OSPE-FCC September 2022 Luncheon Program
OSPE-FCC September Luncheon Program
Date: Thursday, September 15, 2022
Place: Schmidt's Sausage Haus
240 E Kossuth St, Columbus, OH
Time: Registration: 11:30 am, Lunch: 11:50 am, Speaker: 12:00 pm, Closing Remarks: 1:00 pm
Cost: Members: $25.00 & Non-Members: $35.00, SPE@OSU Students: $10.00
Title: “Ethics To Professionals”
Synopsis: Observation of professional-ethics has become critical more than ever to professionals accomplishing on various day-to-day tasks. Updates to the principles or canons of professional- ethics are ongoing as put forward by various professions.
The requirements of ethics have been put into practice since the BCE; at the core, the answers to what are ethics?, what is a gift?, what is a profession?, and who is a professional?, need to be well implanted into the professional practice. A ‘gift’ is defined as “item having monetary value” per the US-Senate. The “character, competence, and commitment” in a professional have clearly been identified and practiced, by the US Army. The professionals are (well) identified and have applicable requirements under the code of federal regulations (CFR). In our Engineering profession, we observe the requirements of professional-ethics and periodically obtain training and fine-tune our knowledge, such as reviewing the ethics’ guidance Fundamental Canons for Engineers as stipulated by the National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE). The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) has updated the ethical responsibilities for its members to observe on (in the order): society; natural and built environment; profession; clients and employers; and, peers. The environmental, health and, safety and security (EHSs) professionals learn and observe professional ethics in working with multifaceted professional-entities.
This presentation will include: explanation of ethics as stipulated by various (selected) professional societies, institutions, and organizations; professional-ethics requirements of Ohio to professional engineers; and a discussion of, including author(s) observed, ethical-situation(s) (to the extent feasible). Thus, a comprehensive review on professional-ethics would be presented towards a good-guidance to professionals.
Reference:
Ethics, Ethics, and Ethics to All Professionals
S. Rao Chitikela and William F. Ritter
World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2021 https://ascelibrary.org/doi/10.1061/9780784483466.066
Presenter: S. Rao Chitikela, PhD, PE, PEng, BCEE, F.ASCE Executive - Water, Energy and EHSs, RC-WEE Solutions LLC, Dublin OH
Biography: S. Rao Chitikela holds a PhD in Civil Engineering from the University of Delaware (DE) and, has a 30-yr work experience encompassing the government, industry, and academia. Rao is an independent expert and instructor. Dr. Chitikela has published and proven expertise on: water/energy-infrastructure updating; drinking water quality; drinking water and wastewater processing, and effective disposal of solids; water-reuse; air and water modeling; fossil & renewable energy systems and energy auditing; air pollution control; and, environmental (air/water/waste/soil) permitting, auditing, & compliance verification. He is a registered professional engineer in a few states of the USA and AB-Canada, and an AAEES-Board certified environmental engineer (BCEE) in the Water Supply & Wastewater (currently, chair of the committee), Air Pollution Control, and Environmental Sustainability specialties.
A certificate for 1 hour of Professional Development for attending the program will be presented at the luncheon.