Why we need engineers who study ethics as much as maths
- Written by S. Travis Waller, Professor and Head of the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UNSW
The recent apartment building collapse in Miami, Florida, is a tragic reminder of the huge impacts engineering can have on our lives. Disasters such as this force engineers to reflect on their practice and perhaps fundamentally change their approach. Specifically, we should give much greater weight to ethics when training engineers.
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