Divided loyalties : whistle-blowing at BART / by Robert M. Anderson ... [and others].

Format:

• Book

Contributor:

• Anderson, Robert Morris, 1939-

Series:

• Science and society (West Lafayette, Ind.) ; v. 4.
• Science and society ; v. 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (Calif.).
• Public interest--United States--Case studies.
• Professional ethics--United States--Case studies.
• Professional ethics.
• Public interest.
• United States.

Physical Description:

ix, 397 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

West Lafayette, Ind. : Purdue University, 1980.

Summary:

Divided Loyalties provides a detailed, in-depth analysis of a single incident rooted in the effort of a group of professional employees to serve the public welfare. This incident reveals in microcosm the interplay of political forces, economic interests, personal ambition, organizational structure, and professional ethics. The authors conclude their study with a set of recommendations that should be considered by public and private organizations, professional associations, agencies of government, and individual professional employees.

Contents:

• 1 Organizations, Professions, and the Public Interest: On the Social Control of Public Sector Organizations 1
• Organizations as Private Governments 8
• Organization Structure, Authority, and Professional Employees 10
• Professional Ethics and Professional Societies 14
• Method: Actors' Viewpoints and Multiple Realties 18
• Part I Preconditions 23
• 2 Creating the Organization: The Directors' View 24
• Structure and Role of the Board 26
• Problems Arise 31
• The Climate of the Organization 33
• Financial and Technical Difficulties 36
• 3 The Grandness of the Dream: Management's View 41
• The Launching of the Projects 44
• The Creation of the PBTB Consortium 48
• BART's Organizational Style 51
• Construction Begins 56
• Tribulations of BART's Managers 57
• 4 Working for BART: The Engineers' Experiences 60
• Social and Educational Background 61
• Early Work Experiences 64
• Holger Hjortsvang 64
• Robert Bruder 66
• Max Blankenzee 67
• The Engineers Join BART 69
• The Job and the Organization 72
• Holger Hjortsvang 72
• Robert Bruder 80
• 5 Protecting the Public Interest: The Role of the Technical/Professional Societies 87
• Professional and Technical Societies 91
• BART, PBTB and CSPE 94
• A Question of Professional Ethics 97
• Roy Anderson Speaks 100
• Part II Crisis 107
• 6 The Gathering Storm: The Engineers' View of the Clash Between Professional Responsibility and Organizational Authority 108
• Learning to Oppose Organizational Authority 109
• The Arrival of the Catalyst 121
• The Approach to the Directors: Circumventing Management 134
• The Burfine Report 136
• The Politicization of the Controversy: The Engineers Get Lost in the Shuffle 140
• Confronting the Board: The Big Guns and the Foot Soldiers 145
• Management Retaliates: The Engineers are Fired 147
• 7 Management's Defense of Bart: The Firing of the Engineers 151
• Management Hears of Discontent 157
• The November 18 Memorandum 159
• The Actors in the Drama 166
• The Crisis Mounts 170
• The Burfine Report 175
• The Ethical Claim 177
• Management Acts 183
• 8 Division on the Board: Management is Attacked and Defended 191
• Helix Joins the BART Board 193
• Helix Meets the Three Engineers 196
• The Issue Goes to the Board 201
• 9 Defending Professional Ethics: Confused Role of Professional Societies 207
• Part III Aftermath 213
• 10 Management Faces Public Scrutiny 214
• Management's View of the CSPE 219
• The Board Settles the Case out of Court 223
• A Question of Ethics 224
• Technical Decision Making 229
• 11 The Board of Directors: A Changing Role 236
• Post-Firing 238
• Revenue Service - When? 241
• Safety Issues - For Real 243
• 1973 Events 245
• 1974 Events 247
• Settlement with the Engineers 255
• 12 The Aftermath of the Firing for the Engineers: Consequences and Reflections 259
• The Reality of Unemployment and the Long Arm of BART 261
• Holger Hjortsvang 262
• Max Blankenzee 263
• Robert Bruder 267
• Contacts with Professional Engineering Societies 269
• The Law Suit 271
• Reflections 273
• 13 Politics and the Professions: The Limited Power of Professional Societies 277
• The CSPE is Alerted 278
• The Diablo Chapter Becomes Involved 282
• The Issues Moves to the State Level of CSPE 284
• CSPE Cooperates with Agencies of Government 286
• Backlash Within CSPE 296
• The Ad Hoc Committee Reports 303
• The National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE) 307
• CSPE Fades Away 314
• CSPE as a Friend of the Court 316
• The Price of Public Involvement in Behalf of the BART Engineers 318
• Stephen Unger Becomes Interested 321
• Winds of Change in the IEEE 324
• The CSIT Approaches the Board of Directors 328
• From the Board to USAC and the Ad Hoc Committee 330
• Appendix A BART Board of Directors 355
• Appendix B Partial Table of Organization 356
• Appendix C List of Persons Mentioned in Text 357
• Appendix D Code of Ethics 363
• Appendix E Court Deposition 365
• Appendix F BART Chronology 375.

Notes:

Bibliography: page 397.

ISBN:

0931682096

OCLC:

6253275