Engineering ethics : concepts and cases / Charles E. Harris, Jr, [and 4 others]

By:

Harris, Charles E. Jr [autho]

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Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Boston, MA : Cengage, c2019Edition: Sixth EditionDescription: xii, 291 pages ; 24 cmISBN:

9781337554541

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LOC classification:

TA 157 .E54 2019

Contents:

Preface -- 1. Engineers: professionals for the human good -- 2. A practical ethics toolkit -- 3. Responsibility in engineering -- 4. Engineering organization -- 5. Trust and reliability -- 6. The engineer's responsibility to assess and manage risk -- 7. Engineering and the environment -- 8. Engineering in the global context -- 9. New horizons in engineering -- Cases --List of cases -- Taxonomy of cases -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index.

Summary: "ENGINEERING ETHICS, Sixth Edition, equips you with the tools for the highest ethical standards and practice. It helps you understand the importance of your conduct as a future professional engineer and shows how your actions can affect the health, safety and welfare of the public and environment. Packed with examples of engineering achievements and failures, it offers intriguing case studies to give you hands-on experience grappling with modern-day ethical dilemmas, and a proven method for analysis walks you step by step through ethical problem-solving techniques. It emphasizes practical application of the Engineering Code of Ethics, sustainability and economic development, risk management, globalized standards for engineering and future challenges relating to evolving technology."

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Materials specified	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	NU Clark Circulation	Non-fiction	GC TA 157 .E54 2019 (Browse shelf(Opens below))		Available		NUCLA000003231

Includes appendix.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"ENGINEERING ETHICS, Sixth Edition, equips you with the tools for the highest ethical standards and practice. It helps you understand the importance of your conduct as a future professional engineer and shows how your actions can affect the health, safety and welfare of the public and environment. Packed with examples of engineering achievements and failures, it offers intriguing case studies to give you hands-on experience grappling with modern-day ethical dilemmas, and a proven method for analysis walks you step by step through ethical problem-solving techniques. It emphasizes practical application of the Engineering Code of Ethics, sustainability and economic development, risk management, globalized standards for engineering and future challenges relating to evolving technology."

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