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It's actually not about having "earned" it; it's not meant to be a token of having completed the degree, or having been stupendously good at some technical piec
by adamgravitis 13y ago
It's actually not about having "earned" it; it's not meant to be a token of having completed the degree, or having been stupendously good at some technical piece of work.
It's meant as a reminder to the obligation you have to society not to cut corners on safety, and that your responsibilities to your employer do not outweigh those you have to Canadians generally.
- flashmedium 13y agoand an engineer needs a ring to remind him of the above?
- standeven 13y agoA analysis of ethical violations committed by ringed versus non-ringed engineers may be in order.
- saraid216 13y agoThe Order has been coming up on HN recently because a number of err... unethical practices are being implemented by engineers who are theoretically "just doing their job". There was a request that engineers refuse to do such jobs on ethical grounds, and this was one of the traditions pointed out as doing exactly that.