DocumentCode
1269004
Title
Improving ethical engineering practice
Author
Perlman, Bruce ; Varma, Roli
Author_Institution
Sch. of Public Adm., New Mexico Univ., Albuquerque, NM, USA
Volume
21
Issue
1
fYear
2002
fDate
3/1/2002 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
40
Lastpage
47
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;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Technology and Society Magazine, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0278-0097
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/44.993600
Filename
993600
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