Engineering ethics : concepts and cases /
Charles E. Harris, Jr. [and four others]
- Fifth edition.
- Australia : Wadsworth Cengage Learning, c2014
- xvii , 313 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Chapter 1. Engineering Ethics: Making the Case -- Chapter 2. A Practical Ethics Toolkit -- Chapter 3. Responsibility in Engineering -- Chapter 4. The Social and Value Dimensions of Technology -- Chapter 5. Trust and Reliability -- Chapter 6. Risk and Liability in Engineering -- Chapter 7. Engineers in Organizations -- Chapter 8. Engineers and the Environment -- Chapter 9. Engineering in the Global Context.
Provides dozens of diverse engineering cases and a proven and structured method for analyzing them. This title focuses on critical moral reasoning as well as effective organizational communication. It helps you understand the importance of your conduct as a professional and how your actions can affect the health, safety, and welfare of the public.