Engineering Ethics

• Author : Gail Baura
• Publisher : Elsevier
• Release : 11 April 2006

Engineering Ethics is the application of philosophical and moral systems to the proper judgment and behavior by engineers in conducting their work, including the products and systems they design and the consulting services they provide. In light of the work environment that inspired the new Sarbanes/Oxley federal legislation on “whistle-blowing protections, a clear understanding of Engineering Ethics is needed like never before. Beginning with a concise overview of various approaches to engineering ethics, the real heart of the book

• Author : P. Aarne Vesilind,Alastair S. Gunn
• Publisher : Cambridge University Press
• Release : 13 February 1998

This text, first published in 1998, examines the ethical responsibilities of engineers for the environment - of interest to all engineers.

• Author : W. Richard Bowen
• Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
• Release : 15 March 2014

Engineering Ethics: Challenges and Opportunities aims to set a new agenda for the engineering profession by developing a key challenge: can the great technical innovation of engineering be matched by a corresponding innovation in the acceptance and expression of ethical responsibility? Central features of this stimulating text include: · An analysis of engineering as a technical and ethical practice providing great opportunities for promoting the wellbeing and agency of individuals and communities. · Elucidation of the ethical opportunities of engineering in three

• Author : Colleen Murphy,Paolo Gardoni,Hassan Bashir,Charles E. Harris, Jr.,Eyad Masad
• Publisher : Springer
• Release : 22 June 2015

This volume identifies, discusses and addresses the wide array of ethical issues that have emerged for engineers due to the rise of a global economy. To date, there has been no systematic treatment of the particular challenges globalization poses for engineering ethics standards and education. This volume concentrates on precisely this challenge. Scholars and practitioners from diverse national and professional backgrounds discuss the ethical issues emerging from the inherent symbiotic relationship between the engineering profession and globalization. Through their discussions

• Author : Charles E. Harris, Jr.,Michael S. Pritchard,Michael J. Rabins,Ray James,Elaine Englehardt
• Publisher : Cengage Learning
• Release : 01 January 2018

Packed with examples pulled straight from recent headlines, ENGINEERING ETHICS, Sixth Edition, helps engineers understand the importance of their conduct as professionals as well as reflect on how their actions can affect the health, safety and welfare of the public and the environment. Numerous case studies give readers plenty of hands-on experience grappling with modern-day ethical dilemmas, while the book's proven and structured method for analysis walks readers step by step through ethical problem-solving techniques. It also offers practical application

• Author : National Academy of Engineering,Online Ethics Center,Joint Advisory Group to the Center for Engineering, Ethics, and Society
• Publisher : National Academies Press
• Release : 23 September 2013

Over the last two decades, colleges and universities in the United States have significantly increased the formal ethics instruction they provide in science and engineering. Today, science and engineering programs socialize students into the values of scientists and engineers as well as their obligations in the conduct of scientific research and in the practice of engineering. Practical Guidance on Science and Engineering Ethics Education for Instructors and Administrators is the summary of a workshop convened in December 2012 to consider best

• Author : A. Alavudeen,R. Kalil Rahman,M. Jayakumaran
• Publisher : Firewall Media
• Release : 28 March 2023

• Author : Natsume Kenichi
• Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
• Release : 29 July 2021

This book examines the broad historical process of introducing engineering ethics in Japan from the late nineteenth century to the twentieth century. The author discusses this process from a comprehensive perspective, including not only engineering education but also various issues in science, technology, and society studies.

• Author : Behnam Taebi
• Publisher : Cambridge University Press
• Release : 27 May 2021

The world population is growing, yet we continue to pursue higher levels of well-being, and as a result, increasing energy demands and the destructive effects of climate change are just two of many major threats that we face. Engineers play an indispensable role in addressing these challenges, and whether they recognize it or not, in doing so they will inevitably encounter a whole range of ethical choices and dilemmas. This book examines and explains the ethical issues in engineering, showing

• Author : Charles Byrns Fleddermann
• Publisher : Prentice Hall
• Release : 28 March 2023

ESourcePrentice Hall's Engineering Sourceprovides a comprehensive, customizable introductory engineering and computing library. Featuring over 25 modules and growing, ESource allows users to fully customize their books through the ESource website. Using the ESource online BookBuild system at www.prenhall.com/esource, users can view and select book chapters, change the sequence, instantly calculate the book's net (bookstore) price, request a free examination copy, and generate an ISBN for placing a bookstore order. Engineering professionalism; Ethical theories; Ethical problem solving techniques; Applications;

• Author : George Dominic Catalano
• Publisher : Morgan & Claypool
• Release : 28 March 2023

Engineering Ethics: Peace, Justice, and the Earth offers a new ethical foundation for the engineering profession. Modern engineering codes of ethics have primarily been developed using a Utilitarian approach. This book adopts a morally deep world view from environmental ethics as the basis for engineering practice. The fundamental canon of the new code of ethics is the following: Engineers, in the fulfillment of their professional duties, shall hold paramount the safety, health and welfare of the identified integral community. The

• Author : S. Dinesh Babu
• Publisher : Firewall Media
• Release : 28 March 2023

• Author : National Academy of Engineering,Center for Engineering Ethics and Society,Infusing Ethics Selection Committee
• Publisher : National Academies Press
• Release : 17 March 2016

Ethical practice in engineering is critical for ensuring public trust in the field and in its practitioners, especially as engineers increasingly tackle international and socially complex problems that combine technical and ethical challenges. This report aims to raise awareness of the variety of exceptional programs and strategies for improving engineers' understanding of ethical and social issues and provides a resource for those who seek to improve ethical development of engineers at their own institutions. This publication presents 25 activities and programs

• Author : Amarjit Singh
• Publisher : CRC Press
• Release : 01 January 2001

An examination of creative systems in structural and construction engineering taken from conference proceedings. Topics covered range from construction methods, safety and quality to seismic response of structural elements and soils and pavement analysis.

• Author : Philip Kosky,Robert T. Balmer,William D. Keat,George Wise
• Publisher : Academic Press
• Release : 11 November 2009

Winner in its first edition of the Best New Undergraduate Textbook by the Professional and Scholarly Publishing Division of the American Association of Publishers (AAP), Kosky, et al is the first text offering an introduction to the major engineering fields, and the engineering design process, with an interdisciplinary case study approach. It introduces the fundamental physical, chemical and material bases for all engineering work and presents the engineering design process using examples and hands-on projects. Organized in two parts to