HI All, this has always been a problem, but it used to be finding a few cases in millions. Just looking around, there must be hundreds or thousands of cases of inappropriate products on the market. Maybe now our law enforcement is overrwhelmed!
It seems to me that we should be going after the importers of good, and imposing heavy fines on them for non compliant goods. There are so many attractive ways this could be implemented: and we would all benifit. I guess thats my 2 cents worth... Derek Walton David Cuthbert wrote on 4/3/2007, 10:52 AM: > Counterfeits > > It seems that much or most of the counterfeit electronics are coming from > Asia. Some of these products infringe on trademarks, copyrights, and > patents > as well as having counterfeit safety markings. Some are downright > unsafe. So > it appears that these manufacturers (management and engineers) are > willing > to risk the life and limb of others for their own profit. While the > threat > of legal enforcement can be a deterrent, it would be great if the people > involved could self-regulate by the use of ethics. > > In the U.S.A. all engineering university programs that I know of > include one > course on engineering ethics. The business programs also include an > ethics > course. Obviously this has not completely solved our own > business/engineering ethical issues but it no doubt has made a dent. Have > many foreign universities added ethics courses? > > Dave Cuthbert > Linear Technology > > ************************************************************************** > > > **********************LINEAR TECHNOLOGY > CORPORATION*********************** > > ******************Internet Email Confidentiality > Footer******************* > > This e-mail transmission, and any documents, files or previous e-mail > messages attached > > to it may contain confidential information that is legally privileged. If > you are not the intended recipient, or a person responsible for > delivering > it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any > disclosure, > copying, distribution or use of any of the information contained in or > attached to this transmission is STRICTLY PROHIBITED. 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