Global engineering ethics / Heinz C. Luegenbiehl, Rockwell F. Clancy.
Global Engineering Ethics introduces the fundamentals of ethics in a context specific to engineering without privileging any one national or cultural conception of ethics. Numerous case studies from around the world help the reader to see clearly the relevance of design, safety, and professionalism...
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Table of Contents:
- Front Cover; Global Engineering Ethics; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Introduction: Engineering Ethics from a Global Perspective; 1.1 What's Changed and Why it Matters: Initial Assumptions2; 1.2 What is Ethics?; 1.3 Why Ethics for Engineers?; 1.4 A Global Perspective; 1.5 Foundations for the Analysis of Ethical Issues; 1.5.1 Problems of Theory: Theoretical and Cross-Cultural Disagreements; 1.5.2 The Role of Reason: Its Universality and in Engineering; 1.5.3 Role Responsibilities: Special Duties; 1.5.4 Consideration of Cases; 1.6 Preview: What's to Come...; 1.7 Summary.
- 3.1 "Profession": More Than You Might Think3.2 Three Ways of Defining "Profession"; 3.3 The Relationship of Professions to Society: The Contract Model; 3.4 Characteristics of a Profession; 3.5 The Relationship of a Profession to the Individual Professional; 3.5.1 Engineering as a Profession; 3.6 Professional Organizations; 3.6.1 Professional Organizations and Codes of Ethics: Some Examples; 3.6.2 A Short History of Codes of Ethics; 3.6.3 The Contents of Codes of Ethics: ASME as an Example; Engineering Professionalism in China49; Engineering Professionalism in India; 3.7 Summary; References.
- Further ReadingChapter 4: Basic Ethical Principles for Global Engineering; General Case Background: Responses to Public Pressure; The Conflict Between Firestone and Ford: She Said, He Said; The Nature of the Disagreements: Tire Pressure and Leadership Styles; Crisis Management: Differences in Resource Allocations; The Ambiguous Firestone/Bridgestone Relationship; External Relations: The Press and Public; International Implications; 4.1 The Principles Explained: Engineering and Justification56; 4.2 Justification of the Principles: Engineering Activities.
- 4.3 The Nature of Engineering: Value, Artifacts, and Design4.4 Deriving the Principles; 4.5 Introduction to the Principles: Based on Public Safety; 4.5.1 Public Safety: Engineers Should Endeavor, Based on Their Expertise, to Keep Members of the Public Safe From Seri ...; 4.5.2 Human Rights: As a Result of Their Work With Technology, Engineers Should Endeavor to Ensure That Fundamental Hu ...; 4.5.3 Environmental Protection: Engineers Should Endeavor to Avoid Damage to the Environment and Living Beings That Wo