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Engineering Ethics at The Royal Academy of Engineering
The Royal Academy of
Engineering’s work on the ethical aspects of
engineering began with the publication in 1991 of
guidance on the paramount duty of engineers to
protect the public in the case of imminent disaster.
Those guidelines are available here:
In 2003 The Royal Academy of
Engineering set up a working group on professional
ethics during on the view that it was timely to
debate this within our profession and with others.
The membership of the original working group was as
follows:
Mr Chris Earnshaw FREng
(Chairman)
Dr Richard Ashcroft
Mr Andrew Haslett
FREng
Professor Ian Howard
Professor David Newland
FREng
Baroness O’Neill CBE FBA FMedSci
Professor
John Uff CBE QC FREng
Notes on the initial meetings
of that working group are available here:
The Academy’s work on ethics
was stimulated by the Lloyd’s Register lecture by
John Uff CBE QC FREng:
John Uff also published a
number of articles in The Royal Academy of
Engineering’s journal Ingenia on ethics in
engineering practice.
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