Do the Professional Ethics of Chemists and Engineers Differ ? Davis, Michael professional ethics engineering ethics code of conduct codes of ethics chemists engineers profession ethics morality This paper provides a sketch of my general way of understanding professions and then applies that sketch to a specific question, how to distinguish between two very similar professions, chemistry and engineering. I argue that the professional ethics of chemists do differ from the professional ethics of engineers and that the differences are important. The argument requires definition of both ‘ethics’ and ‘profession’ – as well delving into the details of chemistry and engineering. HYLE – International Journal for Philosophy of Chemistry Vol. 8, No . 1 (2002) http://www.hyle.org/journal/issues/8-1/davis.htm HYLE - International Journal for Philosophy of Chemistry 2011 2002 Article printed matter application/pdf islandora:10190 http://hdl.handle.net/10560/islandora:10190 CSEP / Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions Illinois Institute of Technology en In Copyright http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/ Open Access