All Engineers working for arms manufacturers are in breach of code of ethics
Professor M | 19.05.2007 10:20 | Anti-militarism | Technology
All Engineers who make weapons are automatically in breach of professional code of conduct guidelines and should be expelled and have chartered status removed.
According to the IEEE (The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) code of ethics:
http://www.ieee.org/web/membership/ethics/code_ethics.html
"We, the members of the IEEE, in recognition of the importance of our technologies in affecting the quality of life throughout the world, and in accepting a personal obligation to our profession, its members and the communities we serve, do hereby commit ourselves to the highest ethical and professional conduct and agree:
1. to accept responsibility in making decisions consistent with the safety, health and welfare of the public, and to disclose promptly factors that might endanger the public or the environment."
Therefore all Professional Electrical and Electronic engineers, especially chartered ones, who work for arms manufaturers making weapons are in breach of their professional code of ethics. as the populations of third world countries where the weapons are generally used are still the "public".
These Engineers are therefore liable for expulsion from professional membership and lose chartered status.
http://www.ieee.org/web/membership/ethics/code_ethics.html "We, the members of the IEEE, in recognition of the importance of our technologies in affecting the quality of life throughout the world, and in accepting a personal obligation to our profession, its members and the communities we serve, do hereby commit ourselves to the highest ethical and professional conduct and agree:
1. to accept responsibility in making decisions consistent with the safety, health and welfare of the public, and to disclose promptly factors that might endanger the public or the environment."
Therefore all Professional Electrical and Electronic engineers, especially chartered ones, who work for arms manufaturers making weapons are in breach of their professional code of ethics. as the populations of third world countries where the weapons are generally used are still the "public".
These Engineers are therefore liable for expulsion from professional membership and lose chartered status.
Professor M
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