Concepts and Cases of Engineering Ethics - (Third Edition) (Third Edition)

Author: Charles E. Harris, Michael S. Prichard
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Publish Date: 2006-04-01
Features: Engineering ethics is a required course for engineering students in U.S. universities, and this book is one of the best-selling textbooks for engineering ethics courses in U.S. universities. The authors creatively introduce the case study method into engineering ethics and provide 70 complete case studies, such as the Columbia Space Shuttle disaster and the Citibank Tower. Through case analysis, the authors effectively combine engineering problems with ethical issues, demonstrating how engineering skills can be applied to analyze ethical problems and how moral issues can be transformed into factual issues. The book covers a wide range of issues and topics that engineers may encounter in practice, including appropriate ethical analysis methods, legal and moral responsibilities of engineers, computer ethics and privacy, the responsibility of honesty and trustworthiness, safety and risk, engineering and the environment, the relationship between managers and engineers, engineering societies and self-regulation, engineering professionalism, and international engineering standards. As a popular textbook for engineering, the authors incorporate the latest research findings on social and ethical issues from the U.S. engineering community, many of which are highly noteworthy. The appendix includes the charters of 7 major U.S. engineering societies.