Introduction to Engineering Ethics / Edition 2

by Mike Martin, Roland Schinzinger, Mike W. Martin

Overview

Introduction to Engineering Ethics provides the background for discussion of the basic issues in engineering ethics. Emphasis is given to the moral problems engineers face in the corporate setting. It places those issues within a philosophical framework, and it seeks to exhibit their social importance and intellectual challenge. The primary goal is to stimulate critical and responsible reflection on moral issues surrounding engineering practice and to provide the conceptual tools necessary for pursuing those issues.

Students preparing to function within the engineering profession need to be introduced to the basic issues in engineering ethics.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780072483116
Publisher:	McGraw-Hill Education
Publication date:	02/18/2009
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	7.20(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.60(d)

Table of Contents

1 Ethics and Professionalism

2 Moral Reasoning and Codes of Ethics

3 Moral Frameworks

4 Engineering as Social Experimentation

5 Commitment to Safety

6 Workplace Responsibilities and Rights

7 Truth and Truthfulness

8 Computer Ethics

9 Environmental Ethics

10 Global Justice

Appendix: NSPE Code of Ethics