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Collaborative learning in engineering ethics

Joseph R. Herkert

Science and Engineering Ethics 3 (4):447-462 (1997)

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Controlling Technology: Ethics and the Responsible Engineer.Stephen H. Unger - 1982 - Oxford University Press USA.details This book is also available through the Introductory Engineering Custom Publishing System. If you are interested in creating a course-pack that includes chapters from this book, you can get further information by calling 212-850-6272 or mailing email inquiries to engineer jwiley.com. Updated, supplemented and revised, this edition discusses the moral obligations engineers face. Contains a wealth of case studies which demonstrate and reinforce concepts presented. Stresses important issues such as the choices required between employed engineers behaving ethically and retaining their (...) Download Export citation Bookmark 32 citations
Engineers and management: The challenge of the Challenger incident. [REVIEW]Patricia H. Werhane - 1991 - Journal of Business Ethics 10 (8):605 - 616.details The Challenger incident was a result of at least four kinds of difficulties: differing perceptions and priorities of the engineers and management at Thiokol and at NASA, a preoccupation with roles and role responsibilities on the part of engineers and managers, contrasting corporate cultures at Thiokol and its parent, Morton, and a failure both by engineers and by managers to exercise individual moral responsibility. I shall argue that in the Challenger case organizational structure, corporate culture, engineering and managerial habits, and (...) Download Export citation Bookmark 15 citations
Ethics as Design: Doing Justice to Moral Problems.Caroline Whitbeck - 1996 - Hastings Center Report 26 (3):9-16.details Solving actual moral problems is not simply a matter of choosing the “best” of several possible responses. It is also a matter of devising possible responses. Design practice in engineering affords important lessons about addressing practical problems. Download Export citation Bookmark 26 citations

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