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Ethics and professionalism in engineering / Richard H. McCuen and Kristin L. Gilroy.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: Eng Series: Publisher: Peterborough, Ontario, Canada ; Buffalo, New York, USA : Broadview Press, [2010]Copyright date: ©2010Description: 251 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
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  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781551112831
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • TA157 M3419 2010
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Contents:
Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Introduction -- 1.1.Introduction -- 1.2.General Characteristics of Value Conflicts -- 1.3.Naive Decision Making -- 1.4.Elements of Ethical Dilemmas -- 1.5.Characteristics of Unethical Conduct -- 1.6.Values Relevant to Unethical Conduct -- 1.7.Dimensions of Professionalism -- 1.8.Discussion Questions -- 1.9.References -- ch. 2 Values in the Engineering Profession -- 2.1.Introduction -- 2.2.Values and Value Systems -- 2.2.1.Good vs. Bad Values? -- 2.2.2.Value Systems: A Definition -- 2.3.Value Input Sources -- 2.3.1.Personal Value Input Sources -- 2.3.2.Professional Value Input Sources -- 2.3.3.Technology and Values -- 2.4.Values and Career Development -- 2.5.Incorporating Values with Technical Issues -- 2.6.Values in Decision Making -- 2.7.Values and Scientific Freedom -- 2.8.Discussion Questions -- 2.9.References -- ch. 3 Professional Codes of Ethics -- 3.1.Introduction -- 3.2.Fundamental Standards of Conduct -- 3.3.Values in Codes of Ethics -- 3.4.Unwritten Rules of Conduct -- 3.5.Organizational Codes of Ethics -- 3.5.1.Issues in Drafting an Organizational Code -- 3.5.2.Enforcement of a Code -- 3.5.3.Purposes of a Code -- 3.5.4.What a Code of Ethics Is Not -- 3.5.5.Analyzing a Code of Ethics -- 3.6.Codes of Ethics and the Environment -- 3.7.Conflict of Interest -- 3.8.Discussion Questions -- 3.9.References -- ch. 4 Value Decision Making -- 4.1.Introduction -- 4.2.Values in Decision Making -- 4.3.Decision Processes -- 4.3.1.Identifying the Problem -- 4.3.2.Identifying Available Resources and Constraints -- 4.3.3.Specifying Alternative Solutions -- 4.3.4.Establishing the Decision Criterion Function -- 4.3.5.Evaluating Each Alternative and Implementing the Best Solution -- 4.4.Value Decision Processes -- 4.4.2.Benefit-Cost Decision Making -- 4.4.2.Value Decision Making from a Benefit-Cost Perspective -- 4.5.Risk and Values -- 4.5.1.Quantifying Risk -- 4.5.2.Risk Reduction -- 4.5.3.Benefit-Cost Analysis in Evaluating Risk -- 4.5.4.Values in Evaluating Risk -- 4.6.Pressure: Its Role in Unethical Conduct -- 4.6.1.Internal Pressure -- 4.6.2.External Pressure -- 4.6.3.Responding to Pressure -- 4.7.Rationalization -- 4.8.Resolving Ethical Dilemmas -- 4.8.1.Whistleblowing to Resolve Ethical Dilemmas -- 4.9.Irrational Value Decision Making -- 4.10.Leadership and Value Decision Making -- 4.11.Concluding Case Study -- 4.12.Discussion Questions -- 4.13.References -- ch. 5 Ethics in Leadership -- 5.1.Introduction -- 5.2.Ethics and Professionalism: A Leader's Perspective -- 5.3.Ethics and Organizational Leadership -- 5.4.Ethical Implications for Leadership Style -- 5.5.Values, Ethics, and Power -- 5.6.Leadership and Decisions -- 5.6.2.Decisions about Ethics and Resource Allocation -- 5.6.2.Decisions about Ethics and Mediation -- 5.7.Discussion Questions -- 5.8.References -- ch. 6 Business Ethics -- 6.1.Introduction -- 6.2.Business Values -- 6.2.1.Confidentiality -- 6.2.2.Gratuities -- 6.2.3.Contract Underbidding -- 6.2.4.Bid Rigging -- 6.2.5.Kickbacks -- 6.2.6.Resume Padding -- 6.3.Preventing Fraudulent Conduct -- 6.4.Whistleblowing -- 6.5.Concluding Case Study -- 6.6.Discussion Questions -- 6.7.References -- ch. 7 Environmental Ethics -- 7.1.Introduction -- 7.2.Values and the Environment -- 7.3.EthicaL