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Apr 1977
Ethics Spun from Fairy Tales
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VIEW THE REPLYPublication: Engineering Issues: Journal of Professional Activities
Volume 103, Issue 2
Abstract
Considerations are given about the development and changes in the ASCE Code of Ethics. The oxymoronic nature of the concept is analyzed. The changes made in recent years are shown in connection with the DoJ, and other federal requirements, as well as the importance of having a code of ethics. Case studies are given as used in the Wisconsin Section. They illustrate the importance of various parts of the code. The paper ends with a quotation from Shakespeare, This above all: to thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.
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Engineering Issues: Journal of Professional Activities
Volume 103 • Issue 2 • April 1977
Pages: 165 - 181
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© 1977 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published in print: Apr 1977
Published online: Feb 10, 2021
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ASCE Technical Topics:
- Business management
- Case studies
- Construction engineering
- Construction management
- Engineering fundamentals
- Engineering profession
- Ethics
- Federal government
- Government
- Methodology (by type)
- Organizations
- Practice and Profession
- Professional practice
- Professional societies
- Research methods (by type)
- Standards and codes
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Jack McMinn, F.ASCE
Vice Pres., Bartle Wells Assocs., San Francisco, Calif.; Member, ASCE Committee on Professional Conduct
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