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Book Synopsis

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.



Trade Review

“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



Table of Contents

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
  4. Value Input Sources
    1. Personal Value Input Sources
    2. Professional Value Input Sources
    3. Technology and Values
  6. Values and Career Development
  7. Incorporating Values with Technical Issues
  8. Values in Decision Making
  9. Values and Scientific Freedom
  10. Discussion Questions
  11. 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
  7. Codes of Ethics and the Environment
  8. Conflict of Interest
  9. Discussion Questions
  10. 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
  5. Value Decision Processes
    1. Benefit-Cost Decision Making
    2. Value Decision Making from a Benefit–Cost Perspective
  7. Risk and Values
    1. Quantifying Risk
    2. Risk Reduction
    3. Benefit-Cost Analysis in Evaluating Risk
    4. Values in Evaluating Risk
  9. Pressure: Its Role in Unethical Conduct
    1. Internal Pressure
    2. External Pressure
    3. Responding to Pressure
  11. Rationalization
  12. Resolving Ethical Dilemmas
    1. Whistleblowing to Resolve Ethical Dilemmas
  14. Irrational Value Decision Making
  15. Leadership and Value Decision Making
  16. Concluding Case Study
  17. Discussion Questions
  18. 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
  8. Discussion Questions
  9. 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
  4. Preventing Fraudulent Conduct
  5. Whistleblowing
  6. Concluding Case Study
  7. Discussion Questions
  8. 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
  9. 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
  11. 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
  13. Biodiversity
    1. Values Involved in Biodiversity
    2. The Value of Nature
  15. Environmental Ethics and Engineering
  16. Discussion Questions
  17. 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
  6. The Industrial Cycle and Sustainability
    1. Stakeholders
    2. Values within the Industrial Cycle
  8. Potential Solutions
    1. Public Policies and Regulations
    2. Research and Development
  10. Sustainable Development and Codes of Ethics
  11. Uncertain Aspects of Sustainability
  12. Discussion Questions
  13. 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
  4. Accuracy in Reporting
  5. Falsification of Research Data
  6. Data Fabrication
  7. Ethical Issues in Mentoring
  8. Concluding Case Study
  9. Discussion Questions
  10. 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
  8. Intellectual Property
  9. Discussion Questions
  10. References

Index

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      Publisher: Broadview Press Ltd
      Publication Date: 30/03/2011
      ISBN13: 9781551112831, 978-1551112831
      ISBN10: 1551112833
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      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.



      Trade Review

      “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



      Table of Contents

      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
      4. Value Input Sources
        1. Personal Value Input Sources
        2. Professional Value Input Sources
        3. Technology and Values
      6. Values and Career Development
      7. Incorporating Values with Technical Issues
      8. Values in Decision Making
      9. Values and Scientific Freedom
      10. Discussion Questions
      11. 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
      7. Codes of Ethics and the Environment
      8. Conflict of Interest
      9. Discussion Questions
      10. 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
      5. Value Decision Processes
        1. Benefit-Cost Decision Making
        2. Value Decision Making from a Benefit–Cost Perspective
      7. Risk and Values
        1. Quantifying Risk
        2. Risk Reduction
        3. Benefit-Cost Analysis in Evaluating Risk
        4. Values in Evaluating Risk
      9. Pressure: Its Role in Unethical Conduct
        1. Internal Pressure
        2. External Pressure
        3. Responding to Pressure
      11. Rationalization
      12. Resolving Ethical Dilemmas
        1. Whistleblowing to Resolve Ethical Dilemmas
      14. Irrational Value Decision Making
      15. Leadership and Value Decision Making
      16. Concluding Case Study
      17. Discussion Questions
      18. 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
      8. Discussion Questions
      9. 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
      4. Preventing Fraudulent Conduct
      5. Whistleblowing
      6. Concluding Case Study
      7. Discussion Questions
      8. 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
      9. 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
      11. 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
      13. Biodiversity
        1. Values Involved in Biodiversity
        2. The Value of Nature
      15. Environmental Ethics and Engineering
      16. Discussion Questions
      17. 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
      6. The Industrial Cycle and Sustainability
        1. Stakeholders
        2. Values within the Industrial Cycle
      8. Potential Solutions
        1. Public Policies and Regulations
        2. Research and Development
      10. Sustainable Development and Codes of Ethics
      11. Uncertain Aspects of Sustainability
      12. Discussion Questions
      13. 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
      4. Accuracy in Reporting
      5. Falsification of Research Data
      6. Data Fabrication
      7. Ethical Issues in Mentoring
      8. Concluding Case Study
      9. Discussion Questions
      10. 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
      8. Intellectual Property
      9. Discussion Questions
      10. References

      Index

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