Ethical Engineering: A Practical Guide with Case Studies
- Length: 400 pages
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
- Publisher: CRC Press
- Publication Date: 2023-03-29
- ISBN-10: 1032151129
- ISBN-13: 9781032151120
- Sales Rank: #0 (See Top 100 Books)
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 consisting of professional models, a comprehensive set of ethical considerations and factors that help in weighing those considerations, and analyses of particular issues, such as reverse engineering a patented process. Illustrating case studies, both brief and detailed, are provided.
Features:
- Introduces the nature of ethical decision making as applied to engineering values and issues.
- Helps readers develop a detailed ethics toolkit that identifies options and solutions and allows them to monitor and adjust as necessary.
- Features topics such as safety, sustainability, bioethics, diversity and equality, information technology and AI, as well as critical areas often overlooked in engineering texts, such as mentoring, advertising (for consulting firms), engineering sales, and much more.
- Includes more than 50 case studies to illustrate a variety of scenarios.
- Offers an international perspective with codes of ethics from around the world, including Saudi Arabia, India, New Zealand, Chile, and Japan.
- Adds further cases and samples for discussion and a summary of key ideas.
Emphasizing the importance of the moral life and of engineering as an occupation with high ideals, this book helps readers navigate a variety of real-world ethical issues they are likely to face in this increasingly interdisciplinary, global, and diverse profession.
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 Confidentiality and Trade Secrets Patents and Copyrights Bidding Chapter 9: Employee-Employer Relations Types of Work Relationships Leadership and Healthy Work Environments Protégés Dealing with Subordinates Equality/Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Sexual Harassment, Favoritism, and Professional Relations Hiring Practices Interdepartmental Dealings and Hiring Away from Another Firm Chapter 10: The Environment, Climate Change, and Sustainability Climate Change Pollution Sustainability Conservation and Preservation Solutions Balancing Environmental Risk and Benefit Recycle, Reuse, and Reduce Nine General Responses to Environmental Problems Conclusion Chapter 11: Appropriate Technology and Less Developed Regions (LDRs) Substituting Cash for Subsistence Crops Products Banned at Home but Legal Abroad Depleting Natural Resources (Such as Cutting Down Rainforests) Less Stringent Environmental Regulation and Unsustainable Practices Products Safe at Home but Unsafe Under Local Conditions Cultural Disruption Doing as the Romans Do Implementing Regionally Appropriate Technology Ethical Factors Useful in Dealing with these Concerns Chapter 12: Bioengineering and Medical Engineering Overview Broad Issues Arising in Multiple Contexts Safety and the Environment Social Implications, Playing God, Respecting Humanity, and the Slippery Slope The Enhancement/Treatment Distinction Access and Social Justice Areas of Ethical Concern Designer Babies and Human Gene Engineering GMOs in and outside of the Food Chain New Reproductive Technologies Biotechnology to Mitigate Disability or Enhance Human Beings, Brain Research, and Psychological Control Genetic Testing Further Issues Summary Chapter 13: Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, and Software Engineering Overview Characteristics of Information Technology Producing Special Ethical Concerns List of Issues in Information Technology Three General Reminders (Value-Sensitive Design, Broader Context, Anti-Patterns) Issues About Software and Technology Development Rushing to Market and Cutting Costs Results of Failure and Unintended Consequences Dual Use Intellectual Property/Copyright/Patents/Trade Secrets Issues About Content (Data) Bias Privacy, Security, and FRT Hosts’ Responsibility for User/Client Code and Content Information Technology, AI, and Society Autonomous Technologies Job Displacement and the Digital Divide Additional Resources and Illustrating Cases Chapter 14: Consulting Engineering Advertising Dishonest or Misleading Advertising Unseemly or Demeaning Advertising Advertising with Morally Questionable Messages New Forms of Advertising Competing with Other Firms Competitive Bidding Contingency Fees Bribes and Kickbacks Derogatory Remarks about Other Engineers Reviewing the Work of Others Reviewing, Checking, and Stamping the Work of Unlicensed Individuals Reviewing the Work of Other Engineers Safety and Liability Appendix I: Links to Codes of Ethics from Across the World Appendix II: Summary of Major Western Ethical Theories Appendix III: Additional Cases Appendix IV: Two Sample Suggestions Formation of an Environmental and CommunityIssues Advisory Board (ECIAB) Ethical Ombudsperson List of Cases Index
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