Engineering Ethics: Concepts and Cases (Third Edition)

Author: (USA) Harris, (USA) Prichard, (USA) Rebinsky, translated by Cong Hangqing et al.
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Publish Date: 2006-04-01
Features: Professionalization always consists of two components: technical excellence and ethical integrity. Technical excellence is composed of the knowledge and skills embedded in the profession, while ethical integrity lies in the commitment to sound professional behavior principles. As an excellent textbook in the field of engineering ethics, this book helps engineering students or practicing engineers fulfill the responsibilities required by ethical integrity. Ethical integrity encompasses many important issues in engineering ethics and professionalization: · What is a profession? · The engineer's responsibility to public health and safety · Individual and group responsibilities in large organizations · Obstacles to moral responsibility · Ethical concepts for thinking about professional issues · Computer-related ethical issues · Honesty and reliability in engineering · Confidentiality and conflicts of interest · Bribery, gifts, and extortion · Ethical issues in the relationship between engineers and employers · The engineer's responsibility to the environment · Engineers as members of the global community
Each chapter and the case studies at the end of the book provide students with opportunities to apply the knowledge they have learned in engineering ethics to specific situations. Studying this book will help engineers or engineering students become more outstanding and responsible professionals. Engineering ethics is a required course for engineering students in American universities, and this book is one of the best-selling textbooks for engineering ethics courses in American 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 used to analyze ethical problems and how moral issues can be transformed into factual issues.
This book covers many issues and topics that engineers may encounter in engineering practice, including appropriate ethical analytical methods, legal and moral responsibilities in engineering, computer ethics and privacy, responsibilities of honesty and reliability, safety and risk, engineering and the environment, the relationship between managers and engineers, engineering associations and self-regulation, engineering professionalization, and international engineering standards. As a popular engineering textbook, the authors incorporate the latest research findings on social and ethical issues from the American engineering community, many of which are highly noteworthy. The appendix includes the charters of seven major American engineering associations.