Assessing superior responsibility

Because some members and prospective members of the IEE find difficulty in interpreting the ´superior-responsibility´ clause of Bylaw 11a, which governs the election of Fellows of the Institution, the Membership Committee invited the author to express his view, based on his past experience of membership matters, of the principles involved. Nevertheless, the committee feels that it must state that it cannot be bound by individual interpretations that may be put on particular phrases in this article, because so much depends on individual circumstances, as the article explains.