BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20150422T123000Z DTEND:20150422T150000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Ethics: An Engineer's Tool for Risk Management DESCRIPTION:Risk management is much more than insurance it's a way of operating your business. One of the necessary tools for risk management is an awareness of the engineer's ethical obligations\, which then informs how the engineer communicates about issues and addresses them. Today's engineer must meet the demands of the market while protecting one's practice\, one's business\, and one's integrity. In this course\, we will examine the applicable Rules of Professional Conduct as well as case studies of ethical violations and\, from them\, learn how adhering to the ethical code and communicating effectively can strengthen your practice\, help avoid ethical dilemmas\, and manage risk.\n\n \n\nLearning Objectives:\n\n\n Review of MN Rules of Professionalism and Ethics for Professional Engineers\n Identify\, Handle\, and Avoid Ethical Dilemmas in Practice both in the office and in the field\n Identify How Ethical Practice Reduces Risk\n Identify and Avoid Potential Professional Liability Issues Related to Ethical Issues \n\n \n\nPresenter: Attorney Kristine A. Kubes is principal of Kubes Law Office\, PLLC\, serving design and construction professionals. Kristine helps clients strengthen their businesses. She concentrates her work on design defense/ litigation and proactive counseling during the project. Services include defending clients against professional liability and general liability claims\, addressing and cooperatively resolving project-management\, risk-management\, and payment issues\, prosecuting mechanic's liens\, and entity set-up. Integrated with her construction practice\, Kristine is a qualified neutral who mediates construction and design disputes during and after the project. Kristine serves on the Governing Committee of the American Bar Association Forum on the Construction Industry\, is past-chair of the Forum's Design Division\, and served as a public member on the MN Board of AELSLAGID from 2006-2013\, during which she served two terms as Board Chair. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Risk management is much more than insurance &ndash\; it&rsquo\;s a way of operating your business. One of the necessary tools for risk management is an awareness of the engineer&rsquo\;s ethical obligations\, which then informs how the engineer communicates about issues and addresses them. Today&rsquo\;s engineer must meet the demands of the market while protecting one&rsquo\;s practice\, one&rsquo\;s business\, and one&rsquo\;s integrity. \; In this course\, we will examine the applicable Rules of Professional Conduct as well as case studies of ethical violations and\, from them\, learn how adhering to the ethical code and communicating effectively can strengthen your practice\, help avoid ethical dilemmas\, and manage risk.
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\nPresenter:  \;Attorney Kristine A. Kubes is principal of Kubes Law Office\, PLLC\, serving design and construction professionals. \; Kristine helps clients strengthen their businesses. She concentrates her work on design defense/ litigation and proactive counseling during the project. Services include defending clients against professional liability and general liability claims\, addressing and cooperatively resolving project-management\, risk-management\, and payment issues\, prosecuting mechanic&rsquo\;s liens\, and entity set-up. Integrated with her construction practice\, Kristine is a qualified neutral who mediates construction and design disputes during and after the project. Kristine serves on the Governing Committee of the American Bar Association Forum on the Construction Industry\, is past-chair of the Forum&rsquo\;s Design Division\, and served as a public member on the MN Board of AELSLAGID from 2006-2013\, during which she served two terms as Board Chair.
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\n \; LOCATION:Marriott Minneapolis West 9960 Wayzata Blvd\, MN Minnetonka (952/544-4400) (Located on the north frontage road of I-394 between Hwy 169 & Hopkins Crossroad directly across from the ACEC/MN office) UID:e.9128.927 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260423T235520Z URL:http://cecm.memberzone.com/events/details/ethics-an-engineer-s-tool-for-risk-management-04-22-2015-927 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR