Activating social conscience of engineers

Raising social responsibility of engineering profession

Description

Activating the social conscience of engineers involves systematically integrating ethical awareness, community impact assessment, and social responsibility into engineering education, professional standards, and project management. This strategy ensures engineers proactively identify and address societal risks, environmental consequences, and equity issues in their work. By embedding these practices, the approach remedies problems of technological harm, public disengagement, and inequitable solutions, fostering engineering outcomes that prioritize public welfare and sustainable development.

Claim

Socially useful designs in medical technology might include a stair-climbing wheelchair, a go-kart for spina bifida children, a tea-pourer for the disabled and an aid for getting out of the bath.