The Ethical Engineer
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-17769-4 (ISBN)
An exploration of the ethics of practical engineering through analyses of eighteen rich case studies The 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 "ethics gap" 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 "fundamental ethical responsibilities of engineers" (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 study* Elaborates four fundamental ethical responsibilities of engineers* Discusses eighteen case studies of ethical issues in ten engineering fields* Identifies resources and options for ethically responsible engineering practice* Provides discussion questions for each case
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).
Preface ixChapter 1 The Ethics Gap in Contemporary Engineering 1Two Vignettes 1A Gap between Education and Experience 2Evidence 3Importance 5Unfruitful Approaches to Bridging the Gap 7Preferred Approach 10Chapter 2 Sociological and Ethical Preliminaries 12Sociology of Engineering 12Professional Engineering Society Codes of Ethics 16Chapter 3 The Fundamental Ethical Responsibilities of Engineers 22An Ethical Responsibilities Approach 22Ethical Issues and Harm 23The Fundamental Ethical Responsibilities of Engineers 26Chapter 4 Case Studies of Ethical Issues in Engineering 40Case 1: The Cadillac DeVille/Seville Engine-Control Chip 43Case 2: SDI Battlefield Management Software 50Case 3: Collaborative Research Practices at Bell Labs 58Case 4: The Apple Newton MessagePad 67Case 5: An Employee Database Management System 73Case 6: The Citicorp Center Tower 80Case 7: The Union Carbide Pesticide Plant in Bhopal 92Case 8: The Space Shuttle Challenger 111Case 9: A Composite-Material Bicycle Project 124Case 10: Nanotechnology R&D 137Case 11: The Ford Pinto 149Case 12: Topf & Sons: Crematorium Ovens for the Nazi SS 161Case 13: TRW and the U.S. Ballistic Missile Defense System 175Case 14: The Hyatt Regency Kansas City Hotel 187Case 15: The Manhattan Westway Project 201Case 16: Innovations for Rural Kenyan Farmers 216Case 17: Google Street View 228Case 18: Opioid Biosynthesis and Neural Enhancement 244Chapter 5 Key Case Ideas and Lessons 265The Leading Precept in Most Current Codes of Engineering Ethics 265The FEREs 266Ethics and the Sociology of Contemporary Engineering 267An Ethically Problematic Pattern of Engineering Practice 268Whistleblowing and Ethical Responsibility 269Risk and the Idealization of Technology in Society 270Ethical Responsibility and the Culture of the Engineering Workplace 271An Overlooked Ethical Responsibility of Engineers 272An Engineering Professional 273Engineering Design, Paradigm Departure, and the Ethics of Precaution 273Normalization of Risk and Routinization of the Experimental 274Technology Transfer and Ethical Responsibility 275"Two Cultures" and Ethical Responsibility 276Decontextualization 277The Politicization and Economization of Engineering Decision-Making 278Negligence 278Workplace Culture and the Ethically Responsible Engineer 279Conflicts of Interest 280"Design for . . ." 282Ethical Issues in Engineering Research 284Factors Conducive to Engineering Misconduct 286Chapter 6 Resources and Options for Ethically Responsible Engineers 288Organizational Resources 288Legal Resources and Options 294Employment-Related Options 299Chapter 7 Conclusion 302Bucciarelli's Critique of U.S. Engineering-Ethics Education 302A Foundational-ContextualEthical Responsibilities Approach 307Two Quotations 310Bibliography 313Index 329
| Erscheinungsdatum | 13.02.2018 |
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| Zusatzinfo | 7 halftones. 2 line illus. |
| Verlagsort | New Jersey |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 235 mm |
| Gewicht | 595 g |
| Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften |
| Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht | |
| Technik | |
| Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Unternehmensführung / Management | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-691-17769-4 / 0691177694 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-691-17769-4 / 9780691177694 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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