Ethics in quality / August B. Mundel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mundel, August B., 1911-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Quality control.

Engineering ethics.

Physical Description:

vi, 220 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Dekker ; Milwaukee : ASQC Quality Press, [1991]

Summary:

This on-the-job guide poses essential questions regarding the best action to take when dealing with a company, on the verge of adopting or, which has adopted a course of action that may lead it to act in an "irresponsible" manner -- offering case studies in which readers can compare their answers against those given in the examples. Ethics in Quality answers timely questions such as: What is ethics and why is it important? ... What are ethical violations and what problems do they cause? ... What do professional groups consider ethical and why? ... What are the differences between what professional groups consider ethical? ... What are the responsibilities of engineers and quality professionals? ... What are the boundaries between what is ethical and what is unlawful and vice versa? ... What methods can be used to recognize when ethical decisions are being made? ... and more! Promoting improved decision making, Ethics in Quality serves as must reading for quality and reliability engineers; all engineers engaged in product or service industries; product liability attorneys; and graduate-level courses and professional seminars on ethics and quality control.

Contents:

1. Ethics, Quality, and Product Liability 1

2. Engineering Ethics 9

3. Differences Between Professions 43

4. Ethical Questions in Product and Service Industries 59

5. Ethical Problems in Engineering, Private Practice, and Corporate Employment 69

6. History of Ethics and Problems 85

7. Product Liability and Ethical Considerations 101

8. Ethics and Free Speech 123

9. Whistleblowing 131

10. Loyalty, Ethics, and Job Hopping 141

11. Design Ethics and Codes of Practice 153

12. Ethics of Quality Control 159

13. Ethics in Business 183

14. Ethics, Standards, Quality, and General Subjects 193.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0824785134

OCLC:

23141780