The strangest place I ended up on day 1 was not
(a) a 6 star green star spaceship which doubles as an Engineering building
(b) buying a text book in the middle of a large space that used to be a refectory
(c) gazing at piling rig in the middle of what used to be a lovely lawn to sit on in my youth
but rather
(d) in the first two of six lectures in a series on Engineering Australia's Code of Ethics.
The lecturer acknowledged audibly that the subject matter applied to the vast number of fourth year engies of all persuasions in the subject who run a distinct chance of graduating sometime soonish. He seemed unsure as to what to do with those post-grad blow-ins from Sustainability lowering the tone. In turn, I acknowledged silently to myself that as the lectures just happened to be in a Masonic Lodge, that apparently exclusive societies beget other exclusive societies.
As a hardened campaigner against the innumerable acts of stupidity possible while wearing a hat, and still casual employee of a professional consulting engineering company which must remain nameless, it was an eye-opening experience. Hopefully my two page essay on the matter demonstrates I learnt something...
If you are curious, concerned or just having trouble sleeping, feel free to check out the link www.engineeringaustralia.org.au/ethics.
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