January, 2025 Luncheon

Speaker: Chas Webb PE, CFM, M. ASCE

Date: Thursday, January 23, 2025

Topic:  Engineering and Ethics

Presentation: Video

Summary: This presentation will focus on general ethical principles that relate to engineering. It will look at examples and case studies involving engineers. It will also examine the ASCE code ethics and how it applies to these case studies as well as other topics such as artificial intelligence. The presentation will also look at real-life events where ethical decisions had to be made and examining how people can fall into the trap of making unethical decisions.

Bio: Chas Webb is currently the ASCE Region 4 NC Governor. He also has served as the NC Eastern Branch President and NC Section President. Chas currently works for the City of Raleigh as an engineering supervisor overseeing the City’s Drainage Assistance and Stream Stabilization programs. He’s been with the City for seven years. Prior to working in Raleigh he worked for seven years as a project engineer for the Hamilton County Sewer Authority located in Chattanooga, TN. He has a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering and Master of Science in Engineering Management from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. He’s a registered engineer in North Carolina and Tennessee. In 2023, Chas was selected as one of Raleigh Durham’s ‘40 Under Forty’ by the Triangle Business Journal. Chas enjoys landscape photography, golf, and classic rock concerts.