Engineering ethics : an industrial perspective / Gail D. Baura.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baura, Gail D.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Engineering ethics.

Engineering ethics--Case studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

Boston : Elsevier Academic Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Engineering Ethics is the application of philosophical and moral systems to the proper judgment and behavior by engineers in conducting their work, including the products and systems they design and the consulting services they provide. In light of the work environment that inspired the new Sarbanes/Oxley federal legislation on "whistle-blowing? protections, a clear understanding of Engineering Ethics is needed like never before. Beginning with a concise overview of various approaches to engineering ethics, the real heart of the book will be some 13 detailed case studies, delving

Contents:

A personal engineering ethics threshold

Options for action when an engineering ethics threshold is reached

1978: Ford Pinto recall

1981: Kansas City Hyatt Regency skywalk collapse

1986: Challenger space shuttle explosion

1989: Exxon Valdez oil spill

1989: San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge earthquake collapse

1994: Bjork-Shiley heart valve defect

1999: Y2K software conversion

2002: Bell Laboratories scientific fraud

2002: Ford Explorer rollover

2003: Columbia space shuttle explosion

2003: Guidant Ancure Endograft System

2003: Northeast blackout

2004: Indian Ocean tsunami

Anonymous industrial engineering ethics cases.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786610630561

9781280630569

1280630566

9780080458021

0080458025

OCLC:

181373747