Ethical and Environmental Challenges to Engineering

by Gorman, Michael E.; Mehalik, Matthew M.; Werhane, Patricia

• ISBN13: 9780130113283
• ISBN10: 013011328X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-11-05
• Publisher: Pearson

Summary

This is the first casebook to focus specifically on engineering and environmental ethics. It features full-length, multi-faceted, real-life cases of design and managerial dilemmas in a variety of settings--together with background readings that illustrate how one can integrate ethical and environmental challenges into engineering decisions, especially ones early in the design process. It presents the dilemmas as descriptively as possible--withoutrevealing what the authors think are "proper" or "good" solutions--and encourages readers to think deeply about real-life situations and to engage in "moral imagination."CHALLENGES TO ENGINEERING DESIGN. Bell Telephone Design; Dow Corning Breast Implant Design; Carter Racing. ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES FOR ENGINEERS. American Solar Network; Design Tex; Rohner Textil; Unilever; IKEA. ENGINEERING AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES. W. R. Grace and the Development of NEEM; Bhopal; SELF; Solar Energy in South Africa; Eskom; Ghana Electrification Project.For Engineers, those who manage engineers, and those who wish to know more about how technology can address global problems.

Table of Contents

Preface	xi
Introduction	1	(3)
Michael E. Gorman
Matthew M. Mehalik
Patricia H. Werhane
Moral Reasoning, Mental Models, and Moral Imagination	4	(14)
Patricia H. Werhane
Michael Gorman
Part I: Challenges to Engineering Design
Who Invented the Telephone?	18	(14)
Michael E. Gorman
Dow Corning Corporation (A)	32	(19)
Julie M. Stocker
Patricia H. Werhane
Michael E. Gorman
Dow Corning Corporation (B)	51	(4)
Julie M. Stocker
Bruce D. Cunningham
Patricia H. Werhane
Michael E. Gorman
Carter Racing (A)	55	(3)
Jack W. Brittain
Sim B. Sitkin
Carter Racing (B)	58	(2)
Jack W. Brittain
Sim B. Sitkin
Carter Racing (C)	60	(2)
Jack W. Brittain
Sim B. Sitkin
Part II: Environmental Challenges for Engineers
Environmental Sustainability	62	(5)
Patricia H. Werhane
American Solar Network	67	(7)
Michael E. Gorman
Patricia H. Werhane
The Environmental Protection Encouragement Agency (EPEA)	74	(16)
Matthew M. Mehalik
Michael E. Gorman
Patricia H. Werhane
A Centennial Sermon: Design, Ecology, Ethics, and the Making of Things	90	(8)
William McDonough
DesignTex, Incorporated	98	(11)
Matthew M. Mehalik
Michael E. Gorman
Andrea Larson
Patricia H. Werhane
Rohner Textil AG (A)	109	(7)
Matthew M. Mehalik
Michael E. Gorman
Patricia H. Werhane
Rohner Textil AG (B)	116	(4)
Matthew M. Mehalik
Michael E. Gorman
Patricia H. Werhane
Rohner Textil AG (C)	120	(3)
Matthew M. Mehalik
Michael E. Gorman
Patricia H. Werhane
Rohner Textil AG (D)	123	(5)
Matthew M. Mehalik
Michael E. Gorman
Patricia H. Werhane
Rohner Textil (E)	128	(18)
Matthew M. Mehalik
Michael E. Gorman
Patricia H. Werhane
Unilever (A)	146	(8)
Myles Standish
Michael E. Gorman
Patricia H. Werhane
Unilever (B)	154	(12)
Myles Standish
Michael E. Gorman
Patricia H. Werhane
Unilever (C)	166	(7)
Myles Standish
Michael E. Gorman
Patricia H. Werhane
Unilever (D)	173	(12)
Myles Standish
Michael E. Gorman
Patricia H. Werhane
The Natural Step	185	(12)
Wendy Warren
Andrea Larson
Part III: Engineering and Environmental Challenges in Developing Countries
W. R. Grace & Co. and the Neemix Patent (A)	197	(11)
Kristi Severance
Lisa Spiro
Patricia H. Werhane
W. R. Grace & Co. and the Neemix Patent (B)	208	(2)
Kristi Severance
Lisa Spiro
Patricia H. Werhane
Bhopal (A): Choosing a Safe Plant Location and Design	210	(7)
Susan Lacefield
Sarah E. Diersen
Michael E. Gorman
Patricia H. Werhane
Bhopal (B): Recipe for a Toxic Mist	217	(8)
Sarah E. Diersen
Michael E. Gorman
Patricia H. Werhane
Eskom and the South African Electrification Program (A)	225	(11)
Brian D. Cunningham
Michael E. Gorman
Patricia H. Werhane
Eskom and the South African Electrification Program (B)	236	(2)
Brian D. Cunningham
Michael E. Gorman
Patricia H. Werhane
Eskom and the South African Electrification Program (C)	238	(2)
Brian D. Cunningham
Michael E. Gorman
Patricia H. Werhane
Eskom and the South African Electrification Program (D)	240	(3)
Brian D. Cunningham
Michael E. Gorman
Patricia H. Werhane
Eskom and the South African Electrification Program (E)	243	(4)
Brian D. Cunningham
Michael E. Gorman
Patricia H. Werhane
The Volta River Project	247
John Riverson
Michael E. Gorman
Patricia H. Werhane