The ethically responsible engineer [electronic resource] : concepts and cases for students and professionals / Robert E. McGinn.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Ethically Responsible Engineer; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 The Ethics Gap in Contemporary Engineering; 1.1 Two Vignettes; 1.2 The Gap Between Education and Experience; 1.3 Evidence; 1.4 Importance; 1.5 Unfruitful Approaches to Bridging the Gap; Requiring a Typical Philosophy-Department Ethics Class; Integrating Ethics Study into Technical Engineering Classes; 1.6 Preferred Approach; 2 Sociological and Ethical Preliminaries; 2.1 Sociology of Engineering; 2.2 Engineering Society Codes of Ethics; 3 The Fundamental Ethical Responsibilities of Engineers. 3.1 An Ethical Responsibilities Approach3.2 Ethical Issues and harm; 3.3 The Fundamental Ethical Responsibilities of Engineers; FERE1; FERE2; FERE3; FERE4; 4 Sixteen Case Studies of Ethical Issues in Engineering; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Case Studies; Case 1: The Cadillac "DeVille"/"Seville" Engine-Control Chip (1990-1995); Case 2: SDI Battlefield Management Software (1983-1985); Case 3: Collaborative Research Practices at Bell Laboratories (1997-2002); Case 4: The Apple "Newton MessagePad" (1990-1993); Case 5: An Employee Database Management System. Case 6: The "Citicorp Center" Tower (1970-1978)Case 7: The Union Carbide MIC Plant in Bhopal (1970-1984); Case 8: The Space Shuttle "Challenger" (1983-1986); Case 9: A Composite-Material Bicycle Project (1989-1992); Episode 1: Smith Asks Brown to Endorse His Plan; Episode 2: To Optimize or Not to Optimize; Episode 3: Option Disclosure and Problem Redefinition; Case 10: Nanotechnology R & D (1985-present); Case 11: The Ford "Pinto" (1969-1972); Case 12: Topf & Sons: Crematorium Ovens for the Nazi SS (1939-1945); Case 13: TRW and the US Ballistic Missile Defense System (1995-2003). Case 14: The Kansas City "Hyatt Regency" Hotel Walkways (1979-1981)Case 15: The Manhattan "Westway" Project (1974-1985); Case 16: Product Design for Kenya (1991-present); Design for Local Cultural Compatibility; An Engineers Ethical Responsibility to Devote Some Effort to Trying to Benefit Those in Great Need; 5 Ethical Issues and Situational Factors Conducive to Misconduct; 5.1 Specific Ethical Issues Raised in the Case Studies; List 1: Specific Ethical Issues Raised in the Cases; 5.2 General Engineering-Related Ethical Issues; List 2: 10 General Engineering-Related Ethical Issues. 5.3 Specific Situational Factors Involved in Misconduct in the CasesList 3: Specific Situational Factors That Were Conducive to Misconduct; 5.4 General Situational Factors Conducive to Engineering Misconduct; List 4: 10 General Factors Conducive to Engineering Misconduct; 6 Key Ideas and Lessons of the Cases; 6.1 The Leading Precept of Most Current Codes of Engineering Ethics; 6.2 The Feres; 6.3 Ethics and the Sociology of Contemporary Engineering; 6.4 An Ethically Problematic Pattern of Engineering Practice; 6.5 Conditions for Whistle-Blowing to be an Engineers Ethical Responsibility.

The book lays out and discusses four Fundamental Ethical Responsibilities of Engineers (FEREs) that are incumbent of engineers. It also shows how the FEREs can be applied to particular engineering situations to determine specific "derivative ethical responsibilities" that are incumbent on engineers in those situations Includes a variety of case studies in various fields of engineering that are divided into four parts: salient factual background, ethical issues, analysis of ethical issues, and moral lessons Grasp ethical issues in real-life situations The author is a professor of Management Sc.