The Society of Professional Engineers

(Established 1969)

For the Promotion of the Qualification and Status of the Professional Engineer Worldwide

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Mission Statement

THE SOCIETY'S MISSION STATEMENT.

THE LEGAL OBJECTS

The legal objects, as set out in the Society's Memorandum are as follows:

1. To promote the high standards of expertise and professionalism in the practise of engineering, for the benefit of those members of the general public who have need to avail themselves of the services of engineers.
2. To promote the development of inventions and improvements in the practise of engineering and to disseminate information on matters affecting the practise of engineering so as to bring the results of research and considerations of good practise into the public domain.
3. To promote improvements in the laws relating to matters of engineering practise so that members of the public may be better able to rely on the highest standards of advice and practise in those who purport to be professional engineers.

THE MISSION

The Mission of the Society to promote those objects has been defined by the Council as follows:-
To promote throughout the world those high standards of practise in engineering which in the United Kingdom are held to be the proper standards to which professional engineers should aspire.

DEFINITIONS.

The Society's Memorandum gives the following definitions :-

ENGINEER.

A person involved in the design, manufacture and use of machines, structures or systems whose principal criteria are their ability to withstand, react to or use natural forces.

PROFESSIONALISM.

Conduct in which the needs of the client in particular or the public in general must always take preference over the engineer's commercial interests. In accordance with the above definitions, professionalism in engineering will include the following concepts :-

1. Business ethics.
2. Management efficiency, including information technology and standard verifiable systems.
3. Appreciation of environmental issues.
4. METHOD.
   Improve the cooperation between the Society and those overseas organisations with which it already has contact, i.e. :-
   1. SNIPF (France)
   2. Branches (Italy)
   3. HKIConstE (Hong Kong)
   4. NSPE (U S of A)
      

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