Title :
Improving ethical engineering practice
Author :
Perlman, Bruce ; Varma, Roli
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Public Adm., New Mexico Univ., Albuquerque, NM, USA
fDate :
3/1/2002 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The production of knowledge in engineering is located both in science as well as in social life. Further, engineers use not only scientific knowledge in their practice but they also combine labor and capital in their application of this knowledge. Being employed in the private sector and working toward commercial ends, engineers are both the "objects and representatives of corporate power". As such, engineers are faced with ambiguities and issues concerning the use and abuse of power, which other professions are not
Keywords :
professional aspects; social aspects of automation; abuse; ambiguities; corporate power; ethical engineering practice; ethics; political issues; public welfare; social issues; Accreditation; Educational technology; Engineering education; Engineering profession; Ethics; Fellows; Knowledge engineering; Power engineering and energy; Production; Springs;
Journal_Title :
Technology and Society Magazine, IEEE
