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Professional Ethics & Human Values / September 15, 2021

How does NSPE address the issue of ‘Contingency Fee’?

NSPE has addressed this issue as follows: “An engineer shall not request, propose, or accept a professional commission on a contingent basis under circumstances in which his professional judgement may be compromised, or when a contingency provision is used as a device for promoting or securing a professional commission.”

By · September 15, 2021 · 1 min read

NSPE has addressed this issue as follows:

“An engineer shall not request, propose, or accept a professional commission on a contingent basis under circumstances in which his professional judgement may be compromised, or when a contingency provision is used as a device for promoting or securing a professional commission.”