ENVIRONMENTAL

ETHICS
FOR
ENGINEERS
ENVIRONMENT

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Hello!
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JOY-LYN ABALOS
EDUARDO AGAPITO
JAYNE ANDRADA
LEONARD ARENAS
EDRIEN DANE BALACANO
ANTHONY LEE BALAIS
KEVIN BADUA
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ENGINEERING,
ECOLOGY AND
ECONOMICS
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If your technology
messes up the
environment, it can
affect the health of many
humans!

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ECONOMY?
● “invisible hand”: Adam Smith, 1776,
“The Wealth of Nations:”
● “trade for the public good”
● “self-interest”
Self-interest of companies cannot be relied
on to protect the environment.

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Tragedy of the
Commons
● “thoughtless humans”, Aristotle
● W.F. Lloyd and G. Hardin: Tragedy
of the commons

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Unthinking exploitation arises
with all natural resources held
in common.
THE BIOSPHERE
- Realm of life

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CONSENSUS?
Engineers play a key role in that consensus…
● Develop technical details on environmental impact, encourage corporations to be
concerned about the environment.
● Help set policy, help follow laws
● Help make it economically feasible.

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Engineers:
Sustainable
Development
● IEEE CODE OF
ETHICS
● What is Sustainable
Development?

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Corporations:
Environmental Leadership
Compaq Computer Corp.
(now merged with Hewlett-Packard)

● Efficient use of ● Easy disassembly for recycling

resources ● Waste minimization
● Energy-efficient product

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Government:
Technology Assessment
laws to protect degradation of the
commons

● PD 1586 ● RA 6969
● RA 8749 ● RA 9003
● RA 9275 ● RA 9512

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HOW DOES TECHNOLOGY
HARMS THE ENVIRONMENT?
● Pollution
● Consuming Resources
● Waste
● Disrupting Ecology
● Health Hazards

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WHAT IS
TECHNOTRASH
… and how to RECYCLE THEM

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HOW CAN
TECHNOLOGY HELP
THE ENVIRONMENT?

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Saving our planet, lifting people out of poverty, advancing
economic growth... these are one and the same fight. We
must connect the dots between climate change, water
scarcity, energy shortages, global health, food security and
women's empowerment. Solutions to one problem must
be solutions for all.

- Ban Ki-moon, 8th Secretary General of the United Nations

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Thanks you!

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