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.

• Corporate Authors:

  Gower Publishing Company

  Gower House, Croft Road
  Aldershot, Hampshire  United Kingdom  GU11 3HR
• Authors:
  • Manheim, Marvin L
• 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