Ethical Engineering for International Development and Environmental Sustainability

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Hersh, Marion (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Subjects: Environment.; Ethics.; Environmental sciences.; Engineering.; Sustainable development.; Economic policy.; Sustainable Development.; Engineering, general.; Professional & Vocational Education.; R & D/Technology Policy.; Environmental Science and Engineering.

Ensuring that their work has a positive influence on society is a responsibility and a privilege for engineers, but also a considerable challenge. This book addresses the ways in which engineers meet this challenge, working from the assumption that for a project to be truly ethical both the undertak...

Table of Contents:

• A Hitman’s Approach to Ethics: Temptations and Challenges and Book Overview
• Engineering ethics: definitions, theories and techniques
• Robo-Ethics
• The Ethical Use of Outer Space
• Green Jobs and the Ethics of Energy
• Disparagement of climate change research: A Double Wrong
• Environmental and Social Impacts of Domestic Bathing
• Engineering Ethics Problems in a Developing Country
• Symbols of Success: Telemedicine Projects In Post-Conflict Regions
• Beyond Traditional Ethics when Building ICT for and with Deaf People in Developing Regions
• Ethics, Scientists, Engineers and the Military
• Conclusions and Looking to the Future.