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Strengthening The Role of the Individual
Engineer
COMBATING CORRUPTION
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ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION
September 29, 2005
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What is the problem?
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World construction spending for 2004 = $3.9
trillion (USD) – ENR, January 10, 2005
10 percent +/- is lost to bribery and corruption –
more than $390 billion (USD) annually!
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What has been done by others?
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World Economic Forum Partnership Against
Corruption Initiative (WEF PACI)
 60 +/- construction CEOs signed a “zero
tolerance” declaration
FIDIC has developed a Business Integrity
Management System (BIMS)
World Bank has a Hotline, publishes a blacklist &
sanctions firms and individuals
Transparency International (TI) publishes a
“corruption perception index” annually
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Why are we involved?
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WEF & FIDIC represent firms
Corruption, fraud, and bribery are the result of bad
decisions made by individuals
ASCE represents individual professional engineers
and is looking to help our members
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This Report Goes Forward From the Task
Committee on Global Principles for
Professional Conduct - TCGPPC
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TCGPPC has members appointed by ASCE
President William (Bill) Henry P.E., F.ASCE, to
represent broad geographic range and varied
professional interests.
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Reporting to Leaders of the World's
Cooperating Engineering Societies …
ASCE Agreement of Cooperation Societies (67)
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Argentina Center of Engineers (CAI)
Argentina Federation of Civil
Engineering (FADIC)
Institution of Engineers, Australia
Austrian Society of Engineers &
Architects
Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh
Associacao Brasileira de Engenheiros
Civis (ABENC)
Clube de Engenharia do Rio de Janeiro
Institute of Engineering, Brazil
Canadian Society for Civil Engineering
Institution of Engineers, Chile
China Civil Engineering Society (CCES)
Colombian Society of Engineers
Society of Civil Engineers of Costa Rica
Croatian Society of Civil Engineers
Chamber of Certified Engineers and
Technician Czech Republic
Czech Institution of Structural & Civil
Engineers
Danish Society of Civil Engineering
Association of Civil Engineers of
Pichincha-Ecuador
Egyptian Society of Engineers (ESE)
Egyptian Society of Irrigation Engineers
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Finnish Association of Civil Engineers (RIL)
National Council of Engineers and Scientists of
France
The Association of German Engineers (VDI)
Ghana Institution of Engineers (GhIE)
Technical Chamber of Greece (TEE)
Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE)
Federation of Technical and Scientific Societies Hungary (MTESZ)
Institution of Engineers, India (IEI)
Institution of Engineers of Ireland (IEI)
Israeli Society of Civil Engineers (ISCE)
National Council of Engineers, Italy (CNI)
Architectural Institute of Japan (AIJ)
Japan Society of Civil Engineers (JSCE)
Institution of Engineers of Kenya (IEK)
Korean Society of Civil Engineers (KSCE)
Kuwait Society of Engineers (KSE)
Order of Engineers and Architects, Lebanon (OEA)
Institution of Engineers, Malaysia (IEM)
Federation of Civil Engineering Associations of the
Mexican Republic
Mongolian Association of Civil Engineers (MACE)
Society of Civil Engineers Nepal (SCEN)
The Royal Institution of Engineers KIVI NIRIA
Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand
Norwegian Society of Chartered Engineers
Institution of Engineers, Pakistan (IEP)
Panamanian Society of Engineers and Architects
Association of Engineers of Peru (CIP)
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Philippine Institute of Civil Engineers (PICE)
Polish Society of Civil Engineers
Order of Engineers - Portugal
Russian Society of Civil Engineers (ROIS)
Slovak Association of Civil Engineers (SZSI)
South African Institution of Civil Engineers
(SAICE)
Association of Civil Engineers - Spain (AIC)
Institution of Civil Engineers - Spain (CICCP)
Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka (IESL)
Swedish Society of Civil and Structural
Engineers
Swiss Society of Engineers and Architects
(SIA)
Chinese Institute of Civil & Hydraulic
Engineering
Institution of Engineers Tanzania (IET)
Engineering Institute of Thailand Under H.M.
