Engineering Ethics for a Globalized World

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Murphy, Colleen (Editor), Gardoni, Paolo (Editor), Bashir, Hassan (Editor), Harris, Jr., Charles E. (Editor), Masad, Eyad (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Philosophy of Engineering and Technology, 22
• Subjects: Philosophy.; Engineering design.; Philosophy of Technology.; Engineering Design.

This volume identifies, discusses and addresses the wide array of ethical issues that have emerged for engineers due to the rise of a global economy. To date, there has been no systematic treatment of the particular challenges globalization poses for engineering ethics standards and education. This...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Part I: Ethical Issues in a Globalized World
• Chapter 1: US Engagement in International Activity in Engineering Ethics; Rachelle Hollander
• Chapter 2: Global Engineering and National Technology Policies: Is There a Conflict?; Hal Salzman and Leonard Lynn
• Chapter 3: International Ethics and Failures: Case Studies; Norb Delatte
• Chapter 4: “Global Engineering Ethics”: Re-inventing the Wheel?; Michael Davis
• Chapter 5: Social, Cultural, Political, and Religious Constraints on Designing an Ethnical Framework for Engineering in a Global Context; Noreen Sugrue and Tim McCarthy
• Chapter 6: The Significance of Context in the Reconstitution of Notions of Moral Responsibility in Engineering Ethics; Muhammad Haris
• Chapter 7: Foundations of Global Ethics for Engineering; Peter Kilpatrick
• Chapter 8: International Ethics: A Case Study in the Construction Industry; George Wang
• Chapter 9: Engineering and Climate Change: Why the Choice of Ethical Perspective Matters; Khalid Mir
• Chapter 10: Enriching Engineering Ethics with Development Ethics: A Proposal to Draw on the CA; Ilse Oosterlaken
• Chapter 11: Importance of Professional Ethics to Information Technology; Sajjad Mohsin and Sadaf Sajjad
• Chapter 12: Resources for Overcoming the Challenges of Teaching Engineering Ethics in an International Context; Brock Barry
• Chapter 13: Responsible Conduct of Research Training for Engineers: Adapting Research Ethics Training for Engineering Graduate Students; Sara Jordan and Philip Gray
• Chapter 14: A Cross Cultural Comparison of Engineering Ethics Education: Chile and United States; Ruth I. Murrugarra and William A. Wallace
• Chapter 15: Integrating the Ethics Dimension in Undergraduate Teaching in the College of Engineering at Qatar University: Challenges and Future Outlook; Ramazan Kahraman and Majeda Khraisheh
• Chapter 16: Training Responsible Engineers for Global Contexts; William Frey
• Chapter 17: Toward a Global Engineering (Ethics) Curriculum; Eugene Moriarty.