Next-Generation Ethics
Engineering a Better Society
Published on 7. November 2019
Book
Paperback/Softback
474 pages
978-1-108-72737-2 (ISBN)
Description
Many of the significant developments of our era have resulted from advances in technology, including the design of large-scale systems; advances in medicine, manufacturing, and artificial intelligence; the role of social media in influencing behaviour and toppling governments; and the surge of online transactions that are replacing human face-to-face interactions. These advances have given rise to new kinds of ethical concerns around the uses (and misuses) of technology. This collection of essays by prominent academics and technology leaders covers important ethical questions arising in modern industry, offering guidance on how to approach these dilemmas. Chapters discuss what we can learn from the ethical lapses of #MeToo, Volkswagen, and Cambridge Analytica, and highlight the common need across all applications for sound decision-making and understanding the implications for stakeholders. Technologists and general readers with no formal ethics training and specialists exploring technological applications to the field of ethics will benefit from this overview.
Reviews / Votes
'This is a comprehensive book, looking at the subject of ethics from many angles - individual ethics, corporate guidelines, and societal norms; engineering, business, and legal domains; codes of ethics, regulations, and natural law. It takes us back to early cases of ethics in corporate conduct in the 1950s, and up to date with the latest implications of artificial intelligence, bioengineering, virtual reality, and the internet of things. Everyone should be concerned with ethics, and there's something for everyone here.' Peter Norvig, Research Director, Google 'Professor Ali E. Abbas and his contributors have skillfully utilised their impressive academic and professional experience and perceptively addressed noteworthy ethical issues affecting technology, business, engineering and the society. This illuminating and unique book, is highly recommended and I believe it could also be considered as a must read book of ethics for the next generation of leaders.' Najmedin Meshkati, University of Southern California 'Next Generation Ethics is an exciting compendium of information and opinions about the new arising ethical situations and how we might deal with them. Of particular note is Chapter 2 by Ronald Howard on 'Building your Ethical Code'. Then in the Technology section; Chapter 5, an interview with Vint Cerf, a luminary of the internet, and Chapter 6, A Hippocratic Oath for Technologists, as well as a couple of good discussions of artificial intelligence. The book then proceeds to large sections on ethics in business enterprises, engineering and even society, including public policy, legal, medical, journalism, and religion. Anyone interested in the ethical challenges we are now facing should scan this book to awaken to our manifold ethical challenges, extract immediately useful information, and keep it as a ready reference.' Jim Matheson, SmartOrg, Inc '... a broad and comprehensive learning and teaching book to use and discuss ...' Mandi Astola, PrometheusMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
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Paperback (trade)
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Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
789 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-108-72737-2 (9781108727372)
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11/2019
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10/2019
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Person
Ali E. Abbas is Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering and Public Policy at the University of Southern California, where he also directs the USC Neely Center for Ethical Leadership and Decision Making. His research focuses on decision analysis, multiattribute utility theory, and ethical decision-making, and he is the recipient of multiple awards from the National Science Foundation for his work. Dr Abbas has authored numerous books, including Foundations of Multiattribute Utility (Cambridge, 2018) and Foundations of Decision Analysis (2015) with co-author Ronald A. Howard. He is also co-editor of numerous edited volumes, including Improving Homeland Security Decisions (Cambridge, 2017).
Content
1. Next-generation ethics: an introduction Ali E. Abbas; 2. Ethical distinctions for building your ethical code Ronald Howard; Part I. Technology: 3. Composite ethical frameworks for IoT and other emerging technologies Max Senges, Patrick S. Ryan and Richard S. Whitt; 4. Ethics of immersive technologies Randall W. Hill, Jr; 5. Internet, technology, and the future: an interview with Vint Cerf Vint G. Cerf and Ali E. Abbas; 6. A Hippocratic Oath for technologists Ali E. Abbas, Max Senges and Ronald Howard; 7. Data, privacy, and the greater good Eric Horvitz and Deirdre Mulligan; 8. Guidelines for artificial intelligence containment James Babcock, Janos Kramar and Roman V. Yampolskiy; Part II. Business Enterprises: 9. Next-generation business ethics: the impact of artificial intelligence Kirk O. Hanson; 10. Big data privacy, ethics, and enterprise continuous monitoring systems Daniel E. O'Leary; 11. How management theories and culture fads kill organizational ethics Marianne M. Jennings; 12. How next-generation teams and teaming may affect the ethics of working in teams Scott S. Wiltermuth and Alyssa J. Han; 13. Transparency: the what, why, and how of organizational effectiveness and ethics James J. O'Toole; 14. Global engagement by leaders is a moral imperative: building the next generation of ethical corporate cultures Marsha Ershaghi Hames; Part III. Engineering: 15. The whistle that was not blown: WV, diesels and engineers Michael Davis; 16. Addressing corruption in our global engineering/construction industry William P. Henry; 17. Ethics issues facing engineers in oil and gas operations Iraj Ershaghi; 18. Engineering codes of ethics: legal protection and empowerment for engineers Jeffrey H. Matsuura; 19. Engineering ethics when lives are on the line: when does bad engineering become bad ethics? Neil G. Siegel; 20. Case studies of product life cycle environmental impacts for teaching engineering ethics Matthew J. Eckelman, John Basl, Christopher Bosso, Jacqueline Isaacs and Kathleen Eggleson; Part IV. Society: 21. Next generation ethical issues: engineering, business, medicine, and public policy James Ellis, Laura Mosqueda, Jack Knott and Yannis Yortsos; 22. Techno innovations: the role of ethical standards, law and regulation and the public interest Frank V. Zerunyan; 23. Evolutionary ethics: a potentially helpful framework in engineering a better society John N. Celona; 24. Topics in next-generation medical ethics: the art in the art of medicine Josh H. Hyatt; 25. Next-generation ethical development of medical devices: considering harms, benefits, fairness, and freedom Andrew O. Brightman, Jonathan Beever and Michael Hiles; 26. Looking back to go forward: the ethics of journalism in a social media age Glenda N. Cooper; 27. Social media ethics 2.0 Jeremy H. Lipschultz; 28. AI people and society Eric Horvitz; 29. Ethics in cyberspace: freedom, rights, and cybersecurity Richard A. Spinello; 30. Next-generation religion and ethics Varun Soni.