Engineer B is director of engineering with a large government agency that uses many engineering consultants. Engineer A is a principal in a large engineering firm that performs services for that agency. Both are members of an engineering society that is conducting a two-day seminar in a distant city. Both plan to attend the seminar and they agree to share costs of two bedroom hotel suite in order to have better accommodations. Is it ethical for Engineer A and B to share the hotel suite?

Engineer B is director of engineering with a large government agency that uses many engineering consultants. Engineer A is a principal in a large engineering firm that performs services for that agency. Both are members of an engineering society that is conducting a two-day seminar in a distant city. Both plan to attend the seminar and they agree to share costs of two bedroom hotel suite in order to have better accommodations. Is it ethical for Engineer A and B to share the hotel suite?

Fundamentals Of Construction Estimating

4th Edition

ISBN:9781337399395

Author:Pratt, David J.

Publisher:Pratt, David J.

Chapter18: Life-cycle Costing

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