Ethical Engineer (eBook)

Contemporary Concepts and Cases

Robert McGinn (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2018
352 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4008-8910-5 (ISBN)

Infos

An exploration of the ethics of practical engineering through analyses of eighteen rich case studiesThe Ethical Engineer explores ethical issues that arise in engineering practice, from technology transfer to privacy protection to whistle-blowing. Presenting key ethics concepts and real-life examples of engineering work, Robert McGinn illuminates the ethical dimension of engineering practice and helps students and professionals determine engineers' context-specific ethical responsibilities.McGinn highlights the "e;ethics gap"e; in contemporary engineering-the disconnect between the meager exposure to ethical issues in engineering education and the ethical challenges frequently faced by engineers. He elaborates four "e;fundamental ethical responsibilities of engineers"e; (FEREs) and uses them to shed light on the ethical dimensions of diverse case studies, including ones from emerging engineering fields. The cases range from the Union Carbide pesticide plant disaster in India to the Google Street View project. After examining the extent to which the actions of engineers in the cases align with the FEREs, McGinn recapitulates key ideas used in analyzing the cases and spells out the main lessons they suggest. He identifies technical, social, and personal factors that induce or press engineers to engage in misconduct and discusses organizational, legal, and individual resources available to those interested in ethically responsible engineering practice.Combining probing analysis and nuanced ethical evaluation of engineering conduct in its social and technical contexts, The Ethical Engineer will be invaluable to engineering students and professionals.Meets the need for engineering-related ethics studyElaborates four fundamental ethical responsibilities of engineersDiscusses diverse, global cases of ethical issues in established and emerging engineering fieldsIdentifies resources and options for ethically responsible engineering practiceProvides discussion questions for each case

Autor

Robert McGinn is professor of management science and engineering and of science, technology, and society at Stanford University. He is the author of Science, Technology, and Society (Prentice Hall).

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 13.2.2018
• Zusatzinfo: 10 halftones. 15 line illus.
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht ► Berufs-/Gebührenrecht
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Unternehmensführung / Management
• Schlagworte: Acquiescence • Bhopal disaster • Building code • Business Ethics • BY-PRODUCT • Calculation • Career • Case study • chemical engineering • civil engineer • Civil Engineering • clean water act • Consideration • Consultant • Consulting firm • Contemporary Society • credibility • Decision-Making • deed • design engineer • design for manufacturability • disaster • Economics • Electrical Engineering • Employment • engineer • Engineering • engineering design process • Engineering Education • Engineering Ethics • Engineering Management • Engineering Research • Environmental Engineering • Environmental impact statement • environmental protection • Ethical Dilemma • Finding • Funding • Gas leak • Health effect • human subject research • Information Privacy • Infrastructure • injunction • Insider • Institution • Intellectual Capital • Intellectual Property • Legislation • Market Economy • Mass production • Materials Science • mechanical engineering • misconduct • Misrepresentation • nanotechnology • national security • National Society of Professional Engineers • Occupational Safety and Health • Opioid • Organizational Culture • O-ring • Pesticide • pollution • Prioritization • private sector • Process Safety • Product design • Profession • Professional association • Project • Project Engineering • Provision (accounting) • Provision (contracting) • Publication • Public Interest • Recommendation (European Union) • Regulation and licensure in engineering • Reputation • Requirement • Research and Development • Roger Boisjoly • Safety Culture • Sanitation • Scientist • Security interest • Social Innovation • software engineer • structural engineer • Supervisor • sustainability • Systems Engineering • Technology • Technology Transfer • The Deed • union carbide • welfare • well-being • Whistleblower • workplace
• ISBN-10: 1-4008-8910-3 / 1400889103
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4008-8910-5 / 9781400889105