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Professional Ethics & Human Values / September 14, 2021

Right of Professional Conscience

–    There  is one basic and  generic professional  right of engineers,  the moral  right to exercise responsible professional judgment in pursuing professional responsibilities. –   Pursuing  these  responsibilities  involves  exercising  both  technical  judgment  and reasoned moral convictions. –   This basic right can be referred to as the right of professional conscience.

By · September 14, 2021 · 1 min read

–    There  is one basic and  generic professional  right of engineers,  the moral  right to exercise responsible professional judgment in pursuing professional responsibilities.

–   Pursuing  these  responsibilities  involves  exercising  both  technical  judgment  and reasoned moral convictions.

–   This basic right can be referred to as the right of professional conscience.