In: Civil Engineering
Which of the following are the shortcomings of a code of ethics formulated by “professional engineering society”? (1) These codes are not formulated with sincere scholarship or expertise and are often a hostage to economic interests. (2) Most practicing engineers do not belong to any professional engineering society, so the codes cannot properly reach out to them. (3) Such codes, at best represent the highest ethical common denominator among those to who it applies, therefore, it may include provisions which may be ethically questionable (4) These codes are not exhaustive – and there are matters of ethical importance that may go unnoticed
(a) 1 and 2
(b) 1, 2, 3 and 4
(c) 2, 3 and 4
(d) 2 and 3
I try to explain all the point in my point of view.
I think all the option given above are shortcoming of code of ethics.
So option B is correct.