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intensification of Social Issues in Engineerfrlg As we have seen, an indirect effect of the changes in scope and scale of engineering activities in the postwar period has been an increase in the awareness and critical scrutiny of these activities by the general public. By the 1970s, changing societal attitudes had given rise to a prevalent mistrust of technology-often referred to as "antitechnology" sentiment {Florm~n, 1981~.
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the growth of social concerns regarding engineering activities in the present era can probably be traced from the atomic explosions that ended the war with Japan. Those events, effective as they may have been in ending the war quickly, were an appalling revelation of the power of science and engineering working in tandem.
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This would indeed be a powerful demonstration of the exercise of professionalism and professional responsibility in the modem engineering context.
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Certainly the professional societies, which have long grappled with ethical questions, can be instrumental in informing engineers and addressing large political and social issues on behalf of the profession. One logical mechanism for accomplishing this could be an umbrella organization like the American Association of Engineering Societies {AAES)
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