Some thoughts on the social obligations of engineers

MEMBERS of the engineering profession are becoming increasingly sensitive to their social obligations both collectively and individually. This is no new thing in the profession. Indeed for as far back as I can remember, engineers have questioned whether the profession occupied the place that it should have in organized society, and to a degree whether it was discharging its obligations to society. The creation of the American Engineering Council gives organic expression to this concern on the part of the profession.