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Ethics and Professionalism in Engineering de Richard H. McCuen

Ethics and Professionalism in Engineering

Autor Richard H. McCuen, Kristin L. Gilroy
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 22 mar 2011

Ne-a atras atenția modul în care Ethics and Professionalism in Engineering transformă teoria abstractă în instrumente de lucru prin studiile de caz axate pe conflicte de valori reale. Considerăm că forța acestui manual de curs universitar rezidă în exercițiile de analiză a dilemelor etice, care obligă viitorii ingineri să navigheze între cerințele tehnice și responsabilitatea socială. Structura cărții este una progresivă, pornind de la definirea elementelor unei dileme etice în primul capitol, trecând prin explorarea sistemelor de valori personale și profesionale, și culminând cu analiza riguroasă a codurilor de etică organizaționale.

Subliniem faptul că Richard H. McCuen și Kristin L. Gilroy nu tratează etica izolat, ci o integrează organic în contextul deciziilor tehnice. Această abordare continuă preocupările autorului principal din lucrări precum Professional Development and Career Planning, unde acesta sublinia importanța „soft skills” în educația tehnică, sau Critical Thinking, Idea Innovation, and Creativity, unde analiza critică era aplicată rezolvării problemelor complexe. Dacă în Hydrologic Analysis and Design McCuen se concentra pe rigoarea matematică a designului, aici aplică aceeași rigoare analitică procesului decizional moral.

Comparabil cu Engineering Ethics de Charles Fleddermann în ceea ce privește rigoarea didactică, volumul de față se distinge prin actualizarea problematicii pentru o eră a schimbărilor tehnologice rapide, unde granița dintre etica profesională și cea de mediu devine tot mai permeabilă. Ne apare clar faptul că autorii au reușit să creeze un ghid care nu doar enumeră reguli, ci dezvoltă un sistem de gândire critică esențial pentru orice practicant din domeniul științelor tehnice.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781551112831
ISBN-10: 1551112833
Pagini: 252
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 17 mm
Greutate: 0.41 kg
Editura: BROADVIEW PR
Colecția Broadview Press
Locul publicării:Peterborough, Canada

De ce să citești această carte

Recomandăm această carte studenților și inginerilor care doresc să înțeleagă fundamentele morale ale profesiei lor. Dincolo de calcule și proiecte, Ethics and Professionalism in Engineering oferă un cadru practic pentru a naviga prin conflictele de interese și dilemele de mediu. Cititorul câștigă capacitatea de a interpreta codurile de etică și de a lua decizii argumentate în situații profesionale tensionate, consolidându-și astfel statutul de specialist responsabil.

Recenzii

The rapid pace of technological change constantly gives rise to new ethical dilemmas, and engineers must be as well versed in societal values and ethics as they are in the technical concepts of their disciplines. Ethics and Professionalism in Engineering provides a practical introduction for engineering students that emphasizes ethical decision-making. McCuen and Gilroy situate engineering ethics in the wider context of business and environmental ethics and guide students through case studies emphasizing value conflicts often encountered in engineering.

“The authors have done a terrific job of addressing the essential elements of engineering ethics. The organization and presentation is logical and reasonable, and this will appeal to engineering students as well as practicing engineers.” — P. Aarne Vesilind, Emeritus Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Bucknell University

Descriere

The rapid pace of technological change constantly gives rise to new ethical dilemmas, and engineers must be as well versed in societal values and ethics as they are in the technical concepts of their disciplines. Ethics and Professionalism in Engineering provides a practical introduction for engineering students that emphasizes ethical decision-making. McCuen and Gilroy situate engineering ethics in the wider context of business and environmental ethics and guide students through case studies emphasizing value conflicts often encountered in engineering.

