LAST WORD: ENGINEERS' DEAFENING SILENCE ON CLIMATE CHANGE

摘要

By not acknowledging human responsibility, our profession is squandering a well-earned chance to influence the most important debate of our time. The most fundamental tenet of the engineering Code of Ethics is to "hold paramount the safety, health, and welfare of the public." Not surprisingly, in a 2020 Gallup poll, the public rated engineering as the second most trusted profession, just ahead of medical doctors and right behind nurses - and well in front of college professors.