Gerald Andrews Emison | American Pragmatism as a Guide for Professional

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Gerald Andrews Emison | American Pragmatism as a Guide for Professional Ethical Conduct for Engineers
Emison argues that the field of engineering is unique in that the rapid advance of technology makes it difficult to rely on a rigid model of professional ethics. Rather, an adaptive and flexible engineering ethics is required, one that will respond to changes in the social, economic, and research worlds. Pragmatism offers an exemplary template for guiding ethical choice in engineering based on the social context of particular circumstances.
-Clients now have an expanded sense of ___________, which may concern social, environmental, and disability concerns as well as economic.

• A) self-efficacy
• B) self-interest
• C) self-entitlement
• D) self-worth

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Definitions:

Executive Processing

Pertains to the cognitive processes involved in planning, problem-solving, and decision-making in the brain's prefrontal cortex.

Cultural Awareness

The understanding and appreciation of cultural differences and similarities within, among, and between groups.

Ethnocentrism

The act of judging another culture based on the standards and values of one's own culture, often accompanied by a belief in the superiority of one's own ethnic group or culture.

Collective Narcissism

it is a type of narcissism where an individual has an inflated self-love of their own group, to the point where the group believes it is superior to other groups.