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Ethical engineering : a practical guide with case studies / Eugene Schlossberger.

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"Ethical Engineering: A Practical Guide with Case Studies provides detailed and practical guidance in making decisions about the many ethical issues practicing engineers may face in their professional lives. It outlines a decision-making procedure and helps engineers construct an ethics toolkit...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Taylor & Francis)
Main Author: Schlossberger, Eugene, 1951- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, 2023.
Edition:First edition.
Series:What every engineer should know.
Subjects:
Engineering ethics.
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Half Title
  • Series Page
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • What Every Engineer Should Know: Series Statement
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • About the Author
  • Part I: Introduction and Ethical Decision-making
  • Chapter 1: The Nature of Engineering Ethics
  • What This Book Is About
  • Why Ethics for Engineers?
  • A Revealing Case
  • Cut-Throat v. Community Workplaces
  • The Consumer Life v. The Life of Values
  • What Should I Do?
  • Chapter 2: Ethical Decision-Making
  • The Nature of Ethical Decision-making
  • Making Ethical Decisions.
  • A Template for Moral Decision-making
  • Preparation
  • Creating a Toolkit Rationally: Looking at the Arguments
  • Three Rational Responses to an Argument
  • Four Rational Responses to a Counterexample
  • Picture Building and the Moral Edifice
  • Relativism
  • Making Particular Decisions: The Five-Step Process
  • Part II: Sources of Ethical Decision-making
  • Chapter 3: The Engineering Way
  • What Is Engineering
  • Design Ethics and Cultural Appropriation
  • Thinking Like an Engineer
  • Characteristics of the Compleat Engineer
  • The Engineering Process
  • Models of the Profession.
  • Models of the Engineering Profession
  • Engineering and Businesse
  • Chapter 4: Values of the Engineering Profession
  • Technology as Practical Wisdom
  • Safety
  • Extent of a Risk
  • Balancing Risks against Benefits
  • Nature of Risks
  • Publicizing Risks
  • Human Progress
  • Clean, Clear Decision-making
  • Community
  • Partnership with Nature
  • Chapter 5: Additional Ethical Sources (Part 1)
  • When to Fight a Battle
  • Treating Others Fairly and Well
  • Illustrating Cases
  • The Duty to Leave the World No Worse
  • World Religious Traditions
  • Promoting Good Consequences.
  • Illustrating Example
  • The Golden Rule
  • Universality
  • Proclamative Principle (Duty to Set a Moral Precedent)
  • Case Studies
  • Respect for Persons
  • Right
  • Autonomy
  • Chapter 6: Additional Ethical Sources (Part 2)
  • Personal Values, Moral Beauty, and The Good Life
  • Virtues
  • The Precautionary Principle
  • Responsibility (Dual-Use)
  • The Nature of Moral Responsibility
  • Promoting Good Consequences (The Utilitarian Perspective)
  • Safety and Future Generations
  • Leaving the World No Worse Than One Found it
  • The Weak Samaritan Principle
  • Respect for Autonomy.
  • The Doctrine of Intervening Wills (Novus Actus Interveniens)
  • Four Concluding Questions
  • Two Principles of Institutional Responsibility
  • Institutional Duties
  • When to Break the Rules
  • Codes of Ethics
  • Contents of Codes of Ethics
  • The Role of Codes of Ethics
  • Part III: Problems and Issues in Engineering
  • Chapter 7: Honesty and Professionalism
  • Whistleblowing
  • Competence
  • Keeping Accurate Records and Obeying the Law
  • Sales, Honesty, and Disclosure of Product's Liabilities
  • Consulting v. Adversarial Sales
  • Chapter 8: Good Faith
  • Conflict of Interest.

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