The King's Patronage (EIT)
Turkish Chamber of Civil Engineers (TCCE)
Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE)
European Council of Civil Engineers (ECCE)
Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE)
Zimbabwe Institution of Engineers (ZIE)
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Reporting to Leaders of the ASCE’s
International Groups and Sections
Groups (14)
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Brazil Group
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India Group
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Italy Group
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Jordan Group
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Kenya Group
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South Korea Group
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Lebanon Group
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Nigeria Group
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Pakistan Group
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Philippines Group
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Singapore Group
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Taiwan (R.O.C) Group
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Turkey Group
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United Kingdom Group
Sections (12)
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Republic of Colombia Section
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Egypt Section
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Bangladesh Section
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Hong Kong Section
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India Section
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Indonesia Section
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Japan Section
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Mexico Section
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Panama Section
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Saudi Arabia Section
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Thailand Section
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United Arab Emirates
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…And to Other U.S. and International
Organizations
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American Association of Engineering Societies
American Bar Association
American Council of Engineering Companies
American Indian Science and Engineering Society
American Institute of Architects
American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering
American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers
American Nuclear Society
American Public Works Association
American Society for Engineering Education
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
American Water Works Association
Associated General Contractors of America
Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering International
National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
National Society of Professional Engineers
Society of Fire Protection Engineers
Society of Women Engineers
Tau Beta Pi
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Women in Engineering Programs & Advocates Network
International Federation of Consulting Engineers
World Federation of Engineering Organizations
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Task Committee Members
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Robert A. Crist, Ph.D., P.E., Chair, VP Operations Black and Veatch
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Arthur J. Fox Jr., F.ASCE, Past President ASCE; Editor Emeritus ENR
Patricia D. Galloway, P.E., Past President, ASCE
K. N. (Guna) Gunalan, Ph.D., P.E., Parsons Brinckerhoff
William (Bill) Henry, P.E., President, ASCE
Sunji Kusayanagi, Nippon Coei Co. Ltd., JAPAN
David G. Leverenz, Liaison to ASCE IAC, DMJM + Harris
Michael C. Loulakis, Esq., Attorney/Partner, Wickwire Gavin PC
Joe D. Manous, Jr., Ph.D., P.E., Liaison to CPP, U.S. Military Academy
Jose Sanjuan Medem, Ph.D, Past President, WFEO, SPAIN
Jorge Diaz Padilla, Ph.D, P.E, M.ASCE President FIDIC, MEXICO
Robert A. Rubin, P.E. Esq., Partner, Postner and Rubin
Jimmy H. Smith, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE, Director, NIEE
P. Kay Whitlock, P.E., VP, Christopher B. Burke Engineering Ltd.
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Corresponding Members
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Richard O. Anderson, P.E., F.ASCE; President, Accreditation Board for Engineering and
Technology (ABET)
Frederic Berger, M.ASCE, Senior VP, Louis Berger Group
Gamal Elsaeed, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE, Past ASCE Int’l Dir., EGYPT
Eva Beryl Huntsinger, P.E., M.ASCE
Russell Lefevre, Ph.D., VP, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Gordon Masterton, BA MSc DIC CEng FICE FIStructE; VP, Institution of Civil Engineers
(ICE), UK
Douglas Oakervee, OBE, FREng, CEng, FICE, FHKIE, Past Pres., ICE, UK
James W. Poirot, P.E., F.ASCE, Past Pres., ASCE, Chair Emeritus, CH2M-Hill
Bobby E. Price, Ph.D., P.E., F. ASCE, President, National Society of Professional Engineers
(NSPE)
Jean-Michel Rendu, Representative of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and
Petroleum Engineers
Jaime Santamaria Serrano, F.ASCE, ASCE International Director
D.K. Sharma , D.Eng., P.E., Office of Market Oversight and Investigations
Reg I. Vachon, P.E., Past Pres., American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Robert C. Williams, P.E., Office of the United States Surgeon General
James G. Zack, Fluor Corporation, President Elect ,The Association for the Advancement of
Cost Engineering International, (AACEI)
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What have we done?
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Identified and charged an ASCE Task Committee on
Global Principals of Professional Practice (TCGPPC)
as a Presidential Initiative
 TCGPPC is comprises of 14 distinguished
engineers and lawyers backed by 14
corresponding members
 Seven are engineering leaders from outside the
U.S.
Launched initiative with workshop at the ASCE
Annual Meeting in Baltimore, October 2004, with
World Bank, TI, WEF, and leaders of engineering
societies worldwide
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What have we done?
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Met with leaders on organizational initiatives
including WEF, TI, FIDIC, and the World Bank
Participated with the World Federation of
Engineering Organizations (WFEO) as it
incorporated combating fraud and corruption in its
Declaration, Shanghai, November 2004
Collected professional practice information from
cooperating societies and US organizations
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What have we done?
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Completed a draft report for consideration by the
global community in February 2005
Disseminated the draft report for review by the global
community
 26 ASCE International Sections and Groups
 67 engineering societies around the world (ASCE
AOCs)
 22 other engineering organizations and NGOs
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What have we done?
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Obtained commitment from the Asian Civil
Engineering Coordination Council (ACECC) to
endorse
The President of the Pan American Academy of
Engineers provided his personal endorsement, and
translated the document into Spanish
Prepared a Commitment Statement approved by the
ASCE Board of Direction
Obtained initial signatories for “Combating Corruption
in Engineering and Construction – An Engineer’s
Charter”
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What have we done?
