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Public Interest, Professional Bargains: Ethical Conflicts between Lawyers and Professional Engineers
Document Type
Article
Language
English (en)
Publication Date
2009
Publication Title
Washington University Journal of Law & Policy
Abstract
Environmental experts come from many fields, including biology, geosciences, ecology, chemistry, engineering, social science, and economics. Each discipline has its own set of norms, practices, ethics, guidelines, and procedures, which differ from those of the legal profession. Wherever the disciplines intersect, there is a potential for disagreement. This Article examines one such set of potential clashes — the conflict between a lawyer‘s duties of loyalty and confidentiality, and the engineer‘s paramount duty to the public health, safety, and welfare.
Keywords
Ethics, Legal Ethics, Professionalism, Environmental Law, Engineering, Engineering Ethics
Publication Citation
Elizabeth J. Hubertz, Public Interest, Professional Bargains: Ethical Conflicts between Lawyers and Professional Engineers, 31 Wash. U. J. L. & Pol’y 83 (2009)
Repository Citation
Hubertz, Elizabeth J., "Public Interest, Professional Bargains: Ethical Conflicts between Lawyers and Professional Engineers" (2009). Scholarship@WashULaw. 982.
https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/law_scholarship/982