5. Glossary – Definitions
Ethics alert; Whistleblowing
The act of a man or woman who, believing that the public interest outweighs the interests of the organization he or she serves, sounds the alarm that the organization is involved in corrupt, fraudulent, illegal or dangerous activity.
Déontologie; Professional ethics
All the duties imposed on professionals by the exercise of their profession.
Strict legal meaning: a document registered in the legal system and linked to an identified regulatory body, such as an order.
Extended meaning: A set of rules recognized by a professional group and enshrined in a reference text for all its members.
Soft law
A type of law that lacks some of the characteristics traditionally associated with the rule...
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Bibliography
Websites
French ISO 26000 Observatory
https://www.iso.org/fr/iso-26000-social-responsibility.html
UN Sustainable Development Goals (2017)
https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/fr/objectifs-de-developpement-durable/
...Standards and norms
- Code de déontologie des ingénieurs du Conseil national des ingénieurs et scientifiques de France - CNISF - (1996)
- Charte d'éthique de l'ingénieur - IESF - (2001)
- White Paper – Part B. The engineer's ethical responsibility in complex systems - IESF - (2017)
- Charte de l'Ingénieur et du scientifique responsable (ISR) - IESF - (2021)
- Lignes directrices relatives à la responsabilité sociétale...
Regulations
Decree of May 25, 2016 setting the national framework for training and the procedures leading to the award of the national doctoral diploma.
DGT circular no. ° 2008-22 on ethical charters, whistle-blowing procedures and internal regulations, Ministry of Labor, Social Relations and Solidarity, November 19, 2008.
Law no. 2001-420...
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French Association of Engineers and Scientists (IESF)
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Statistical and economic data
Observatoire des ingénieurs – 2014 survey of French engineers and scientists
http://www.cti-commission.fr/IMG/pdf/enquete_iesf_2014.pdf
Conférence des directeurs des écoles d'ingénieurs françaises (CDEFI) – Engineering students and the ethics of their profession (2010)...
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