Gerald Andrews Emison | American Pragmatism as a Guide for Professional Ethical Conduct for Engineers
Emison argues that the field of engineering is unique in that the rapid advance of technology makes it difficult to rely on a rigid model of professional ethics. Rather, an adaptive and flexible engineering ethics is required, one that will respond to changes in the social, economic, and research worlds. Pragmatism offers an exemplary template for guiding ethical choice in engineering based on the social context of particular circumstances.
-The fact that it takes less time today to go from concept to applied technology means that both practitioners and academic engineers share responsibility for the profession's
A) knowledge base.
B) scholarly community.
C) clients.
D) managers.

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Emison emphasizes that both practitioners and academic engineers share responsibility for the profession's knowledge base, as the rapid advancement of technology requires an adaptive approach to engineering ethics.