Dimensions of Environmentalism -- 7.4.Tragedy of the Commons -- 7.5.Nimby as a Value Issue -- 7.6.The Anthrosphere -- 7.7.Causes and Effects of Pollution -- 7.7.1.Water Pollution -- 7.7.2.Air Pollution -- 7.7.3.Ground Pollution -- 7.7.4.Values Involved in Pollution -- 7.7.5.Decisions Involved in Decreasing Pollution -- 7.8.Deforestation -- 7.8.1.Benefits of Forested Areas -- 7.8.2.Human Causes of Deforestation -- 7.8.3.Possible Solutions -- 7.8.4.Factors Involved in Deforestation Solutions -- 7.8.5.Values Involved in Deforestation Solutions -- 7.9.Climate Change -- 7.9.1.Our Role in Climate Change -- 7.9.2.Effects of Climate Change -- 7.9.3.Decisions Involved in Climate Change -- 7.9.4.Values Involved in Climate Change -- 7.10.Biodiversity -- 7.20.1.Values Involved in Biodiversity -- 7.20.2.The Value of Nature -- 7.11.Environmental Ethics and Engineering -- 7.12.Discussion Questions -- 7.13.References -- ch. 8 Ethics and Sustainability -- 8.1.Introduction -- 8.2.Values and Sustainability -- 8.3.Varieties of Sustainability -- 8.4.Components of Sustainability -- 8.4.1.Energy -- 8.4.2.Water -- 8.4.3.Food -- 8.4.4.Materials -- 8.5.The Industrial Cycle and Sustainability -- 8.5.1.Stakeholders -- 8.5.2.Values within the Industrial Cycle -- 8.6.Potential Solutions -- 8.6.1.Public Policies and Regulations -- 8.6.2.Research and Development -- 8.7.Sustainable Development and Codes of Ethics -- 8.8.Uncertain Aspects of Sustainability -- 8.9.Discussion Questions -- 8.10.References -- ch. 9 Ethics in Research -- 9.1.Introduction -- 9.2.Ethical Issues in Written Communication -- 9.2.1.Plagiarism -- 9.2.2.Self-Plagiarism -- 9.2.3.Dual Submission -- 9.2.4.Acknowledgment of Assistance -- 9.2.5.Ghost Authorship -- 9.3.Accuracy in Reporting -- 9.4.Falsification of Research Data -- 9.5.Data Fabrication -- 9.6.Ethical Issues in Mentoring -- 9.7.Concluding Case Study -- 9.8.Discussion Questions -- 9.9.References -- ch. 10 Cyberethics -- 10.1.Introduction -- 10.2.Computers and Value Responsibilities -- 10.3.Computer-Assisted Errors -- 10.4.Computer Image Enhancement -- 10.5.Computer Privacy -- 10.6.Software Piracy -- 10.6.1.Shareware -- 10.6.2.Values and Software Piracy -- 10.7.Intellectual Property -- 10.8.Discussion Questions -- 10.9.References.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Introduction -- 1.1.Introduction -- 1.2.General Characteristics of Value Conflicts -- 1.3.Naive Decision Making -- 1.4.Elements of Ethical Dilemmas -- 1.5.Characteristics of Unethical Conduct -- 1.6.Values Relevant to Unethical Conduct -- 1.7.Dimensions of Professionalism -- 1.8.Discussion Questions -- 1.9.References -- ch. 2 Values in the Engineering Profession -- 2.1.Introduction -- 2.2.Values and Value Systems -- 2.2.1.Good vs. Bad Values? -- 2.2.2.Value Systems: A Definition -- 2.3.Value Input Sources -- 2.3.1.Personal Value Input Sources -- 2.3.2.Professional Value Input Sources -- 2.3.3.Technology and Values -- 2.4.Values and Career Development -- 2.5.Incorporating Values with Technical Issues -- 2.6.Values in Decision Making -- 2.7.Values and Scientific Freedom -- 2.8.Discussion Questions -- 2.9.References -- ch. 3 Professional Codes of Ethics -- 3.1.Introduction -- 3.2.Fundamental Standards of Conduct -- 3.3.Values in Codes of Ethics -- 3.4.Unwritten Rules of Conduct -- 3.5.Organizational Codes of Ethics -- 3.5.1.Issues in Drafting an Organizational Code -- 3.5.2.Enforcement of a Code -- 3.5.3.Purposes of a Code -- 3.5.4.What a Code of Ethics Is Not -- 3.5.5.Analyzing a Code of Ethics -- 3.6.Codes of Ethics and the Environment -- 3.7.Conflict of Interest -- 3.8.Discussion Questions -- 3.9.References -- ch. 4 Value Decision Making -- 4.1.Introduction -- 4.2.Values in Decision Making -- 4.3.Decision Processes -- 4.3.1.Identifying the Problem -- 4.3.2.Identifying Available Resources and Constraints -- 4.3.3.Specifying Alternative Solutions -- 4.3.4.Establishing the Decision Criterion Function -- 4.3.5.Evaluating Each Alternative and Implementing the Best Solution -- 4.4.Value Decision Processes -- 4.4.2.Benefit-Cost Decision Making -- 4.4.2.Value Decision Making from a Benefit-Cost Perspective -- 4.5.Risk and Values -- 4.5.1.Quantifying Risk -- 4.5.2.Risk Reduction -- 4.5.3.Benefit-Cost Analysis in Evaluating Risk -- 4.5.4.Values in Evaluating Risk -- 4.6.Pressure: Its Role in Unethical Conduct -- 4.6.1.Internal Pressure -- 4.6.2.External Pressure -- 4.6.3.Responding to Pressure -- 4.7.Rationalization -- 4.8.Resolving Ethical Dilemmas -- 4.8.1.Whistleblowing to Resolve Ethical Dilemmas -- 4.9.Irrational Value Decision Making -- 4.10.Leadership and Value Decision Making -- 4.11.Concluding Case Study -- 4.12.Discussion Questions -- 4.13.References -- ch. 5 Ethics in Leadership -- 5.1.Introduction -- 5.2.Ethics and Professionalism: A Leader's Perspective -- 5.3.Ethics and Organizational Leadership -- 5.4.Ethical Implications for Leadership Style -- 5.5.Values, Ethics, and Power -- 5.6.Leadership and Decisions -- 5.6.2.Decisions about Ethics and Resource Allocation -- 5.6.2.Decisions about Ethics and Mediation -- 5.7.Discussion Questions -- 5.8.References -- ch. 6 Business Ethics -- 6.1.Introduction -- 6.2.Business Values -- 6.2.1.Confidentiality -- 6.2.2.Gratuities -- 6.2.3.Contract Underbidding -- 6.2.4.Bid Rigging -- 6.2.5.Kickbacks -- 6.2.6.Resume Padding -- 6.3.Preventing Fraudulent Conduct -- 6.4.Whistleblowing -- 6.5.Concluding Case Study -- 6.6.Discussion Questions -- 6.7.References -- ch. 7 Environmental Ethics -- 7.1.Introduction -- 7.2.Values and the Environment -- 7.3.EthicaL Dimensions of Environmentalism -- 7.4.Tragedy of the Commons -- 7.5.Nimby as a Value Issue -- 7.6.The Anthrosphere -- 7.7.Causes and Effects of Pollution -- 7.7.1.Water Pollution -- 7.7.2.Air Pollution -- 7.7.3.Ground Pollution -- 7.7.4.Values Involved in Pollution -- 7.7.5.Decisions Involved in Decreasing Pollution -- 7.8.Deforestation -- 7.8.1.Benefits of Forested Areas -- 7.8.2.Human Causes of Deforestation -- 7.8.3.Possible Solutions -- 7.8.4.Factors Involved in Deforestation Solutions -- 7.8.5.Values Involved in Deforestation Solutions -- 7.9.Climate Change -- 7.9.1.Our Role in Climate Change -- 7.9.2.Effects of Climate Change -- 7.9.3.Decisions Involved in Climate Change -- 7.9.4.Values Involved in Climate Change -- 7.10.Biodiversity -- 7.20.1.Values Involved in Biodiversity -- 7.20.2.The Value of Nature -- 7.11.Environmental Ethics and Engineering -- 7.12.Discussion Questions -- 7.13.References -- ch. 8 Ethics and Sustainability -- 8.1.Introduction -- 8.2.Values and Sustainability -- 8.3.Varieties of Sustainability -- 8.4.Components of Sustainability -- 8.4.1.Energy -- 8.4.2.Water -- 8.4.3.Food -- 8.4.4.Materials -- 8.5.The Industrial Cycle and Sustainability -- 8.5.1.Stakeholders -- 8.5.2.Values within the Industrial Cycle -- 8.6.Potential Solutions -- 8.6.1.Public Policies and Regulations -- 8.6.2.Research and Development -- 8.7.Sustainable Development and Codes of Ethics -- 8.8.Uncertain Aspects of Sustainability -- 8.9.Discussion Questions -- 8.10.References -- ch. 9 Ethics in Research -- 9.1.Introduction -- 9.2.Ethical Issues in Written Communication -- 9.2.1.Plagiarism -- 9.2.2.Self-Plagiarism -- 9.2.3.Dual Submission -- 9.2.4.Acknowledgment of Assistance -- 9.2.5.Ghost Authorship -- 9.3.Accuracy in Reporting -- 9.4.Falsification of Research Data -- 9.5.Data Fabrication -- 9.6.Ethical Issues in Mentoring -- 9.7.Concluding Case Study -- 9.8.Discussion Questions -- 9.9.References -- ch. 10 Cyberethics -- 10.1.Introduction -- 10.2.Computers and Value Responsibilities -- 10.3.Computer-Assisted Errors -- 10.4.Computer Image Enhancement -- 10.5.Computer Privacy -- 10.6.Software Piracy -- 10.6.1.Shareware -- 10.6.2.Values and Software Piracy -- 10.7.Intellectual Property -- 10.8.Discussion Questions -- 10.9.References.

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