All professional members are required to complete and claim a minimum of 2 PDHs per year in Ethical Practice Learning.

The consideration of ethical issues is an essential element of engineering and geoscience practice. Most complaints received by professional associations relate to professional misconduct (largely ethical issues) as opposed to professional incompetence.


Tous les membres sont tenus de suivre et de consigner au moins 2 HPP par an en formation aux pratiques éthiques.

L'examen des pratiques éthiques est un volet essentiel de l’exercice du génie et des géosciences. La plupart des plaintes reçues par les associations professionnelles sont des allégations de fautes professionnelles (essentiellement des questions d’éthique), plutôt que d’incompétence professionnelle.

In 2023, under the direction of the engineering regulators and the Board of Engineers Canada, the Canadian Engineering Qualifications Board undertook a review of the national Guideline on the Code of Ethics. While this document is non-binding to practitioners, it synthesizes regulator codes from across the country to facilitate mobility and good practice nationwide. It also provides the framework used by the majority of regulators to define their own codes. This session will outline the rationale for recent changes to the Code, as well as provide insights into some of the complexities involved with interpreting the Code in real-world scenarios.

Credit Hours: 1

Voici le module sur le devoir de dénoncer des actes répréhensibles. Il est conçu pour guider les ingénieures, les ingénieurs et les géoscientifiques ainsi que le personnel de leur entreprise en ce qui a trait aux responsabilités professionnelles et éthiques essentielles qui entourent la dénonciation de la conduite et du comportement dans leurs domaines.

Credit Hours: 1

Welcome to the Duty to Report module. This module is designed to guide engineers, geoscientists, and their firms through the critical professional and ethical responsibilities surrounding the reporting of conduct and behavior in their fields. 

Credit Hours: 1