Empirical evidence indicates that individuals do not always respond to an ethical dilemma in a professional setting in a manner consistent with the principles of the value system used to make moral decisions in personal settings. A study was undertaken to evaluate the degree of association between personal and professional value decision‐making. Responses from 21 individuals to case studies involving value conflicts were evaluated and subjected to correlation analyses. The results indicate that a strong correlation exists; however, eight of the 21 individuals showed some difference in value decision‐making capability when responding to value conflicts in personal and professional settings. The implications of the results to engineering education are examined.

A description of the California criteria for classifying hazardous waste is compared witti the federal program administered by the Environmental Protection Agency. While the federal regulations have been fully adopted, California is administering its program under draft criteria that have not been subject to either hearings or adopted. The Federal program is modeled after the California program; and California is the only state to prepare its own in‐dependent, specific procedures for evaluating hazardous waste characteristics. One of the major differences between the California and federal programs is the definition and procedure for defining the toxic characteristics of a waste. Another significant difference of the two programs is that California has no small quantity exclusions for waste output from a waste generator. California does promote the recycling and resource recovery of hazardous waste by exclusion of certain recycled wastes.

The results of a 1981 research project are presented that indicate that the average chief executive officer's level of Business Administration education has no significant relationship to the size or profitability of the Civil Engineering firm he manages. The most significant management problem areas as perceived by these managers is presented. A case for Business Administration courses in an undergraduate engineering curriculum is made.

The present engineering educational system is not doing an adequate job of instiling and maintaining the ideals of professionalism and ethics amongst engineering students and practicing engineers. Under the present system, there is little incentive for an engineer to familiarize himself with issues in professionalism and ethics. In fact, there are those who contend that increasing a future engineer's exposure to professionalism and ethics during the course of training is not practical. This paper presents arguments against four of the most common points that are used by those who feel professionalism and ethics cannot be effectively included in our engineering educational system. The paper concludes with several recommendations for increasing the exposure of more engineers to issues in professionalism and ethics at the academic level and at the practicing level.

This paper is presented to show how technical organizations have allowed written communications to deteriorate, why they have deteriorated, and what can be done to improve the situation. There is specific information given on grammatical rules and techniques thai have been long forgotten by most engineers but need to be resurrected. The roles of an organization and its management are given so that firms may try to implement programes for improvement.

The definition of communication is stated as the basis for an analysis of four fundamentals of project management communications. The view‐point presented is that of the owner's representative in management of a construction project. The special nature of the resident engineer's problems in establishing and maintaining clear lines of communication with the other members of the project team and the public is also emphasized.

Construction cartels are often involved in giving away bribes and “coffee‐money” to the parties involved resulting in inflated construction costs. Construction cartels can be organized by: (1),The contractors; (2) material suppliers; and (3) engineers and architects. Construction cartels can be stopped or minimized by: (1);8taffing engineering agencies with adequate, dedicated, and well‐trained technical staffs; (2) effective project coordination and control; (3) instilling discipline within the parties concerned; and (4) eliminating a monopoly by creating more government technical agencies and suppliers.

The American Society of Civil Engineers emphasizes that its strength is founded on member involvement at the local level. To foster an information exchange, the Society provides an opportunity at National Conventions for a meeting between current National and Section Officers. This meeting is known as the Council of Presidents. The Council agenda includes a report of accomplishment by the National President and a statement of goals by the National President‐Elect. A timely emphasis area subject is also presented by a National Committee. The Council also affords an opportunity for Section Presidents to attend a National Convention. Sections are urged to consider the importance of this program when planning the annual Section Travel Budget.

An eighth canon is proposed for the American Society of Civil Engineers Code of Ethics that states “engineers shall recognize the wise use and conservation of the cultural heritage, natural environment and natural resources, both renewable and non‐renewable.” Five arguments justifying the need for this eighth canon are presented: (1) To confirm the engineer's moral and ethical commitment; (2) to communicate the engineer's ethic to his client and the public; (3) to remind the engineer of his broad design responsibility; (4) to define the engineer's standard of practice; and (5) to preclude litigation.

Because of the shortage of professional engineers, some underdeveloped countries resort to recruiting foreign engineers, consultants, and contractors as well as sending their engineering students abroad. But these have not always been successful due to slow recruitment process, recruitment of unacceptable foreign engineers and high cost of sending students abroad. To overcome these problems local engineers should be given equal opportunity for promotion, local engineering colleges should be set up, only foreign engineers of acceptable qualities should be recruited and recruitment process should be made efficient. Professional engineers should also have high moral and social values, respect environmental issues and should remain acceptable to the public. They should also be able to communicate and learn from their mistakes effectively.