PROFESSIONAL ETHICS AND PRACTICES - COLUMN 175
In another example, a claim holder may have a good deal of data and interpretive work on a property. But after the claims are abandoned, subsequent claimants are not entitled to the original claim holder’s data and interpretive work without compensating the original claimholder.
In both these examples, the interpretations and data may be “lost.” If a subsequent holder of the property becomes aware of the “lost” interpretations and data, it may be possible to pay the holder of the information and data in order to obtain it. The detailed specific circumstances of the property’s owner- ship will affect what can be done. In cases of environmentally related interpretation and data, the public health, safety, or welfare exception to confidential treatment may become an important consideration. If you have examples of specific cases, please pass them on.
Christopher Dail’s (CPG-10596) first admonition in his Letter to the Editor on “Field geologist: evolve!” in this TPG, is “Remember your ethics” regarding the confidential informa- tion you may have. Dail continues, “All too often I have been approached by someone peddling a very nice and prospective prospect and/or property, but with data not of their own gen- eration: in many cases it is from a former employer (or client) from whom they have not obtained a release to disclose it.” I thank Dail for this contribution to this topic.
Lone worker field work safety
Phil Reimer’s article, “Safety of Lone Field Workers in the Urban Environment,” in this issue should be read by anyone doing field work these days. Reimer points out that more and more field work is being done in urban and suburban environ- ments that have their own safety issues. Reimer’s article was prompted by the senseless, mid-day fatal stabbing of hydrolo- gist Ben Christianson on August 27, 2019 in Greenfield, WI, near Milwaukee. Reimer provides a number of suggestions to promote the safety of lone workers in the urban and suburban environments. The Geologic Ethics & Professional Practices Index that is updated following the publication of each TPG issue lists 17 columns and articles on the topic, “safety.” dis- cussing various aspects of field safety as of the Apr/May/Jun 2020 issue.
In Memoriam
Allen O. Perry, CPG-1960 Mansfield, Massachusetts July 19, 1935 - March 20, 2020
Member Since 1982
Allen was an AIPG member for 38 years, and wore his AIPG lapel pin at all times. He was, according to his son John, “a geologist to the core”. He is survived by his wife Manuela (Nell) and by his sons John (and wife Julie of Lexington, KY) and Carl (Boston, MA), grandson Charles (and wife Ashley of Lexington, KY) and great granddaughter Kendra.
Allen paid his own way to college after his father died while he was in High School. He interrupted his studies to save money and was drafted into the US Army. After two years of active duty and an honorable discharge, he married Nell and returned to Indiana University in Bloomington to finish his degree on the GI Bill. He financed and completed his MS and PhD degrees in Engineering Geology at Purdue by alternately working, and then taking leaves of absence to complete his coursework.
Allen began his career with the government of Puerto Rico, and then returned to Indiana to work for the state’s Department of Natural Resources. In these positions he gained broad experience in foundation work, industrial min- eral exploration, hydrology, mass wasting and beach erosion. After graduate school and a 3-year stint in private industry he joined the Argonne National Laboratory as Manager of Research Programs in coal mining and mine reclamation. As part of this position he undertook work for the Federal Government, native American groups and international gov- ernments on safe and productive mining techniques.
Geologic Ethics & Professional Practices is available on CD
This CD is a collection of articles, columns, letters to the editor, and other
material addressing professional ethics and general issues of professional geologic practice that were printed in The Professional Geologist. It includes an electronic version of the now out-of-print Geologic Ethics and Professional Practices 1987-1997, AIPG Reprint Series #1. The intent of this CD is collec- tion of this material in a single place so that the issues and questions raised by the material may be more conveniently studied. The intended ‘students’ of this CD include everyone interested in the topic, from the new student of geology to professors emeritus, working geologists, retired geologists, and those interested in the geologic profession.
AIPG members will be able to update their copy of this CD by regularly downloading the pe&p index.xls file from the
www.aipg.org under “Ethics” and by downloading the electronic version of The Professional Geologist from the mem- bers only area of the AIPG website. The cost of the CD is $25 for members, $35 for non-members, $15 for student members and $18 for non-member students, plus shipping and handling. To order go to
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