Mission
MISSION
To educate globally responsible engineering students
and professionals who
can offer sustainable
and appropriate solutions to the endemic
problems faced by
developing communities worldwide.
VISION
The
EDC program's outward vision is first of
of a world where all people
have access
to
the knowledge
and resources with which
to meet their basic
human needs
and promote sustainable development in
such areas as water supply and
sanitation, food production and
processing, housing and construction,
energy, transportation and
communication, income generation, and
employment creation.
A second part of the vision is that of a world where emerging
and practicing engineers make intelligent and harmless decisions that
enhance the quality of life on Earth while
at the same time preserving natural and cultural diversity. This is
also that of a profession whose path is to achieve a more sustainable world, without suffering the
consequences of engineering projects that are socially, culturally, or
economically inappropriate. Engineers
have a central role in building a sustainable future; in fact, they
have an obligation to provide leadership in that direction.
VALUES
We believe in education
that develops a new generation of engineers,
who will benefit from seeing the many facets of engineering
solutions to problems in developing communities, beyond the
technical skills obtained in their basic education; and in the
education of host-community partners.
We
believe that the non-engineering components of
local needs are almost always more complicated than the
engineering aspects, and seek to instill this reality within
the engineering profession.
We believe in partnerships
with a
broad cadre of institutional, academic, development, and
engineering professionals that are willing to assist in
building toward a more equitable and sustainable world.
We believe in sustainable projects
that are symbiotic with the environment,
society, and culture and build capacity for people to solve
their own problems.
We believe in change
that can contribute positively to communities; change that started now will provide new solutions
over time; and change that can interrupt the cycle of
poverty.
We believe in ethics that
require the highest level of integrity; ethics that promote
honesty, communication, and forthright disclosure; ethics
that promote human dignity, value, and respect of diversity; ethics that promote social responsibility and appropriate
action; ethics that promote fairness and equitable
distribution of time, effort, and resources; ethics that
promote responsibility to share skills and resources; ethics that recognize that people should not be exploited
in any form whatsoever.
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