A business organization may be formed to provide professional
engineering or geoscience services to the Public in Canada
providing that Correct Answers the employee or director
responsible for supervising the professional work done by the
organization is a professional member/license of the provincial
association in which the organization conducts business
A company has installed sensors on its stack to monitor stack
emissions. The company discovers that the stack emissions on a
particular day exceeded acceptable statutory levels but neglects
to report this incident to the environmental authorities. the
consequences of failing to report are: Correct Answers any
employee, officer or director who knew that emissions exceeded
acceptable levels and failed to report could be charged
a consultant entered into a contract for the provision of
professional services and in due course provided them to the
client. When the client refused to pay for the services the
consultant who was not a member of a professional association
sued for the agreed-upon fee. the most likely result would be
that the court Correct Answers dismissed the consultants claim
because it was illegal to provide those professional services
without being properly licensed by a professional association
A consulting firm, recently engaged on the basis of having an in-
house capability in a specific technical area's, finds that its in-
house professionals staff will not be available. As ethical
professionals the consulting firm should Correct Answers
discuss possible alternatives with the client
,A first step for a worker who is not a member of a union and is
unjustly dismissed by an employer is to Correct Answers
appeal to the provincial authorities under employment standards
legislation
a letter of credit is a document normally issued by a bank on
behalf of a contractor for the purpose of Correct Answers
providing assurance that funds are available in the event that the
contractor defaults in performance
A member of a professional association who is the subject of a
disciplinary investigation and who is suspended from practice
pending the outcome of that investigation is entitled to Correct
Answers appeal to have the suspension order stayed or
rescinded completion of the investigation
A member of a professional association who is the subject of a
disciplinary investigation and who is suspended from practice
pending the outcome of that investigation is entitled to Correct
Answers appeal to have the suspension order stayed or
rescinded pending completion of the investigation
A professional member employed by a company is responsible
for a project which requires that an expensive access road be
built through a protected environmental area. The professional
member has an obligation to Correct Answers ensure that the
company is aware of the environmental constraints affecting
road construction and ramifications of non-compliance
, A professional member is asked to review a set of drawings,
plans and specifications prepared by another professional
member. They should Correct Answers conduct the review
only after notifying the other professional member and agreeing
the discuss the findings with the other professional member
before releasing them
A professional member is hired by a company that designs
unique equipment. After six months of on-job training the
professional member has gained extensive knowledge about the
design process that the company developed. By the end of the
first year with the company the member receives an attractive
offer from another company that currently is not in competition
with the members employer but wants to expand into the same
field in the near future. the professional member should Correct
Answers can accept the offer but is still ethically obliged to
keep the knowledge gained about the current employers design
process a secret
A professional member is responsible for the design of a piece
of industrial equipment. The piece of equipment explodes when
it is put into service as a result of negligent design, and injures a
passer-bye. In such an instance, the professional member is
legally liable for Correct Answers -the equipment
manufacturing company that signed a contract with the
professional member to have the work done
-the company that was contracted to install the equipment in
accordance with the design specifications
-the injured passer-by