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by them interest the members of society at large. These products are apparently not
limited to building and physical infrastructure like bridges, highways and airports, but
also other engineering-related products in the areas of automotive, oil and gas, etc.
Nevertheless, handsome amount of money incurred while dealing with the procurement
of engineering –related products which exposes the engineers with the possibility of
bribery and unethical practices. Failures in engineering ethics lead to many legal
consequences despite the failure in the engineering products alone. In Malaysia, there are
various cases related to the unethical engineering practices for example the collapse of
Highland Towers in 1993, MRR2 flyover cracks in 2002, fungi hit Sultan Ismail
Specialist Hospital in 2004 and Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium roof collapse in
2009. These failures lead to bad perceptions by the members of the public that the
engineers are less honest, less trustworthy, and more materialistic thus become prone to
bribery. Therefore, it is important for an engineer to halt this impression from persisting
by undertaking the following action:
j) Be more competent
An engineer can improve their competency by actively participating in engineering-
related organization like Institute of Engineers Malaysia (IEM) and involving the
activities conducted like seminar, visit/trip, discussion, dialogue and meeting. By
engaging themselves in these activities, an engineer is exposed to information,
knowledge, experience and idea sharing which make an engineer more competent in
avoiding the unethical practices.