
1. Identify the recurring elements at work in any ethical failure
"Those who cannot remember their past are condemned to repeat it."
George Santayana, American philosopher (1863-1952).
According to John Shoup, history repeats itself not because we forget but because, according to the laws of non-linear dynamics, the patterns that generate history facilitate identical reiterations.
So, to start with concrete examples, let's ask ourselves what common patterns are at work in remote failures:
in space (United States, Europe);
time (2001 for Enron, 2008 for Kerviel-Société...
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Bibliography
Websites
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ALTRAD
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EBU (European Broadcasting Union / Union européenne de radio-télévision)
https://www.ebu.ch/files/live/sites/ebu/files/About/Governance/Code_Ethics_FR.pdf
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Standards and norms
- ISO Responsabilité sociétale - ISO 26000 - 2010
NSPE (National Society of Professional Engineers) United States: Code of Ethics for Engineers – in French
https://www.nspe.org/resources/ethics/code-ethics/french-translation
IESF (French Society of Engineers...
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IESF – Association des Ingénieurs et Scientifiques de France.
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NSPENational Society of Professional Engineers (United States)
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