Civil Engineering Association

Ethics in Engineering Practice and Research ( 2nd Ed. )

The first edition of Caroline Whitbeck's Ethics in Engineering Practice and Research focused on the difficult ethical problems engineers encounter 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. In the second edition of this text, Dr. Whitbeck goes above and beyond by featuring more real-life problems, stating recent scenarios, and laying the foundation of ethical concepts and reasoning. This book offers a real-world, problem-centered approach to engineering ethics, using a rich collection of open-ended case studies to develop skill in recognizing and addressing ethical issues ''In this new edition of Ethics in Engineering Practice and Research, Caroline Whitbeck examines more scenarios of significant ethical problems in the engineering field''--''The first edition of Caroline Whitbeck's Ethics in Engineering Practice and Research focused on the difficult ethical problems engineers encounter 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. In the second edition of this text, Dr. Whitbeck goes above and beyond by featuring more real-life problems, stating recent scenarios, and laying the foundation of ethical concepts and reasoning. This book offers a real-world, problem-centered approach to engineering ethics, using a rich collection of open-ended case studies to develop skill in recognizing and addressing ethical issues''--  Read more... Part 1. Values and the Evaluation of acts in engineering -- Introduction to ethical reasoning and engineering ethics -- 1. Professional practice in engineering -- 2. Two examples of professional behavior: Roger Boisjoly and William Lemessurier -- Part 2. Engineering Responsibility -- 3. Ethics as design - doing justice to moral problems -- 4. Central professional responsibilities of engineers -- 5. Computers, software, and digital information -- 6. Rights and responsibilities regarding intellectual property -- 7. Workplace rights and responsibilities -- Part 3. Responsible research conduct -- 8. Ethics in the changing domain of research -- 9. Responsible authorship and credit in engineering and scientific research -- Part 4. The future of engineering -- 10. Responsibility for the environment -- 11. End use and 'macro' issues -- Epilog: Making a life in engineering

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Ethics in Engineering Practice and Research ( 1st Ed. )

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 Engineers encounter difficult ethical problems in their practice and in research. In many ways, these problems are like design problems: They are complex and 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.  Read more... Introduction to ethical concepts : Values and value judgments -- Moral rights and moral rules -- Moral character and responsibility -- Privacy, confidentiality, intellectual property, and the law. Ethics as design : doing justice to ethical problems -- The basis and scope of professional responsibility -- Central professional responsibilities of engineers -- Two models of professional behavior : Roger Boisjoly and the Challenger, William LeMessurier's fifty-nine story crisis -- Workplace rights and responsibilities -- Responsibility for research integrity -- The responsibility of investigators for experimental subjects -- Responsibility for the environment -- Fair credit in research and publication -- Credit and intellectual property in engineering practice -- Epilog : Making a life in engineering and science