Japan''s Engineering Ethics and Western Culture - Social Status, Democracy, and Economic Globalization

This book examines the broad historical process of introducing engineering ethics in Japan from the late nineteenth century to the twentieth century. The author discusses this process from a comprehensive perspective, including not only engineering education but also various issues in science, technology, and society studies.

List of contents

Acknowledgments
Acronyms and Abbreviations
Introduction

Engineering Ethics in Prewar Japan

Engineering Education and Ethics in Postwar Democratization

Import of the Western Engineering System and Its Ethics

Industry-Academia Cooperation: The Ideal and the Real

The Growth of Industrial and Practical Demands

The Globalization of Engineering Qualification and Ethics

The Globalization of Engineering Education and Ethics

Conclusion
Supplemental Glossary
Bibliography

About the author

Kenichi Natsume is associate professor at the Kanazawa Institute of Technology.

Summary

This book examines the broad historical process of introducing engineering ethics in Japan from the late nineteenth century to the twentieth century. The author discusses this process from a comprehensive perspective, including not only engineering education but also various issues in science, technology, and society studies.

Product details

• Authors: Natsume Kenichi, Kenichi Natsume
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2021
• EAN: 9781793612892
• ISBN: 978-1-79361-289-2
• No. of pages: 242
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science; Japan, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, HISTORY / Asia / Japan, Politics & government, Asian History