The Following Is a Series of Questions Pertaining to the NSPE

question 17

True/False

The following is a series of questions pertaining to the NSPE Code of Ethics.Please indicate whether the statements are true or false.These questions are provided by the NSPE.
Note: This ethics test is intended solely to test indi?vidual knowledge of the specific language contained in the NSPE Code of Ethics and is not intended to measure individual knowledge of engineering ethics or the ethics of individual engineers or engineering students.
-Engineers shall issue no statements, criticisms, or arguments on technical matters that are inspired or paid for by interested parties, unless they have prefaced their comments by explicitly identifying the interested parties on whose behalf they are speaking, and by revealing the existence of any interest the engineers may have in the matters.

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Definitions:

Business Brokers

A business intermediary that brings sellers of their businesses together with potential buyers.

Newspapers

Periodical publications containing written information on current events, news, articles, and advertisements, often published on a daily or weekly basis.

Thinning The Assets

A process of selectively selling off or disposing of less productive, less profitable, or underutilized assets by a company to improve financial health or operational efficiency.

Holdback Money

Funds retained by one party in a transaction as a safeguard to ensure some form of compliance or completion by the other party.