Cortland Richmond <[email protected]> wrote (in <[email protected]>) about 'EMC Ethics', on Wed, 13 Jul 2005: >I happen to have on hand the February 2005 issue of the Antennas and >Propagation Society magazine. On page 146 there appears in the PACE >Report for that issue an extensive analysis of ethics as required of >engineering professionals. Vincent M. Brannigan, J.D., points out >that while we may be paid for performing our duty to an employer, we >have an overriding ethical duty to the public.
Yes, in terms of product safety certainly. For EMC, the duty is still there, but it is inevitable 'weaker'. Poor EMC MIGHT result in injury, through indirect effects, whereas poor product safety is directly hazardous. > >Professor Brannigan teaches ethics and has written extensively on this >subject. Also see >http://www.nspe.org/etweb/10105viewpoint.asp Effectively, he insists on designers' personal responsibility, which is only meaningful if the *management* supports 'design-in' instead of a system which per se splits the ethical responsibility between safety experts and EMC experts, on whom is imposed the responsibility that properly belongs to the designers. -- Regards, John Woodgate, OOO - Own Opinions Only. Deadlines are 90% of deadliness. http://www.jmwa.demon.co.uk Also see http://www.isce.org.uk This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to [email protected] Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/listserv/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas [email protected] Mike Cantwell [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
