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corporate social and environmental responsibility (Robinson and Mazzucato 2019),
under penalty of serious irreparable ethical and environmental damage affecting
society and the planet in a near future. These evolutions and revolutions are opening
a window to the discussion of new corporate social and environmental responsibility policies that should be implemented as soon as possible. Governments should
encourage these new corporate social and environmental responsibility policies and
set limits to the development of technological developments when they overcome
ethical and moral barriers that harm society and mankind.
3 The Regional Council of Engineering and Agronomy
of Amazonas (CREA-AM)
CREA-AM is located in the city of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil, in the center of the
Amazon Rainforest, on the right bank of the Rio Negro.
The history of CREA-AM began in a growth phase of the city of Manaus, due to
the expansion of technological sectors and the emergence of the Free Zone. This new
economic moment in the Amazonian capital introduced several challenges, mainly
urbanistic, and urban growth required Engineering and Architecture professionals.
Supervising all these new technical works and activities was a difficult task, since
Amazonas was under the jurisdiction of CREA from Pará (PA). At that time, the
Amazon region had approximately 300 registered professionals, who had to travel
to Pará to perform bureaucratic procedures such as registrations, annuities, visas
and Technical Responsibility Annotations (ARTs). In order to claim regionalization of the system in a structured way, it was legally required to have organized
professional bodies. Thus, CREA-AM was created with the support of the Engineering, Architecture and Agronomy entities in the Amazon region, with the aim
to assure the qualification of technical professionals to the local labour market.
Leading this process were the mechanical engineer Raimundo Lopes Filho, then
president of the Association of Engineers and Architects of Amazonas (AEAA),
the architect Severiano Mário Porto, who presided at the time the Regional Department of the Institute of Architects of Brazil (IAB) and the engineers Arly Coutinho
and Valdyr Brito. According to Brazilian legal records (Ordinance n. 4,773), the
responsible inspector was the agronomist José Liberato da Silva, assisted by the
engineers Carlos Salustiano de Souza Coelho and Gilberto Ferrer de Carvalho. The
implementation of new technology schools and the increase of the specialized workforce, together with the struggle of the professional categories involved, resulted in
the creation of the Regional Council of Engineering, Architecture and Agronomy of
Amazonas/Roraima (CREA-AM/RR) of the 20th Region, on the 30th August 1974, in
accordance with CONFEA Resolution 223. The first president elected was mechanical engineer Raimundo Lopes Filho, and CREA-AM headquarters was officially
opened in September 18th 1978.
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corporate social and environmental responsibility (Robinson and Mazzucato 2019),
under penalty of serious irreparable ethical and environmental damage affecting
society and the planet in a near future. These evolutions and revolutions are opening
a window to the discussion of new corporate social and environmental responsibility policies that should be implemented as soon as possible. Governments should
encourage these new corporate social and environmental responsibility policies and
set limits to the development of technological developments when they overcome
ethical and moral barriers that harm society and mankind.
3 The Regional Council of Engineering and Agronomy
of Amazonas (CREA-AM)
CREA-AM is located in the city of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil, in the center of the
Amazon Rainforest, on the right bank of the Rio Negro.
The history of CREA-AM began in a growth phase of the city of Manaus, due to
the expansion of technological sectors and the emergence of the Free Zone. This new
economic moment in the Amazonian capital introduced several challenges, mainly
urbanistic, and urban growth required Engineering and Architecture professionals.
Supervising all these new technical works and activities was a difficult task, since
Amazonas was under the jurisdiction of CREA from Pará (PA). At that time, the
Amazon region had approximately 300 registered professionals, who had to travel
to Pará to perform bureaucratic procedures such as registrations, annuities, visas
and Technical Responsibility Annotations (ARTs). In order to claim regionalization of the system in a structured way, it was legally required to have organized
professional bodies. Thus, CREA-AM was created with the support of the Engineering, Architecture and Agronomy entities in the Amazon region, with the aim
to assure the qualification of technical professionals to the local labour market.
Leading this process were the mechanical engineer Raimundo Lopes Filho, then
president of the Association of Engineers and Architects of Amazonas (AEAA),
the architect Severiano Mário Porto, who presided at the time the Regional Department of the Institute of Architects of Brazil (IAB) and the engineers Arly Coutinho
and Valdyr Brito. According to Brazilian legal records (Ordinance n. 4,773), the
responsible inspector was the agronomist José Liberato da Silva, assisted by the
engineers Carlos Salustiano de Souza Coelho and Gilberto Ferrer de Carvalho. The
implementation of new technology schools and the increase of the specialized workforce, together with the struggle of the professional categories involved, resulted in
the creation of the Regional Council of Engineering, Architecture and Agronomy of
Amazonas/Roraima (CREA-AM/RR) of the 20th Region, on the 30th August 1974, in
accordance with CONFEA Resolution 223. The first president elected was mechanical engineer Raimundo Lopes Filho, and CREA-AM headquarters was officially
opened in September 18th 1978.