Licensees are prohibited from falsifying qualifications of other licensees to:

Falsifying qualifications of other licensees is fundamentally about integrity and ethical conduct in the engineering profession. When someone engages in this behavior, it undermines trust and transparency, which are essential for maintaining a credible profession.

The correct focus, in this case, is how such actions can lead to securing more projects. By presenting inflated or false qualifications of peers, an individual can mislead clients and stakeholders into believing that their projects will be in capable hands, ultimately attempting to gain unfair advantages in the bidding or selection process. This not only compromises the principles of fair competition but also puts public safety at risk if unqualified individuals are engaged to perform critical tasks.

Maintaining a truthful representation of qualifications ensures that everyone competes based on their actual abilities, which promotes ethical standards across the industry. This principle aligns with ensuring that the integrity of the engineering profession is upheld and that all practitioners are evaluated based on their real qualifications and merits.