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Record Nr.

UNINA9910297378503321

Autore

Luegenbiehl Heinz

Titolo

Global engineering ethics / / Heinz C. Luegenbiehl, Rockwell F. Clancy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford : , : Butterworth-Heinemann, , [2017]

�2017

ISBN

0-12-811219-0

0-12-811218-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiv, 208 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Gale eBooks

Disciplina

174.962

Soggetti

Engineering ethics

Engineering - Social aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction: engineering ethics from a global perspective -- 2. Working with cases: the importance of concrete learning -- 3. Engineering professionalism and professional organizations -- 4. Basic ethical principles for global engineering -- 5. The prime responsibility of safety -- 6. The global business environment: what engineers should know -- 7. Cross-cultural issues: their importance to global engineering ethics -- 8. Autonomy -- 9. Conflicting duties and dissent -- 10. Issues of broader concern for engineers -- 11. The rights of engineers.

Sommario/riassunto

This book introduces the fundamentals of ethics in a context specific to engineering without privileging any one national or cultural conception of ethics. Case studies from around the world clarify the relevance of design, safety, and professionalism to engineers.