Engineering As a Global Profession - Technical and Ethical Standards

This book looks to establish worldwide technical and ethical standards of engineering as an occupation. The author is the most senior thinker in this field and has spent much of his career developing this thesis.

List of contents

Preface

Part I: Distinguishing Engineering from other Professions
1.Profession
2.Engineering-From Chicago to Shantou
3.Why Architects Are Not Engineers
4.Distinguishing Chemists from Engineers
5.Will Software Engineers ever be Engineers?
6.Engineering and Business Management: The Odd Couple

Part II: The Study of Engineering as a Profession
7.Methodological Problems in the Study of Engineering
8.Profession as a Lens for Studying Technology

Part III: Professional Responsibility of Engineers
9."Ain't No One Here But Us Social Forces"
10.Engineering Ethics, Individuals, and Organizations
11."Social Responsibility" of Engineers
12.Macro-, Micro-, and Meso-Ethics
13.Doing the Minimum
14.Re-inventing the Wheel: "Global Engineering Ethics"
15.In Praise of Emotion in Engineering

Part IV: Engineering's Globalism
16.The Whistle Not Blown: WV, Diesels, and Engineers
17.Three Nuclear Disasters and a Hurricane: Reflections
18.Ethical Issues in the Global Arms Industry
19.Temporal Limits

About the author

Michael Davis is senior fellow at the Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions and professor emeritus of philosophy, Illinois Institute of Technology. Among his publications are Conflict of Interest in the Professions; Profession, Code, and Ethics; Engineering Ethics; and Ethics and the Legal Profession.

Product details

• Authors: Michael Davis
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.09.2021
• EAN: 9781538155042
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-5504-2
• No. of pages: 324
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Science: general issues, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Social Aspects, SCIENCE / Ethics, Ethics & moral philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Impact of science & technology on society, Impact of science and technology on society