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It could be said that, through our efforts at work, we are contributing to the wealth and well-being of society. However, not all our contributions have direct life-or-death consequences as is the case in professions like medicine or engineering. A flawed design could kill people: this is ultimate burden of responsibility of the engineer. So their creations must stand the scientific scrutiny of proofs and tests if they are to be used by other humans. It is this burden of responsibility that has contributed to the importance of procedures in the working lives of engineers.
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Sales, H.E. (2006). Engineering Practices and Procedures. In: Professional Communication in Engineering. Palgrave Studies in Professional and Organizational Discourse. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230625143_2
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