Ethics, Responsibility, and Leadership in Professional Practice
Date and Time
Wednesday Apr 16, 2014
7:30 AM - 10:00 AM CDT
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
$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
Contact Information
Melissa Langowski
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Description
Ethics, Responsibility, and Leadership in Professional Practice
Ethical and responsible practice and sound leadership are the goals of a “professional practice.” Attendees will learn how to attain these goals personally and as a firm. This course will bolster engineers’ understanding of their rights, as well as their responsibilities, under the MN Rules on professionalism and ethics. Attendees will learn how to model and practice good and ethical leadership in their firms and how to strengthen their practice by identifying and avoiding ethical problems that can lead to discipline as well as professional liability.
Learning Objectives:
- Professional Engineering Ethics
- The Licensed Professional Engineer’s Responsibilities and Ethical Obligations
- Identifying, Handling, and Avoiding Ethical Dilemmas in Practice – both in the office and in the field
- Merging Ethical Leadership and Professional Practice
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.