Architects and Engineers: Practising in the Public Interest

Standards of practice of architects and engineers are controlled by legislation and to a greater extent by common law principles, which are concerned indirectly with the good of society at large. The ideal of service to the community is upheld in the codes of conduct of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects (RAIA) and the Institution of Engineers, Australia (IEA) and members of the RAIA are exhorted to be of constructive service in civic affairs and to apply their skill to the creative responsibility and economic development of their community.