Engineering Ethics
Maintaining best ethical practices in science, technology, engineering and medicinal fields has long been an area of interest within the profession and community. Early ethical considerations include formal inquiries made into the validity and of mesmerism, and with the rise of professional engineering associations in the 19th century, ethical codes became formerly drafted. The American Institute of Electrical Engineers (AIEE) adopted its code of ethics in 1912, and American Institute of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and the American Institute of Mechnical Engineers (ASME) both adopted ethical codes in 1914. Today, many engineering associations maintain formal committees, such as the IEEE Ethics and Member Conduct Committee.
Further Reading
Asimov's Ethics of Robot Behavior
Creating the IEEE Code of Ethics, History of Technical Societies, 2009 IEEE Conference on the , Pugh, E.W., DOI: 10.1109/HTS.2009.5337855
Emerson Pugh oral history on IEEE Code of Ethics
Layers of Reliability or Ethics, A First Hand History by Yukiyasu Suguri
Challenges IEEE Faced Supporting Ethical Behavior and Professionalism, A First Hand History by Walter Elden
Re-Establishing IEEE Members' Right to Ethical Support in Employee-Employer Professional/Ethical Disputes, A First Hand History by Walter Elden
