- Use the model of the Declaration of Helsinki (written by the World Medical Association in 1964 to outline the ethical responsibilities of medical research) as a basis for drafting a Declaration of Global Responsibility for engineers
- Develop an understanding of what opportunities and challenges are present and to be expected for the implementation of such a declaration.
Engineers Without Borders: Declaration of Global Responsibility for Engineers workshop
Engineers Without Borders UK are co-organising two workshops with the University of Leeds Inter-Disciplinary Applied Ethics Centre during spring 2016 to develop a Declaration of Global Responsibility for Engineers.
The goals of the workshops are to:
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