From: Paul Adler (padler@usc.edu)
Date: Mon Jan 13 2003 - 11:20:41 EST
There's a group called Computer Professionals for Social Responsibliity which does good work: http://www.cpsr.org/ At 8:56 AM -0500 1/13/03, gerald_a_levy wrote: >I was asked the following off-list. Does anyone have any >suggested readings or comments? I thought of John D. >Bernal's _The social function of science_ but that was >written in 1939. The journal _Bulletin of Concerned >Atomic Scientists_ also comes to mind as a possible >resource. > >Solidarity, Jerry > >CAN YOU SUGGEST ME A BOOK/READING WHERE I CAN FIND A DISCUSSION OF >THE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY OF TECHNOLOGISTS WHEN AND IF THEIR >INNOVATIONS SERVE ONLY THE RULING CAPITALIST CLASS? > >If you do research in technology, the fruits of your research will >ultimately help the capitalist grow rich and stronger and it will >throw the working class persons in the reserve army of >unemployed. Then should the technology abandon that project of >innovations or how should he make his innovations help the working >classes within the framework of the capitalist society? -- * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Prof. Paul S. Adler, Management and Organization Dept, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0808 USC office tel: (213) 740-0748 Home office tel: (818) 981-0115 Home office fax: (818) 981-0116 Email: padler@usc.edu List of publications and course outlines at: http://www-rcf.usc.edu/~padler/ * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
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