Introduction to Engineering Ethics

by: Mike Martin - Roland Schinzinger

Introduction to Engineering Ethics
Author: Mike Martin, Roland Schinzinger

Publisher: McGraw Hill Higher Education

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Format: Paperback / softback

Publication date: 01 June 2009

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ISBN: 0071267905 ISBN 13: 9780071267908

Introduction to Engineering Ethics by Mike Martin - Roland Schinzinger

Discusses the basic issues in engineering ethics. This title emphasises the moral problems engineers face in the corporate setting. It stimulates critical and responsible reflection on moral issues surrounding engineering practice and provides the conceptual tools necessary for pursuing those issues. Top page

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"Introduction to Engineering Ethics" provides the background for discussion of the basic issues in engineering ethics. Emphasis is given to the moral problems engineers face in the corporate setting. It places those issues within a philosophical framework, and it seeks to exhibit their social importance and intellectual challenge. The primary goal is to stimulate critical and responsible reflection on moral issues surrounding engineering practice and to provide the conceptual tools necessary for pursuing those issues. Students preparing to function within the engineering profession need to be introduced to the basic issues in engineering ethics. Top page

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Publisher & Imprint: McGraw Hill Higher Education

City: London

Pages: 288

More info: height 300 mm width 850 mm weight 400 gr thickness 90 mm

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Age recommended: College/higher education

Subject Indexing & Classification Dewey: 174.962

Summary Introduction to Engineering Ethics 1 Ethics and Professionalism 2 Moral Reasoning and Codes of Ethics 3 Moral Frameworks 4 Engineering as Social Experimentation 5 Commitment to Safety 6 Workplace Responsibilities and Rights 7 Truth and Truthfulness 8 Computer Ethics 9 Environmental Ethics 10 Global Justice Appendix: NSPE Code of Ethics Top page

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