ENGR 482 Lecture 24

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International Standards

Universal Education Standards

Would it be worthwile to have international standards for engineering?

Move toward this end is already beginning!

Two groups:

• West: ABET, UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland
• East: China, etc.

Universal Licensure Standards

• Eur Ing (already accepted in 30 countries)
• American PE

Employer knows what he/she gets when hiring an engineer

Universal Ethical Standards

Too many differences between cultures

Whould everyone adopt the Western concept of "Professionalism"

Moral Dilemmas in the Internatinoal Arena

• exploitation; sweat-shops

Hanna's Dilemma:

• accept bad working conditions (but better than what workers would otherwise have)
• not accept job