Introduction to Engineering Ethics

by Martin, Mike; Schinzinger, Roland

• ISBN13: 9780072483116
• ISBN10: 0072483113
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-02-18
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education

Summary

Introduction to Engineering Ethicsprovides the background for discussion of the basic issues in engineering ethics. Emphasis is given to the moral problems engineers face in the corporate setting. It places those issues within a philosophical framework, and it seeks to exhibit their social importance and intellectual challenge. The primary goal is to stimulate critical and responsible reflection on moral issues surrounding engineering practice and to provide the conceptual tools necessary for pursuing those issues...Students preparing to function within the engineering profession need to be introduced to the basic issues in engineering ethics. .

Table of Contents

Ethics and Professionalism

Moral Reasoning and Codes of Ethics

Moral Frameworks

Engineering as Social Experimentation

Commitment to Safety

Workplace Responsibilities and Rights

Truth and Truthfulness

Computer Ethics

Environmental Ethics

Global Justice

Appendix: NSPE Code of Ethics

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