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Guidelines for Engineers Dissenting on Ethical Grounds

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Approved by IEEE Ethics Committee, November 11, 1996
Introduction

1. Establish a clear technical foundation

2. Keep your arguments on a high professional plane

3. Try to catch problems early, and work with the lowest managerial level possible

4. Make sure that the issue is sufficiently important

5. Use organizational dispute resolution mechanisms

6. Keep records and collect paper

7. Resigning

8. Anonymity

9. Outside Resources

Conclusions
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