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Ethics in Engineering Practice and Research Caroline Whitbeck (Case Western Reserve University, Ohio)

Ethics in Engineering Practice and Research By Caroline Whitbeck (Case Western Reserve University, Ohio)

Ethics in Engineering Practice and Research by Caroline Whitbeck (Case Western Reserve University, Ohio)


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Summary

This book offers a real-world, problem-centered approach to engineering ethics, using a rich collection of open-ended scenarios and case studies to develop skill in recognizing and addressing ethical issues. The book is designed to be used with active learning classroom exercises and makes extensive use of the resources on the WWW Ethics Center for Engineering and Science.

Ethics in Engineering Practice and Research Summary

Ethics in Engineering Practice and Research by Caroline Whitbeck (Case Western Reserve University, Ohio)

Engineers encounter difficult ethical problems in their practice and in research. In many ways, these problems are like design problems: they are complex, often ill-defined; resolving them involves an iterative process of analysis and synthesis; and there can be more than one acceptable solution. This book offers a real-world, problem-centered approach to engineering ethics, using a rich collection of open-ended scenarios and case studies to develop skill in recognizing and addressing ethical issues.

Ethics in Engineering Practice and Research Reviews

'I am very enthusiastic about Dr Whitbeck's effort to help us think effectively and somewhat pragmatically about professional ethics. Everyone, professionals in particular, must expect ethically-complex situations to arise This book will help seasoned professionals clarify their approach to their own behavior, and this book can profoundly affect those who face a messy situation for the first time.' Woodie C. Flowers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, from the Foreword
'The book is invaluable in focusing attention on an important subject which is all too often ignored.' F. G. Helps, IEE Review
'I consider this book a welcome addition to the engineering ethics bookshelf. It is more advanced and ambitious than most textbooks in the field, and it expresses in numerous instances original views that are yet to enter the mainstream in engineering practice and research.' IEEE Spectrum

Table of Contents

Foreword Woodie C. Flowers; Preface; Introduction to ethical concepts; 1. Ethics as design - doing justice to ethical problems; 2. The basis and scope of professional responsibility; 3. Central professional responsibilities of engineers; 4. Two models of professional behavior: Roger Boisjloy and the challenger, William Lemessurier's fifty-nine story crisis; 5. Workplace rights and responsibilities; 6. Responsibility for research integrity; 7. The responsibility of investigators for experimental subjects; 8. Responsibility for the environment; 9. Fair credit in research and publication; 10. Fair credit in engineering practice; Epilogue: Making a life in engineering and science.

Additional information

GOR003437287
9780521479448
0521479444
Ethics in Engineering Practice and Research by Caroline Whitbeck (Case Western Reserve University, Ohio)
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Cambridge University Press
1998-03-13
354
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