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Article: A mathematical approach to understanding the diversity of ethical decision making. (Decision Making)
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- Industrial Management
- Article date:
- July 1, 1992
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Society judges the competence and the liability of engineers by their adherence to commonly accepted standards of behavior such as the National Society of Professional Engineers' Code of Ethics or a professional societys' more specific code of ethics. Professional practice, and therefore control of the profession, is dictated by the acceptance of these codes.
Yet, often, when engineers are confronted with the subject of professional ethics, they have one of two negative reactions. The first is to downplay the importance of the topic because of its subjective nature. Ethics do not have the hard facts of mathematics or the structure of the scientific method as a ...