| "I would suggest as a rule of thumb that engineers and
other workers in large corporations are morally permitted to go public with
information about the safety of a product if the following conditions are met:
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1.
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if the harm that will be done by the product
is serious and considerable;
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if they make their concerns known to their
superiors; and
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if getting no satisfaction from their immediate superiors, they
exhaust the channels available within the corporation, including
going to the board of directors."
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| "For an engineer to have a moral obligation to
bring his case for safety
to the public, I think two other conditions have to be fulfilled, in
addition to the three mentioned above."
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| 4.
| "He must have documented evidence that
would convince a
reasonable, impartial observer that his view of the situation is correct
and the company policy is wrong."
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| 5.
| "There must be strong evidence that
making the information public
will in fact prevent the threatened serious harm."
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