Ethics: An Engineer's Tool for Risk Management

Date and Time

Wednesday Apr 22, 2015
7:30 AM - 10:00 AM CDT

DATE: Wednesday, April 22, 2015

TIME: 7:30 a.m. Registration and continental breakfast
8:00 – 10:00 a.m. Program

Location

Marriott Minneapolis West 9960 Wayzata Blvd, MN Minnetonka (952/544-4400)
(Located on the north frontage road of I-394 between Hwy 169 & Hopkins
Crossroad – directly across from the ACEC/MN office)

Fees/Admission

COST: $50 ACEC/MN members $100 non-members (No-shows will be charged the cost to attend)

NOTE: Three day notice required on all event/seminar cancellations for full refund

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Description

Risk management is much more than insurance – it’s a way of operating your business. One of the necessary tools for risk management is an awareness of the engineer’s ethical obligations, which then informs how the engineer communicates about issues and addresses them. Today’s engineer must meet the demands of the market while protecting one’s practice, one’s business, and one’s integrity. In this course, we will examine the applicable Rules of Professional Conduct as well as case studies of ethical violations and, from them, learn how adhering to the ethical code and communicating effectively can strengthen your practice, help avoid ethical dilemmas, and manage risk.

Learning Objectives:

Review of MN Rules of Professionalism and Ethics for Professional Engineers
Identify, Handle, and Avoid Ethical Dilemmas in Practice – both in the office and in the field
Identify How Ethical Practice Reduces Risk
Identify and Avoid Potential Professional Liability Issues Related to Ethical Issues

Presenter: Attorney Kristine A. Kubes is principal of Kubes Law Office, PLLC, serving design and construction professionals. Kristine helps clients strengthen their businesses. She concentrates her work on design defense/ litigation and proactive counseling during the project. Services include defending clients against professional liability and general liability claims, addressing and cooperatively resolving project-management, risk-management, and payment issues, prosecuting mechanic’s liens, and entity set-up. Integrated with her construction practice, Kristine is a qualified neutral who mediates construction and design disputes during and after the project. Kristine serves on the Governing Committee of the American Bar Association Forum on the Construction Industry, is past-chair of the Forum’s Design Division, and served as a public member on the MN Board of AELSLAGID from 2006-2013, during which she served two terms as Board Chair.