Caroline Whitbeck

Ethics in Engineering Practice and Research

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Produktbeschreibung

Dr Caroline Whitbeck offers a real-world, problem-centered approach to engineering ethics, using a rich collection of open-ended case studies.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 440
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Februar 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 822g
• ISBN-13: 9780521723985
• ISBN-10: 0521723981
• Artikelnr.: 32735446

Autorenporträt

Caroline Whitbeck is the Emerita Elmer G. Beamer-Hubert H. Schneider Professor in Ethics at Case Western Reserve University. Professor Whitbeck teaches in both the Philosophy and the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering departments. Her research goes across numerous fields such as philosophy, engineering, technology, medicine and feminist philosophy. Dr Whitbeck is currently the Director of the The Online Ethics Center for Engineering and Science at the National Academy of Engineering. Dr Whitbeck has published numerous articles on bioethics and is the author of Ethics in Engineering Practice and Research (1998).

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Values and the Evaluation of Acts in Engineering: Introduction to
Ethical Reasoning and Engineering Ethics: 1. Professional practice in
engineering; 2. Two examples of professional behavior: Roger Boisjoly and
William Lemessurier; Part II. Engineering Responsibility: 3. Ethics as
design - doing justice to moral problems; 4. Central professional
responsibilities of engineers; 5. Computers, software, and digital
information; 6. Rights and responsibilities regarding intellectual
property; 7. Workplace rights and responsibilities; Part III. Responsible
Research Conduct: 8. Ethics in the changing domain of research; 9.
Responsible authorship and credit in engineering and scientific research;
Part IV. The Future of Engineering: 10. Responsibility for the environment;
11. End use and 'macro' issues.