Ethical Issues in Transportation Research
This author of this paper believes there are significant values issues in what transportation professionals do. This paper will examine a few selected aspects such as problem definition, public involvement, technical methods, work program definition, substantive positions, legitimacy of debate, and alternative styles of professional work. As a result, the paper concludes that work in transportation is not value-free and that self examination is not engaged in enough. To change the norms of behavior, the paper proposes a number of specific actions to promote professional awareness and some principles to serve as a normative model for professional roles.
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Corporate Authors:
Gower Publishing Company
Gower House, Croft Road
Aldershot, Hampshire United Kingdom GU11 3HR -
Authors:
- Manheim, Marvin L
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Conference:
- Transport Research for Social and Economic Progress. Proceedings of the Second World Conference on Transport Research
- Location: London , England
- Date: 1980-4-14 to 1980-4-17
- Publication Date: 1981
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Print
- Features: References;
- Pagination: pp 65-102
- Monograph Title: Transport Research for Social and Economic Progress
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Development; Ethics; Forecasting; Information systems; Methodology; Operations research; Policy making; Public participation; Research; Transportation planning
- Uncontrolled Terms: Transportation professionals
- Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; Policy; Research; Society; I10: Economics and Administration;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01082815
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Dec 18 2007 11:52AM