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Engineering ethics

An introduction to using Visual Basic for engineers. Introduces a disciplined approach to engineering analysis with a five-step problem-solving process. Includes numerous exercises and problems, such as "What if" and "Try It" features. For engineers and computer scientists intere...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mitcham, Carl
Other Authors: Duval, R. Shannon
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Upper Saddle River, NJ Prentice Hall 2000
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Engineering ethics
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Table of Contents:
  • Is Ethics Relative?
  • Ethics Is Not Just Personal Opinion
  • The Need for Ethics
  • Engineering and the Freedom of Choice
  • Ethics and Morals
  • What If? Does Ethics Involve Only "Serious" Choice Behavior?
  • The Temptation of Moral Relativism
  • The Temptation of Moral Absolutism
  • What If? Neither Giants nor Dwarves
  • The Truths of Absolutism and Relativism
  • The Usefulness of Ethics Codes
  • What If? Ethics Codes and Technical Standards
  • Exploring Different Dimensions of Ethics
  • Doing What Is Right
  • What If? Not Doing What is Wrong
  • Crime, Vice, Virtue, and Heroic Virtue
  • Deciding Which Action is Right
  • Moral Dilemmas
  • Reflecting on Why an Action Is Right
  • What If? First- and Second-Order Ethical Principles
  • Descriptions, Norms, and Meta-Ethics
  • Ethical Theories
  • Moral Reasoning and the Structure of Human Action
  • Consequential Theory
  • What If? The Ford Pinto
  • Deontological Theory
  • Virtue Theory
  • The Three Theories Reviewed
  • Relationships among Theories
  • Ethics and Psychology
  • Lawrence Kohlberg's Six Stages of Moral Development
  • What If? Facts and Values
  • The Ethics of Care
  • What If? Two Moral Voices
  • Ethics and Institutions
  • Individual and Group Behavior
  • Going Along to Get Along versus Loyal Opposition
  • Organizations and Engineering
  • Win-Win Solutions and the Ethics of Care
  • Manifestations and Limitations of Organizational Structures
  • Organizations and Ethics
  • Styles of Management and Leadership
  • Globalization, Deorganization, and a New Engineering Ethics.

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