Personal morality is often confused with professional ethics. On the one hand, morality has to do with personal beliefs of virtuous conduct regardless of the customs of the community or the governing society. On the other hand, ethics consisted of a system of principles of rightness and goodness. Civil engineers' primary obligation and responsibility to society is to exercise engineering ethics. One way to ensure this responsibility is to train a professional group of engineers with regulations and exams to ensure quality. Because the professional engineer license is not required to practice general engineering services, many prospective engineers do not generate immediate pressure to obtain the license. This trend of decreasing licensed professional engineers due to lack of encouragement towards current future engineers will lead to an unsustainable civil engineering profession; engineers must be licensed before they can be responsible for public safety as set out in the Civil Engineering Code of Ethics. The title "Engineer" has always been used with much ambiguity. Legally, however, many steps are required including several years of experience and passing an exam issued by the National Council of Examiners of Geometry and Engineering. Graduating from an accredited institution, passing a fundamental engineering exam, having satisfied work experiences, and finally passing the professional engineer exam are necessary steps to legally be a licensed professional engineer. As of May 2009, approximately 2,500 engineers-in-training attempted to obtain their professional engineer license, and only about 900 passed. Many future engineering graduates are not well informed about… the middle of paper… and the well-being of society. While every engineer is capable of making ethical decisions, licensed engineers are ultimately better educated, responsible, and capable of judging to make decisions that are both ethical and productive. Licensed engineers have always been a prestigious group of individuals and without this they thrive. When licensed engineers become insufficient, the engineering company will become unsustainable putting public safety and code of ethics at risk. Current engineers-in-training and engineering students must pursue the path to becoming a licensed professional engineer. Although the road to becoming a professional engineer is filled with nearly half a decade of training, experiences and exams, it is a necessity, responsibility and obligation of every engineer who faces rapid technological progress, global competition and new ethical dilemmas..