Pipeline Engineers: Ethics, Responsibilities, and Competency
Article from: OGEL 1 (2006), in Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)
Abstract
In recent years the pipeline business has been closely scrutinising pipeline 'integrity': we expect our pipelines to be safe, and consequently require them to have high levels of integrity. 'Integrity' has various definitions, ranging from 'moral soundness' to 'the state of being entire or complete'. The latter definition is appropriate to pipelines, but the former is appropriate to pipeline engineers. This leads to the question... how do we ensure that our engineer has high levels of integrity? All professions have responsibilities, and the engineering profession is ...