My Engineer's Oath

To me, becoming an entrepreneur roaming the world is a way to keep my moral independence. I do not abide by dark patterns. I want my creations to be purely helpful. To benefit mankind through the mastery of my craft. It doesn’t mean what I do is perfect, but I’m always striving to improve. My choices are mine. It is my duty to be as transparent as possible and to seek the truth.

I will not tolerate any exploitative venture.

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Considering the life of Archimedes of Syracuse who illustrated the ambiguous potential of technology since the Antiquity,

Considering the growing responsibility of engineers and scientists towards men and nature,

Considering the importance of the ethical problems stemming from technology and its applications,

Today, I commit to the following statements and shall endeavour to reach towards the ideal that they represent:

I shall practise for the good of mankind, respecting human rights1 and the environment.

I shall recognise the responsibility for my actions, after informing myself to the best of my abilities, and shall in no case discharge my responsibilities on another person

I shall endeavour to perfect my professional abilities

When choosing and implementing projects,I shall remain wary of their context and their consequences, notably in their technical, economic, social and ecological aspects.

I shall give particular attention to projects with military applications. I shall contribute, to the extent of my abilities, to promote equitable relationships between men and to support the development of economically weaker countries.

I shall transmit, with rigour and honesty, to discerningly chosen interlocutors, any important information, if it constitutes a gain for society or if its rentention constitutes a danger for others. In the latter case,

I shall ensure that the communication yields concrete action.

I shall not let myself be governed by the defence of my own interests or those of my corporation.

I shall endeavour, to the best of my abilities, to lead my company to take into account the preoccupations of the present oath.

I shall practise my profession in complete intellectual honesty, with conscience and dignity.

I solemnly take this oath, freely and on my honour.

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I swear by Apollo Physician, by Asclepius, by Hygieia, by Panacea, and by all the gods and goddesses, making them my witnesses, that I will carry out, according to my ability and judgment, this oath and this indenture.

To hold my teacher in this art equal to my own parents; to make him partner in my livelihood; when he is in need of money to share mine with him; to consider his family as my own brothers, and to teach them this art, if they want to learn it, without fee or indenture; to impart precept, oral instruction, and all other instruction to my own sons, the sons of my teacher, and to indentured pupils who have taken the physician’s oath, but to nobody else.

I will use treatment to help the sick according to my ability and judgment, but never with a view to injury and wrong-doing. Neither will I administer a poison to anybody when asked to do so, nor will I suggest such a course. Similarly I will not give to a woman a pessary to cause abortion. But I will keep pure and holy both my life and my art. I will not use the knife, not even, verily, on sufferers from stone, but I will give place to such as are craftsmen therein.

Into whatsoever houses I enter, I will enter to help the sick, and I will abstain from all intentional wrong-doing and harm, especially from abusing the bodies of man or woman, bond or free. And whatsoever I shall see or hear in the course of my profession, as well as outside my profession in my intercourse with men, if it be what should not be published abroad, I will never divulge, holding such things to be holy secrets.

Now if I carry out this oath, and break it not, may I gain for ever reputation among all men for my life and for my art; but if I break it and forswear myself, may the opposite befall me

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