Hold Paramount: The Engineer's Responsibility to Society, 2nd Edition

Cover Page......Page 1
Title Page......Page 3
Copyright Page......Page 5
Dedication......Page 6
About the Authors......Page 7
PREFACE......Page 13
ABOUT THIS BOOK: A NOTE TO THE INSTRUCTOR......Page 14
Contents......Page 8
CHAPTER 1 DOING THE RIGHT THING......Page 17
BOX 1.1: DECEPTION, PART I......Page 19
BOX 1.3: DOING THE RIGHT THING......Page 20
BOX 1.4: THEFT OF MUSIC......Page 23
BOX 1.5: OBLIGATIONS TO STRANGERS......Page 24
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS......Page 25
REFERENCES......Page 26
CHAPTER 2 THE ENGINEERING PROFESSION......Page 27
BOX 2.1: ON BEING A PROFESSIONAL......Page 28
BOX 2.2: TECHNICAL EXPERTISE AND ETHICAL OBLIGATIONS......Page 29
BOX 2.3: ORGANIZATION OF PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING......Page 30
BOX 2.4: CAN WE AFFORD TO BE ETHICAL?......Page 31
BOX 2.5: ENGINEERING CODES OF ETHICS......Page 32
BOX 2.6: CAN A PERSON STOP BEING AN ENGINEER?......Page 33
BOX 2.7: CODES OF ETHICS AND THE ENVIRONMENT......Page 34
BOX 2.8: ETHICALLY RIGHT FOR ME? PART I......Page 36
BOX 2.9: ETHICS AS DECISION-MAKING MODELS......Page 37
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS......Page 41
REFERENCES......Page 42
CHAPTER 3 ENHANCE HUMAN WELFARE......Page 43
BOX 3.1: MORAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF ENGINEERS......Page 46
BOX 3.2: ENGINEERING AND TERRORISM......Page 47
BOX 3.3: ENGINEERS AS INTELLIGENT ROBOTS......Page 49
BOX 3.4: WHAT IS INTEGRITY?......Page 50
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS......Page 51
REFERENCES......Page 52
CHAPTER 4 HOLD PARAMOUNT......Page 53
BOX 4.1: WHY CAN’T ETHICISTS BE AS EFFICIENT AS ENGINEERS?......Page 54
BOX 4.2: MEDICAL ETHICS......Page 55
BOX 4.3: LEGAL ETHICS......Page 58
BOX 4.4: LEGAL AND MORAL RESPONSIBILITY......Page 59
BOX 4.5: ENGINEERS WORKING TOGETHER......Page 62
BOX 4.6: A TECHNICAL CHALLENGE......Page 64
BOX 4.7: ENGINEERING QUALIFICATIONS......Page 67
BOX 4.8: FACTORS OF SAFETY......Page 68
BOX 4.10: ENGINEERING FAILURES......Page 69
BOX 4.11: ENGINEERS AS MANAGERS......Page 72
BOX 4.12: ACCEPTABLE RISK......Page 73
BOX 4.13: DECISION MAKING: TECHNICAL AND ETHICAL ASPECTS......Page 77
BOX 4.14: CONSULTING WITH COLLEAGUES......Page 78
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS......Page 79
REFERENCES......Page 80
CHAPTER 5 SAFETY OF THE PUBLIC......Page 81
BOX 5.1: THE MORAL STATUS OF ANIMALS......Page 82
BOX 5.2: ETHICAL AND LEGAL OBLIGATIONS......Page 84
BOX 5.4: CALCULATING THE VALUE OF LIFE......Page 85
BOX 5.5: FIX UP YOUR ORGANIZATION ETHICALLY?......Page 86
BOX 5.6: WHISTLEBLOWING, PART I......Page 88
BOX 5.7: WHISTLEBLOWING, PART II......Page 90
BOX 5.8: DISASTER IN KANSAS CITY......Page 93
BOX 5.9: OPTIONS......Page 97
BOX 5.11: TRUSTING THE EXPERTS......Page 98
BOX 5.12: DECEPTION, PART II......Page 99
BOX 5.14: MORAL DEVELOPMENT OF ENGINEERS......Page 100
