Pipeline problems

An article in The Gazette on the revelations before the Charbonneau Commission quotes Brandiff Caron, a lecturer with the Centre for Engineering and Society.

“What we’re seeing at Charbonneau is what philosophers refer to as a systemic ethical problem,” said Brandiff Caron, who teaches Ethics for Engineering Practice at Concordia University. “What witnesses at the commission are suggesting is that corruption has become part and parcel of the profession of engineering in some cases. If you’re a part of that system it becomes difficult, if not outright impossible, not to do what you know to be wrong. Other than flat-out quitting.”