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
The Seven Competences of the Sustainable Professional.
In German, Das Versprechen is printed in das Studienbuch Grundlagen der
nachhaltigen Entwicklung.
In Dutch, De Belofte is printed in Basisboek Duurzame Ontwikkeling and in
De Zeven Competenties van de Duurzame Professional.
Sources: For the formulation of this Pledge, Roorda was inspired, inter alia, by:
- The classical Hippocratic Oath (Hippocrates?, ca. 400 BCE);
- The first modern version of the Hippocratic Oath (Lasagna, 1964);
- The Moral Responsibility of the Scientist (Popper, 1969);
- The Pugwash Pledge, Student Pugwash USA 1995 and 2022;
- INES Appeal to Engineers and Scientists, International Network of Engineers and Scientists for Global Responsibility (INES), 1995;
- The ‘Hippocratic Oath for Scientists’ (Rotblat, 1999);
- The Dutch Hippocratic Oath, KNMG (the Royal Dutch Medical Association) and the VSNU (the Association of Universities in the Netherlands), 2003;
- Rigour, respect and responsibility (King, 2007b; see also King, 2007a).
See also: Iverson (2001). For detailed references, see the Bibliography.