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Autore: |
Davis Michael <1943->
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Titolo: |
Thinking like an engineer : studies in the ethics of a profession / / Michael Davis
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Pubblicazione: | New York, : Oxford University Press, 1998 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (253 p.) |
Disciplina: | 174/.962 |
Soggetto topico: | Engineering ethics |
Ethics | |
Note generali: | "Association for Practical and Professional Ethics." |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-235) and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Contents; 1. SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND VALUES; 2. A HISTORY OF ENGINEERING IN THE UNITED STATES; 3. ARE ""SOFTWARE ENGINEERS"" ENGINEERS?; 4. CODES OF ETHICS AND THE CHALLENGER; 5. EXPLAINING WRONGDOING; 6. AVOIDING THE TRAGEDY OF WHISTLEBLOWING; 7. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST IN ENGINEERING; 8. CODES OF ETHICS, PROFESSIONS, AND CONFLICT OF INTEREST; 9. ORDINARY TECHNICAL DECISION-MAKING: AN EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION; 10. PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY: A FRAMEWORK FOR EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; EPILOGUE: FOUR QUESTIONS FOR THE SOCIAL SCIENCES; APPENDIX 1: QUESTIONNAIRE FOR ENGINEERS |
APPENDIX 2: QUESTIONNAIRE FOR MANAGERSAPPENDIX 3: INTERVIEWEE CHARACTERISTICS; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W | |
Sommario/riassunto: | Offers both an exploration of engineering ethics and a philosophical analysis of engineering as a profession. After putting engineering in historical perspective, the book turns to the Challenger disaster to consider the complex relationship between engineering ideals and practice. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Thinking like an engineer ![]() |
ISBN: | 1-280-47050-X |
9786610470501 | |
0-19-535305-6 | |
0-585-24569-X | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910820801103321 |
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