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Obtained review comments on the February 2005
draft report
Incorporated those comments into a set of:
 I. Recommended Principles for Professional
Conduct
 II. Ethical Guidelines specific to corruption
The Recommended Principles and Ethical Guidelines
have been disseminated for additional review
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A March 23, 2005, Draft Report has had
the benefit of broad review, here are its
basic recommendations:
I. Recommended Principles for Professional Conduct
for All to Use
II. Ethical Guidelines More Specific to Corruption
Proposed for ASCE’s Code
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I. Recommended Principles for
Professional Conduct
Individual engineers can help fight crime and corruption
in the engineering and construction industry
worldwide by:
 1) Ensuring that they are not personally involved in any
activity that will permit the abuse of power for private
gain
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2) Recognizing that funds intended for projects for the
benefit of mankind worldwide too often go into pockets
of dishonest individuals.
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I. Recommended Principles….
Individual engineers can help fight crime and corruption
in the engineering and construction industry
worldwide by:
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3) Understanding that corruption occurs in both the
public and private sectors, in both the procurement and
execution of projects, and among both employers and
employees.
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4) Refusing to condone or ignore corruption, bribery, or
extortion; or payments for favors.
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I. Recommended Principles….
Individual engineers can help fight crime and corruption
in the engineering and construction industry
worldwide by:
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5) Urging professional engineering societies to adopt
enforceable guidelines to ethical professional practice.
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6) Enforcing anti-corruption guidelines by reporting
infractions by members or non-members of the
engineering profession.
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II. Ethical Guidelines More Specific to
Corruption – Proposed for ASCE’s Code
TCGPPC offers, as a model for others, proposed new
Guidelines which it has forwarded to the ASCE
Committee on Professional Practice (CPP) and
Committee on Profesional Conduct (CPC) as a
recommended new Canon 6 for the ASCE Code of
Ethics.
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II. Ethical Guidelines…
 Engineers shall uphold and advance the integrity, honor and
dignity of the engineering profession, and shall promote the
most effective use of financial resources through honest and
impartial service and fidelity to the public, employers, associates
and clients.
 Engineers shall be scrupulously honest in their control and
spending of monies intended for the projects on which they
work.
 Engineers shall adopt a zero-tolerance approach for bribery,
fraud, deception and corruption in any design or construction
work in which they are engaged.
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II. Ethical Guidelines…
 Engineers should be especially vigilant in countries
where payment of gratuities and/or bribery are
tolerated and condoned practices.
 Engineers should include certifications in all contract
documents specifying zero tolerance of bribery,
extortion or other fraud during the procurement and
execution of the project.
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II. Ethical Guidelines…
 Engineers must strive for complete transparency in
the engagement of agents who facilitate projects and
other work, to include the reporting of purposes,
names, addresses, and gratuities and commissions
paid for all agents in their employ.
 Engineers shall be duty-bound by the ASCE bylaws
to report any observed violations of the Society's
Code of Ethics.
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Work of TCGPPC Will Continue Into 2006
 Communicating the Principles for Professional
Practice fort consideration by all of the world's
engineering and construction organizations.
 Seeking adoption of the Principles by societies with
individual members anxious to join the fight against
corruption in engineering and construction.
 Urging adoption of the proposed amendment to
ASCE's Code of Ethics - Canon 6 and its Guidelines.
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Work Will Continue Into 2006…
 Suggesting adoption of guidelines by engineering
and professional societies worldwide with codes of
ethics.
 Studying the use of hotlines (World Bank model) and
other reporting systems that encourage and protect
whistleblowers.
 Seeking adoption of proposed Principles by industry
– contractors, architects and other engineers.
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Opportunities for Immediate Progress …
 An organized anti-corruption effort can start right
now and eventually enlist many millions of individual
engineers throughout the world.
 It can start with adoption of the Principles and
guidelines by the cooperating societies that helped
draft them.
 It can grow with leadership of all interested societies
informing their members of the Principles and
guidelines for consideration and future adoption.
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Opportunities…
 Many representatives of cooperating societies will be
in Los Angeles at the opening, plenary session of
ASCE's 2005 Annual Conference October 27, 2005.
 TCGPPC will sponsor a morning-long discussion of
progress to date, followed by an afternoon session
concentrating on next steps.
 Some will attend these sessions already in support of
the anti-corruption effort; others will come seeking
answers to questions about the effort.
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Opportunities…
 It is hoped that most will go forth from the Los
Angeles conference as signatories of an Engineer’s
Charter, an accord pledging cooperation in
combating corruption in engineering and
construction.
 The Engineer’s Charter urges adoption of the
Principles and consideration of the appropriate
guidelines.
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Next Steps…..
 Be a signatory to “Combating Corruption in
Engineering and Construction – An Engineer’s
Charter”.
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