Re:: CHP "Code of Ethics"

[peterson@ridgefield.sdr.slb.com (Carl Peterson)]

>     I'm  playing "devils advocate" here so please follow  "your"
>personal ethics and don't attack me personally....
>
>     Does  anyone  REALLY think that a written "Code  of  Ethics"
>ever  stopped someone from doing something if they really  wanted
>to?
>
>     PERSONAL ethics sure!
>
>     Nevertheless  take a good look at a lawyer's code of  ethics
>or  the  physician's  oath - or a congressman's  oath  of  office
>or......we all know how well they've been followed - just look at
>the news media!!
>
>     Do  you  think  that this proposed "debate" is going  to  be
>worth the space on your monitor's screen?  I think not.
>
>     Print  your rules if you feel you must, but I feel that most
>people  will  feel that they're an archaism.  All of us (I  hope)
>know  what  ethical behavior is (although we all  have  different
>perceptions  of  what that entails) and all of us, I  hope,  will
>continue  to  function  to the highest standards we can  hope  to
>achieve - our own, not what someone else tells us THEIRS are.
>
>     Joel Baumbaugh (baumbaug@nosc.mil)
>     NRaD
>     San Diego
>
>     STD  disclaimer - these thoughts are my own and not those of
>my supervisors, the Navy or the Federal Govt.

I would hope that this thread would address questions in the gray areas of
radiation safety.  What ALARA means to us, THEM, the public, and radiation
workers.

Carl


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The standard disclaimers apply to the above!

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