responsibility to the profession and fellow engineers and as well as not follow the code of professional conduct. Engineer with favouritism among client may also lead to the fee reduction for similar work problem. For instance, engineer not realizes on his or her responsibility to the profession and fellow engineers and not all time apply the condition of a contract with equal fairness between the employer or client and the contractor may lead to the problem