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In order to thoroughly implement ethics and to heighten awareness
of social responsibility among people involved in science and technology, it
is necessary not only to rely on the efforts of such individuals, but also to
tackle it systematically as an issue of the country as a whole.
In order to achieve them, it is important to carry out active
initiatives according to the respective roles of central government, local government,
businesses, workers and the general public through ethics education and safety
education in school education and business education, thereby improving the awareness
of ethics and safety in society as a whole.
For example, in private companies engaged in research and
development, about a half in the manufacturing industry have established internal
standards for the ethics of researchers and engineers ( Fig.
17 ). In the future, in addition to promoting the development of such ethics
regulations, methods to function the regulations and ethics education for engineers
should be expanded.
(System of Accreditation of Engineers Education and Thorough Implementation of Workplace Ethics in Consulting Engineers) |
Initiatives are currently being promoted to build an accreditation
system for engineers that guarantees receiving a certain level of education,
including engineering ethics, in universities and other higher level institutes.
It is expected that ethics education for engineers will be enhanced through these
activities.
Furthermore, improvements are to be made to the consulting
engineers system according to the Law for Consulting Engineers. As a part of
those improvements, as a responsibility of people involved in technology, an
awareness of public safety and conservation of the environment is the precondition
for consulting engineers' activities as responsibility for society.
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