CANON 3
Engineers shall issue public statements only in an objective and truthful
manner.
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Engineers should endeavor to extend the public knowledge of
engineering and sustainable development, and shall not participate in
the dissemination of untrue, unfair or exaggerated statements
regarding engineering.
- Engineers shall be objective and truthful in professional reports,
statements, or testimony. They shall include all relevant and pertinent
information in such reports, statements, or testimony.
- Engineers, when serving as expert witnesses, shall express an
engineering opinion only when it is founded upon adequate knowledge
of the facts, upon a background of technical competence, and upon
honest conviction.
- Engineers shall issue no statements, criticisms, or arguments on
engineering matters which are inspired or paid for by interested
parties, unless they indicate on whose behalf the statements are
made.
- Engineers shall be dignified and modest in explaining their work and
merit, and will avoid any act tending to promote their own interests at
the expense of the integrity, honor and dignity of the profession.
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