Cuprins

Preface
Chapter 1: Introduction
  1. Introduction
  2. General Characteristics of Value Conflicts
  3. Naive Decision Making
  4. Elements of Ethical Dilemmas
  5. Characteristics of Unethical Conduct
  6. Values Relevant to Unethical Conduct
  7. Dimensions of Professionalism
  8. Discussion Questions
  9. References
Chapter 2: Values in the Engineering Profession
  1. Introduction
  2. Values and Value Systems
    1. Good vs. Bad Values?
    2. Value Systems: A Definition
  3. Value Input Sources
    1. Personal Value Input Sources
    2. Professional Value Input Sources
    3. Technology and Values
  4. Values and Career Development
  5. Incorporating Values with Technical Issues
  6. Values in Decision Making
  7. Values and Scientific Freedom
  8. Discussion Questions
  9. References
Chapter 3: Professional Codes of Ethics
  1. Introduction
  2. Fundamental Standards of Conduct
  3. Values in Codes of Ethics
  4. Unwritten Rules of Conduct
  5. Organizational Codes of Ethics
    1. Issues in Drafting an Organizational Code
    2. Enforcement of a Code
    3. Purposes of a Code
    4. What a Code of Ethics Is Not
    5. Analyzing a Code of Ethics
  6. Codes of Ethics and the Environment
  7. Conflict of Interest
  8. Discussion Questions
  9. References
Chapter 4: Value Decision Making
  1. Introduction
  2. Values in Decision Making
  3. Decision Processes
    1. Identifying the Problem
    2. Identifying Available Resources and Constraints
    3. Specifying Alternative Solutions
    4. Establishing the Decision Criterion Function
    5. Evaluating Each Alternative and Implementing the Best Solution
  4. Value Decision Processes
    1. Benefit-Cost Decision Making
    2. Value Decision Making from a Benefit–Cost Perspective
  5. Risk and Values
    1. Quantifying Risk
    2. Risk Reduction
    3. Benefit-Cost Analysis in Evaluating Risk
    4. Values in Evaluating Risk
  6. Pressure: Its Role in Unethical Conduct
    1. Internal Pressure
    2. External Pressure
    3. Responding to Pressure
  7. Rationalization
  8. Resolving Ethical Dilemmas
    1. Whistleblowing to Resolve Ethical Dilemmas
  9. Irrational Value Decision Making
  10. Leadership and Value Decision Making
  11. Concluding Case Study
  12. Discussion Questions
  13. References
Chapter 5: Ethics in Leadership
  1. Introduction
  2. Ethics and Professionalism:
    A Leader’s Perspective
  3. Ethics and Organizational Leadership
  4. Ethical Implications for Leadership Style
  5. Values, Ethics, and Power
  6. Leadership and Decisions
    1. Decisions about Ethics and Resource Allocation
    2. Decisions about Ethics and Mediation
  7. Discussion Questions
  8. References
Chapter 6: Business Ethics
  1. Introduction
  2. Business Values
    1. Confidentiality
    2. Gratuities
    3. Contract Underbidding
    4. Bid Rigging
    5. Kickbacks
    6. Résumé Padding
  3. Preventing Fraudulent Conduct
  4. Whistleblowing
  5. Concluding Case Study
  6. Discussion Questions
  7. References
Chapter 7: Environmental Ethics
  1. Introduction
  2. Values and the Environment
  3. Ethical Dimensions of Environmentalism
  4. Tragedy of the Commons
  5. Nimby as a Value Issue
  6. The Anthrosphere
  7. Causes and Effects of Pollution
    1. Water Pollution
    2. Air Pollution
    3. Ground Pollution
    4. Values Involved in Pollution
    5. Decisions Involved in Decreasing Pollution
  8. Deforestation
    1. Benefits of Forested Areas
    2. Human Causes of Deforestation
    3. Possible Solutions
    4. Factors Involved in Deforestation Solutions
    5. Values Involved in Deforestation Solutions
  9. Climate Change
    1. Our Role in Climate Change
    2. Effects of Climate Change
    3. Decisions Involved in Climate Change
    4. Values Involved in Climate Change
  10. Biodiversity
    1. Values Involved in Biodiversity
    2. The Value of Nature
  11. Environmental Ethics and Engineering
  12. Discussion Questions
  13. References
Chapter 8: Ethics and Sustainability
  1. Introduction
  2. Values and Sustainability
  3. Varieties of Sustainability
  4. Components of Sustainability
    1. Energy
    2. Water
    3. Food
    4. Materials
  5. The Industrial Cycle and Sustainability
    1. Stakeholders
    2. Values within the Industrial Cycle
  6. Potential Solutions
    1. Public Policies and Regulations
    2. Research and Development
  7. Sustainable Development and Codes of Ethics
  8. Uncertain Aspects of Sustainability
  9. Discussion Questions
  10. References
Chapter 9: Ethics in Research
  1. Introduction
  2. Ethical Issues in Written Communication
    1. Plagiarism
    2. Self-Plagiarism
    3. Dual Submission
    4. Acknowledgment of Assistance
    5. Ghost Authorship
  3. Accuracy in Reporting
  4. Falsification of Research Data
  5. Data Fabrication
  6. Ethical Issues in Mentoring
  7. Concluding Case Study
  8. Discussion Questions
  9. References
Chapter 10: Cyberethics
  1. Introduction
  2. Computers and Value Responsibilities
  3. Computer-Assisted Errors
  4. Computer Image Enhancement
  5. Computer Privacy
  6. Software Piracy
    1. Shareware
    2. Values and Software Piracy
  7. Intellectual Property
  8. Discussion Questions
  9. References
Index