This essential text provides students with practical insight into the engineering code of ethics and how a practicing engineer is obligated to act in a responsible manner. To illustrate the complexities involved with acting in an ethical fashion, the authors have created characters that encounter a number of situations that test the engineering code of ethics. The dialogue between these characters highlights different perspectives of realistic situations that students will face as practicing engineers. As they proceed through the book, students see how the code can help in decision making, as well as the implications of various decisions. The philosophical theory that supports the ethical positions encountered is presented as boxed material following each section.

Hold Paramount: The Engineer's Responsibility to Society

Science & Math

Vesilind, P. Aarne

Gunn, Alastair S.

Technology

CL-Engineering

This book makes the case that engineers have special professional obligations to protect and enhance the environment, and the authors--one an engineer and the other a philospher-- seek to provide an ethical basis for these obligations. In exploring these ethical issues, the authors aim to show that engineers make a difference. The text opens with a series of case studies in which engineers face complex and challenging decisions about the environment. Succeeding chapters examine different ideas about environmental ethics for engineers, including professional codes and both modern and historical discussions of environmental responsibility. The book concludes with a collection of readings that complement the text. Students, as well as practicing engineers, will find much of interest in this well-argued and thought-provoking book.

Engineering, Ethics, and the Environment

Cambridge University Press

Alastair S. Gunn and P. Aarne Vesilind provide students with practical insight into the engineering code of ethics and how a practicing engineer is obligated to act in a responsible manner. To illustrate the complexities involved with acting in an ethical fashion, the authors have created characters that encounter a number of situations that test the engineering code of ethics. The dialog between these characters highlights different perspectives of realistic situations that students will face as practicing engineers. As they proceed through the book, students see how the code can help in decision making, as well as the implications of various decisions. The philosophical theory that supports the ethical positions encountered is presented as boxed material following each section.

Hold Paramount: The Engineer’s Responsibility to Society

Vesiland, P. Aarne

Environmental Ethics For Engineers

Book by Gunn, Alastair S, Vesilind, P. A.

Vesilind, P. A.

Business & Money

Lewis Publishers

Environmental Ethics For Engineers ASIN: 0873710746

CRC-Press

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Hold Paramount: The Engineer's Responsibility to Society

Engineering, Ethics, and the Environment

Engineering, Ethics, and the Environment

Hold Paramount: The Engineer’s Responsibility to Society

Environmental Ethics For Engineers

Environmental Ethics For Engineers