Engineering Ethics Challenges and Opportunities /

• Main Author: Bowen, W. Richard (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Ethics.; Engineering economics.; Engineering economy.; Industrial engineering.; Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing.; Operating Procedures, Materials Treatment.

Engineering Ethics: Challenges and Opportunities aims to set a new agenda for the engineering profession by developing a key challenge: can the great technical innovation of engineering be matched by a corresponding innovation in the acceptance and expression of ethical responsibility? Central featu...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• A Philosophical Analysis of the Nature of Engineering
• Engineering for Peace
• Engineering for Health
• Engineering for Development
• Personal Responsibility and Supporting Social Structures
• Convincing Others – Engineering for Human Rights and Engineering Power
• Future Perspectives.  .