UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA

FAKULTI KEJURUTERAAN KIMIA

CHE 680
LEADERSHIP AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS FOR ENGINEERS

ASSIGNMENT 3

NAME

MOHD FATHUL HAQIM BIN ANUAR

ID

2012152845

GROUP

EH 2205

DATE OF SUBMISSION

25 MAY 2015

NAME OF LECTERUR

DR SYED SHATIR A. SYED HASSAN

1.

List down membership classes/grades of the following professional societies. For each
class/grade, define its requirements.
i) IEM
ii) IChemE

THE INSTITUTION OF ENGINEERS, MALAYSIA (IEM)

IEM membership consists of two classes:
a) Corporate members
b) Non-corporate members

A) CORPORATE MEMBERS
Corporates members divided by six grades, namely:
i)

Distinguished Honorary Fellows

ii)

Honorary Fellows

iii)

Fellows

iv)

Distinguished Members

v)

Senior Members

vi)

Members

B) NON-CORPORATE MEMBERS
Non-corporates members consist of nine grades, namely:
i)

Distinguished Honorary Fellows

ii)

Honorary Fellows

iii)

Honorary Members

iv)

Companions

v)

Graduate Members

vi)

Incorporated Members

vii)

Affiliate Members

viii)

Associate Members

ix)

Student Members

REQUIREMENT FOR EACH MEMBERS GRADE

i)

Distinguished Honorary Fellow

A Distinguished Honorary Fellow shall be a person acknowledged eminence such as Head of

State, Prime Ministers, prominent engineers and world renowned figures who has contributed
outstanding services to the engineering profession, the Institution or the Nation.

ii)

Honorary Fellow

An Honorary Fellow shall be a distinguished person of acknowledged eminence whom the

Institution desires to honour for services rendered to the engineering profession.

iii)

Distinguished Member

A Distinguished Member shall be a distinguished person of exemplary character who has

rendered outstanding and meritorious services to the engineering profession, The Institution
and /or the Nation.

iv)

Honorary Member

An Honorary Member shall be a distinguished person from the Corporate or Public Sector who
has rendered outstanding services to the engineering profession or the Institution.

v)

Conferment of Honorary Grades

Distinguished Honorary Fellowship, Honorary Fellowship and Honorary Membership shall be

conferred by the Council. The criteria for these Grades shall be set out in the Bylaws and
established guidelines.

vi)

Fellow

There shall be no direct admission to this grade. Admission shall only be by transfer from the
grade of Member. To be eligible for transfer to the grade of Fellow, a Member shall have
satisfied the Council that he is worthy of transfer to this grade in accordance with the relevant
Bylaws and Regulations.
vii)

Senior Member

A Senior Member, at the time of his advancement or transfer to this grade, shall have satisfied
the Council that he has attained such standard as set by the Council to testify to his
professionalism and proficiency as an engineer of substantial standing and that he is worthy of
election in accordance with the relevant Bylaws and Regulations.

viii)

Member

A Member, at the time of his advancement or election to this grade, shall have satisfied the
Council that he has attained such standard as set by the Council to testify to his proficiency as a
professional engineer, and that he is worthy of election in accordance with the relevant Bylaws
and Regulations.

ix)

Companion

A Companion shall be a person who is academically qualified, has the necessary training and
experience or wide exposure to the engineering profession and that he is worthy for admission
in accordance with the relevant Bylaws and Regulations.

x)

Graduate Member

A Graduate Member shall be a person who in respect to his age, his educational attainments
and his practical training, complies with the relevant Bylaws and Regulations.

xi)

Incorporated Member

An Incorporated Member shall be a person who in respect to his educational attainments and
his practical training, complies with the relevant Bylaws and Regulations.

xii)

Affiliate Member

An Affiliate Member shall be a person who has had the necessary experience in a responsible
position in engineering or a person who by his connection with engineering science or the arts
or otherwise is qualified to contribute in the advancement of engineering knowledge and his
practical training, complies with the relevant Bylaws and Regulations.

xiii)

Associate Member

An Associate Member shall be a person who, in respect to his educational attainments and his
practical training, complies with the relevant Bylaws and Regulations.

xiv)

Student Member

A Student Member shall be a person who in respect to his educational attainments, complies
with such of the Bylaws and Regulations.

INSTITUTION OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERS (IChemE)

IChemE consists of:
a) Fellow (FIChemE) Chartered Chemical Engineer.
b) Chartered Member (MIChemE) Chartered Chemical Engineer.
c) Associate Members (AMIChemE).
d) Associate Fellow (Non-qualified membership)
e) Technician Members (TIChemE)
f) Affiliate Member (Non-qualified membership)
g) Student Member

REQUIREMENT FOR EACH MEMBERS GRADE

Fellow (FIChemE) Chartered Chemical Engineer.

A professional engineer in making significant contribution. Demonstrate technical excellence
and leadership of young peers. Achieving Fellow status is about recognition of in an important

position of responsibility in chemical engineering for a sufficient period. The requirement

experience should be:

Level greater than required for Chartered status. Have personal responsibility for
decisions involving substantial resources and consequences

Sustained at this greater level than that required for Chartered status for a significant
period of time, usually in the region of five years

Chartered Member (MIChemE) Chartered Chemical Engineer.

