ABSTRACT
Environmental engineers have the fate of the Earth in their minds and hands. All professions will need to become extensively involved in the effort to heal the Earth; environmental engineering is no exception. Environmental engineers have been and will continue to be in the forefront of any effort to protect the environment. Few environmental problems lend themselves to strictly local solutions, and there is no possibility of simply sending problems away. Every significant environmental engineering decision is a moral decision, since this type of engineering has both direct and indirect effects on human healthy, the environment, and nonhuman species, as well as on future generations. As persons with significant moral responsibilities, engineers ought to ask themselves a series of questions to better understand the ethical point of view. Managers in engineering organizations bear a special responsibility to create an ethically sound organizational culture.
