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“MANAGING THE DECISION SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY: A CASE FOR ETHICAL ANALYSIS?”‐COMMENT
Author(s) -
Schkade Lawrence L.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
decision sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.238
H-Index - 108
eISSN - 1540-5915
pISSN - 0011-7315
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-5915.1981.tb00120.x
Subject(s) - engineering ethics , ethical decision , universality (dynamical systems) , decision analysis , management science , epistemology , sociology , economics , philosophy , engineering , physics , mathematical economics , quantum mechanics
In the current issue of Decision Sciences, Brightman [2] argues that the growth of the discipline should be managed, and individual decision scientists must ultimately be held accountable for the ethical implications of implementing their research findings. The purpose of this comment is to examine several principles behind Brightman's arguments and to initiate a discussion of some of the important issues that have been raised. The distinction between the inquiry and technological imperatives and questions about the universality of moral reasoning at the ethical‐principles leverl further Brightman's analysis and pose important considerations for decision scientists.