(Paper presented at International Conference on Ethics in Engineering and Computer Science, March 22, 1999.) Other keywords for this article: ethics support, cases.
Relevant Literature on this Topic
Stephen H. Unger, "Role of Engineering Societies in Controlling Hazardous Technology", J. of Professional issues in Engineering, V. 112, No. 3, July, 1986, ASCE. Reprinted in Flores, "Ethics and Risk Management in Engineering", 1989, University Press of America.
Other keywords for this article: engineering ethics, ethics officers, professional societies, technological disasters.
Other keywords for this article: ethics and prudence; preferences vs. values; negligence; trust, distrust; ambiguity; moral ambiguity; responsibilities, general; professional responsibility; public safety; laboratory safety; design process; engineering competence; environmental issues, global; environmental issues, chemical; conflict of interest; ethical codes and guidelines from professional societies; harassment, sexual harassment and aggression; workplace relationships; research misconduct; falsification and fabrication; plagiarism; authorship; human subjects in research; animals in scientific research.