Have attained an internationally recognised and respected mark of competence and show
commitment to the chemical engineering profession. IChemE Chartered Chemical Engineers are
also eligible to gain one or both of the following registrations dependent upon the nature of their
technical experience:

Chartered Engineer (CEng) with Engineering Council

Chartered Scientist (CSci) with The Science Council

Associate Members (AMIChemE).

Members with a proven level of knowledge and understanding of chemical engineering to
Bachelors level with Honours (or higher) can advance to Associate Member and use the letters
AMIChemE after their name. Likely to be a young professional working in chemical engineering
or a closely related field. Working towards qualification as an Incorporated Engineer (IEng)
and/or Chartered Chemical Engineer (CEng). Qualification for member:

Chemical engineering undergraduate degree

IChemE accredited degree of a different title, at Bachelors level with Honours (or higher)

Associate Fellow (Non-qualified membership)

An Associate Fellow (AFIChemE) is a grade of membership that recognises and rewards senior
professionals working in any field in the process industries who are not practising chemical
engineers themselves.

enhanced credibility and influence - recognition of success amongst chemical and process
engineering professionals

enhanced business networks- access to a community of over 42,000 process industry

professionals

better-informed business decisions - access to the latest industry news and innovations
within process engineering

access to latest industry pay and benefits benchmarks

Technician Members (TIChemE)

All those working in chemical, biochemical and process engineering support roles across
industry and academia are invited to join IChemE as a Technician Member and take advantage of
full membership resources and support. Suitably experienced Technician Members are able to
apply for professional registration as an Engineering Technician (EngTech) or Registered
Science Technician (RSciTech). As an engineering or science technician you play a key role in
the chemical, biochemical and process engineering profession. You needed to:

Practical understanding to solve engineering or scientific problems and could have a

qualification, an apprenticeship or years of experience.

Knowledgeable and skilled individual working in a process engineering support role.

Affiliate Member (Non-qualified membership)

You needed to:

Familiar with the skills pipeline

How to recruit and retain the right talent in a competitive market

How to make the most of your engineers for your business.

Have an interest in a field of science and engineering that can contribute more than most
to addressing some of the worlds key.

Student Member
Students who is studying chemical engineering or a related subject at undergraduate level.

2.

What is code of ethics?

A guided principle in form of set of writing by an organization to its employee and
management to guide their action towards honesty and integrity. Different professions
have different ethical code.

3.

Write down your own code of ethics for UiTM Students.

Ethical code for UiTM students are:

a) Students must attend all of the classes including lectures, tutorials, face to face learning
and blended learning. Students will be barred to final examination if the attendances are
less than 80% of the contact hours.
b) Students should follow the rules and regulations stated by the university.
c) Students must be properly attire when attending the classes.

4.

Define whistle-blower.
One who is reveals the wrongdoing and illegal activities in an organization to the higher
authority or to people who in charge.

5.

Watch the documentary entitled Challenger The Untold Story and answer the following
question:

a)

Do you regard Boisjoly as a disloyal employee or a heroic whistle-blower? Why?

I think Roger Boisjoly is a heroic whistle-blower because he had tried to warn his college
and his employer about the O-Ring problem and the catastrophic danger and determined
to postpone the launch of space shutter but his employer did not listen to him and still
approve the launch.

d) Did Morton Thiokol treat Boisjoly fairly? Why, or why not? Explain.
I think Morton Thiokol as the employer did not treat Boisjoly fairly because Boisjoly had
tried warn the problem before and had no respond from the management side, until the
critical moment, the day of space launcher. He only told the truth about the accident to
the commission.
e) Which specific parts of an engineering code of ethics applicable to the situations faced by
Morton Thiokol engineers?
The specific parts of an engineering code of ethics is the rules of practice, where an
engineers shall hold paramount the safety, health and welfare of the public. If the
engineers judgement is overruled under certain circumstances that endanger life or
property, they need to notify their employer or authority as may be appropriate.

f) Describe three different responsibilities (obligation, blame and role) by using examples
based on the videos shown.

Obligation responsibility
Roger Boisjoly contributed all his skills and knowledge to make sure the space
launcher is safe and ready to go. He always checked on the O-Rings where it is
the most crucial part and tried his best to postpone the launcher due to
malfunction of the O-Rings.

Blame responsibility
NASA and Morton Thiokol need to be blame as they make a wrong decision at
the critical moment. Boisjoly had warned them beforehand, but no respond from

the Morton Thiokol. As Boisjoly is expert in the O-Rings, they should listen to
him and postpone the space launcher.

Role responsibility
Morton Thiokol management should listen to Boisjoly warning about the O-Rings
problem as he had notice them before. At the meeting, they should make the
decision to postpone the launcher as the problem can cause the major problem and
endanger life of the astronauts.

g) Aboard the shuttle for this flight was the first teacher in space. Should civilians be
allowed on what is basically an experimental launch vehicle?
Yes because the teacher are the role model to their students. They can tell their students
about the space exploration and encourage them to study hard and become an astronaut.
Although the launch vehicle is basically in the experiment, the teacher as civilian know
the risk of the flight and the success of the space launch before prove the launch is safe.