Preamble

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http://proethica.org/ontology/nspe#Preamble
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Engineering is an important and learned profession. As members of this profession, engineers are expected to exhibit the highest standards of honesty and integrity. Engineering has a direct and vital impact on the quality of life for all people. Accordingly, the services provided by engineers require honesty, impartiality, fairness, and equity, and must be dedicated to the protection of the public health, safety, and welfare. Engineers must perform under a standard of professional behavior that requires adherence to the highest principles of ethical conduct.

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partOfGuideline NSPE Code Of Ethics
@prefix dct: <http://purl.org/dc/terms/> . @prefix nspe: <http://proethica.org/ontology/nspe#> . @prefix owl: <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#> . @prefix proeth-core: <http://proethica.org/ontology/core#> . @prefix rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> . @prefix skos: <http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#> . nspe:Preamble a proeth-core:CodeProvision, owl:NamedIndividual ; rdfs:label "Preamble"@en ; proeth-core:establishes <http://proethica.org/ontology/principles#Honesty>, <http://proethica.org/ontology/principles#Integrity>, <http://proethica.org/ontology/principles#Public_Safety>, <http://proethica.org/ontology/principles#Public_Welfare> ; proeth-core:partOfGuideline nspe:NSPECodeOfEthics ; dct:identifier "Preamble" ; dct:isPartOf nspe:NSPECodeOfEthics ; skos:definition "Engineering is an important and learned profession. As members of this profession, engineers are expected to exhibit the highest standards of honesty and integrity. Engineering has a direct and vital impact on the quality of life for all people. Accordingly, the services provided by engineers require honesty, impartiality, fairness, and equity, and must be dedicated to the protection of the public health, safety, and welfare. Engineers must perform under a standard of professional behavior that requires adherence to the highest principles of ethical conduct."@en .
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