Duty to avoid conflicts of interest
15 Duty to avoid conflicts of interest
A registered professional engineer must take all reasonable steps to—
manage and disclose potential or actual conflicts of interest to a client of the professional engineer, and
avoid actual conflicts of interest if practicable.
A registered professional engineer must not improperly use the professional engineer’s status, position, powers or duties for the purpose of obtaining, either directly or indirectly, personal benefit or benefit for a relative or close associate of the professional engineer.
A registered professional engineer must not solicit or accept an improper benefit in relation to the carrying out of professional engineering work.
A registered professional engineer must take all reasonable steps to ensure that a relative or close associate of the professional engineer does not solicit or accept an improper benefit, whether on the professional engineer’s behalf or on behalf of another person.
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