Codes of ethics for engineers typically describe standards for professional behavior.  The enforcement of those ethical standards that are inscribed into law lies with licensing boards of state governments.  In this 1 hour course, ten case studies of actual enforcement actions by a state licensing board are presented.  The cases have been selected to be representative of situations likely to exist in many states.  Board procedures and the types of enforcement action available are shown by a variety of cases.

This course has been approved to meet the ethics requirement in the state of Florida. 

This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

 

Format of enforcement decrees issued by a state licensing board;

 

Ten different types of licensing violations;

 

Investigative process of the board, as it attempts to determine the validity of complaints brought before it; and

 

Types of enforcement action available to the board.