Conduct and Ethics in Engineering Practice Related to the North American Free Trade Agreement

该项目将计划、组织和开展研究，以解决北美自由贸易协定的要求，因为该协定涉及美国、墨西哥和加拿大的工程实践。该项目的重点是为《协议》第12章附件1210.5所载的专业服务制定专业标准，涉及专业操守和道德。其目标是就相互接受的专业行为和道德标准提出建议，供北美自由贸易协定工程实践论坛和三国内部其他适当团体审议。这些建议将包括对工程师对客户、政府和公众的责任的基本理解。这项工作涉及一个六人小组，每个国家两名，由四名具有全球道德专业知识的顾问提供建议。该项目涉及1994年5月至8月期间的几次会议和临时研究，以便确定道德和专业行为方面的主要问题，就如何处理这些问题提出意见草案，编写一份提交6月北美自由贸易协定工程实践论坛会议的初步报告，并为可能于秋季在加拿大举行的下一次北美自由贸易协定会议拟订一份最后清单和初步建议大纲。在此之后，将编写一份最终报告并适当分发。解决这些专业行为和道德问题对于执行一项可行的协议至关重要，这将有利于我们未来参与专业工程实践的所有三个国家。＊＊＊

9413323 Smith This project will plan, organize, and conduct research to address the requirements of the North American Free Trade Agreement as that Agreement relates to the practice of engineering in the US, Mexico, and Canada. The focus of the project is on the Development of Professional Standards for Professional Services set forth in Annex 1210.5 of Chapter 12 of the Agreement, involving professional conduct and ethics. Its goal is to develop recommendations on muturally acceptable standards and criteria on professional conduct and ethics for consideration by the NAFTA Forum on Engineering Practice and other appropriate groups within the three nations. The recommendations will include fundamental understandings of the responsibilities of engineers to clients, governments and public. This effort involves a team of six, two from each nation, advised by four consultants with expertise in global ethics. The project involves several meetings and interim research between May and August 1994, in order to identify major issues on ethics and professional conduct, draft ideas on how they should be addressed, develop a preliminary report to the NAFTA Forum on Engineering Practice meeting in June, and a final list and preliminary outline of recommendations for the next NAFTA meeting which is likely to occur in the Fall in Canada. After this, a final report will be prepared and distributed appropriately. Addressing these issues of professional conduct and ethics is critical to the implementation of a viable Agreement that will be beneficial to all three nations in our future involvements in professional engineering practice. ***