Webinar: Engineering Ethics and Professional Practice

Scheduled: Tuesday, August 18, 2026, 3:30 pm – 6:30 pm ET (2:30 pm CT / 1:30 pm MT / 12:30 pm PT)

Author: Avinash Prasad

Professional engineers have a fundamental obligation to protect the safety, health, and welfare of the public while serving their clients and employers with honesty, impartiality, and professional competence. This live webinar examines the ethical principles and standards of conduct that govern engineering practice, including the distinctions between ethics and personal morals and the responsibilities that set professional practice apart from an ordinary occupation.

Participants will explore how ethical requirements apply to common professional situations involving conflicts of interest, confidentiality, competency, professional judgment, compensation, competition, advertising, and the signing and sealing of engineering documents. The course also reviews professional codes of ethics, regulatory standards, and examples of conduct that may lead to disciplinary action, helping engineers recognize ethical risks and make defensible decisions in their day-to-day work.

Learning Objectives

This Live Webinar course is intended to provide you with the following specific knowledge and skills:

• Explain the engineer’s duty to protect public safety, health, and welfare.
• Distinguish professional ethics from personal morals.
• Identify conflicts of interest and appropriate disclosure requirements.
• Recognize the limits of professional competence.
• Apply ethical standards when serving clients and employers.
• Protect confidential client and employer information.
• Evaluate ethical issues involving compensation, competition, and advertising.
• Recognize improper signing, sealing, supervision, and delegation practices.
• Identify conduct that may constitute professional misconduct.
• Apply ethical principles to practical engineering situations.

Note: This is a live webinar delivered via GoToMeeting. Login instructions will be emailed to you 24-48 hours prior to the webinar and the morning of the webinar. If you have not received your instructions for any reason, please call customer support the day of the event. Webinars are live and interactive, and students will have the ability to directly interact with and ask questions of the presenter.

We provide technical courses for PDH credits that meet Board requirements for Professional Engineers, Geologists and Land Surveyors. This course is guaranteed to be accepted in AK, AL, AR, FL, GA, IA, IL, ID, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WI, WV, and WY. Before purchasing this course, please confirm that your state Board is listed above.