The Pledge, das Versprechen, de Belofte The Pledge is meant for each and every professional, in whatever kind of discipline they are working; at each level of whatever organization they work, e.g. businesses, government departments, schools / universities, hospitals, NGOs, either as a paid employee, an unpaid volunteer, a self-employed individual professional, etc. In English, The Pledge is printed in Fundamentals of Sustainable Development and in In German, Das Versprechen is printed in das Studienbuch Grundlagen der In Dutch, De Belofte is printed in Basisboek Duurzame Ontwikkeling and in |
Sources: For the formulation of this Pledge, Roorda has borrowed, inter alia, from the Pugwash Declaration, Student Pugwash USA 1995; INES Appeal to Engineers and Scientists, International Network of Engineers and Scientists for Global Responsibility (INES), 1995; the Hippocratic Oath, KNMG (the Royal Dutch Medical Association) and the VSNU (the Association of Universities in the Netherlands), 2003.