What Every Engineer Should Know about Ethics
Published on 7. July 1999
264 pages
978-1-040-18183-6 (ISBN)
Description
This compact reference succinctly explains the engineering profession's codes of ethics using case studies drawn from decisions of the National Society of Professional Engineers' Board of Ethical Review, examining ethical challenges in engineering, construction, and project management. It includes study questions to supplement general engineering survey courses and a list of references to aid practicing engineers in exploring topics in depth. The author discusses recent headline-making disasters such as the Challenger explosion and the Chernobyl nuclear catastrophe; considers the merits and drawbacks of professional codes of ethics; and outlines legal standards for liability.
Reviews / Votes
". . ..a terrific read. Each chapter is packed with ideas and concepts. "---JOM
". . .a valuable addition to professional engineers and organisations, to understand and adopt ethics in their professional activities and services. "
---Journal of Structural Engineering
"...provides a comprehensive and compelling guide to ethical behaviour in the workaday engineering world. The impressive thoroughness of the analyses contained within the [Board of Ethical Reviews] case studies, and within the other illustrative examples, offers a standard worthy of emulation in similar circumstances elsewhere. In essence, there is something here for everyone who is interested in learning more about utilitarian solutions to ethical dilemmas."
---Canadian Institute of Geomatics, 2001
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
File size
2,26 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-040-18183-6 (9781040181836)
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Additional editions
Kenneth K. Humphreys
What Every Engineer Should Know about Ethics
Book
07/1999
1st Edition
CRC Press
€179.81
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Content
Problem-solving engineering ethics; defining engineering ethics; ethical technologies in engineering, construction, and project management; continuing professional development in engineering; professional engineering licensing and registration laws; the engineers creed and the order of the engineer; what constitutes professionalism?; working within your discipline; reasonable safety versus foolproof design; compensation and employment ethics; ethics in forensic (legal) consulting; whistleblowing; international ethics; the first fundamental canon and the second mile; selected case studies. Appendix: engineering codes of ethics; model guide for professional conduct of the American Association of Engineering Societies; NSPE Code of Ethics for Engineers; code of ethics for the project management profession; AACE International Canon of Ethics; American Society of Civil Engineers Code of Ethics; IEEE Code of Ethics.