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS......Page 101
REFERENCES......Page 102
CHAPTER 6 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT......Page 103
BOX 6.1: NETWORKING......Page 105
BOX 6.2: ACADEMIA......Page 106
BOX 6.3: FAMOUS ENGINEERS IN HISTORY......Page 107
REFERENCES......Page 108
CHAPTER 7 SOLICIT OR ACCEPT GRATUITIES......Page 109
BOX 7.1: DECEPTION, PART III......Page 110
BOX 7.2: CORPORATE GIFT POLICIES......Page 112
BOX 7.3: CLIMATE CHANGE......Page 114
BOX 7.4: DISTANT PEOPLE......Page 116
BOX 7.5: FUTURE PEOPLE......Page 117
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS......Page 120
REFERENCES......Page 121
CHAPTER 8 SELF-LAUDATORY LANGUAGE......Page 122
BOX 8.1: ADVERTISING......Page 123
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS......Page 125
CHAPTER 9 CONTRIBUTIONS IN ORDER TO SECURE WORK......Page 126
BOX 9.1: COMPETITIVE BIDDING......Page 127
BOX 9.2: BRIBERY AND THE LAW......Page 130
BOX 9.3: WHEN IN ROME......Page 131
BOX 9.4: ETHICAL DILEMMAS, PART II......Page 134
BOX 9.5: HUMAN RIGHTS, PART I......Page 135
BOX 9.6: HUMAN RIGHTS, PART II......Page 136
REFERENCES......Page 137
CHAPTER 10 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF OTHERS......Page 138
BOX 10. 2 : THE EXISTENTIAL PLEASURES OF ENGINEERING, PART II......Page 139
BOX 10. 3 : JOKES ABOUT ENGINEERS......Page 141
BOX 10. 4 : ENGINEERS AND ARMAMENTS......Page 143
BOX 10. 5 : VEGETARIANISM......Page 146
BOX 10. 6 : EMPATHY......Page 147
BOX 10. 7 : REVERENCE FOR LIFE......Page 149
BOX 10. 8 : THE ETHICS OF ASKING AND THE ETHICS OF GIVING......Page 150
BOX 10. 9 : MAINTAINING THE QUALITY OF ENGINEERING EDUCATION......Page 154
BOX 10.10: AFFIRMATIVE ACTION......Page 155
REFERENCES......Page 156
CHAPTER 11 OVERSEAS WORK......Page 157
BOX 11. 1 : ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM......Page 160
BOX 11. 2 : HUMAN RIGHTS, PART III......Page 163
BOX 11. 3 : POLITICIANS AND THEIR REPUTATIONS......Page 164
REFERENCES......Page 165
CHAPTER 12 UPHOLD THE HONOR AND DIGNITY......Page 166
BOX 12. 1 : MANNERS......Page 167
BOX 12. 2 : WORKPLACE HARASSMENT......Page 168
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS......Page 169
CHAPTER 13 FAITHFUL AGENTS......Page 170
BOX 13. 1 : CONFLICT OF INTEREST, PART I......Page 173
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS......Page 174
CHAPTER 14 AVOID CONFLICTS OF INTEREST......Page 176
BOX 14. 1 : SAFETY......Page 178
BOX 14. 2 : PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION......Page 180
BOX 14. 3 : CONFLICT OF INTEREST, PART II......Page 182
BOX 14. 4 : WHY BE A GOOD ENGINEER?......Page 184
REFERENCES......Page 186
CHAPTER 15 OBJECTIVE AND TRUTHFUL MANNER......Page 187
BOX 15. 1 : PROFESSIONAL RESPECT......Page 188
BOX 15. 2 : ENGINEERS AND THE MEDIA......Page 190
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS......Page 191
EPILOGUE......Page 192
WHERE ARE THEY NOW?......Page 193
INDEX......Page 194