Social, Ethical, and Policy Implications of Engineering: Selected Readings

Book Overview

"In SOCIAL, ETHICAL, AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS OF ENGINEERING, engineers, faculty, and students will find an informative guide tothe professional, societal, and ethical responsibilities that facepracticing engineers today. Through an integrated approach to thetheory of engineering ethics and practical real-world issues, thiscomprehensive book offers readers an in-depth analysis oftechnology's current social role.

Drawing on readings and case studies first published in IEEETechnology and Society Magazine, this easy-to-read text willdevelop readers' understanding of the important issues surrounding""macroethical"" public policy debates, including discussions ofsustainable development, public health, risk and product liability, and telecommunications. These cases and readings also provide anopportunity to apply the theory in real-world situations.

SOCIAL, ETHICAL, AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS OF ENGINEERING will helpstudents meet the new accreditation criteria for engineeringadopted by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology(ABET). In addition, contemporary issues presented in thisfar-reaching book will allow students and practicing engineers togain greater insight into how social and ethical concerns shapecontributions to the engineering field.

For more information and related articles gotowww4.ncsu.edu/unity/users/j/jherkert/jrh.html

Professors: To request an examination copy simply e-mailcollegeadoption@ieee.org."

Sponsored by:
IEEE Social Implications of Technology Society

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0780347129
• ISBN13: 9780780347120
• Release Date: September 1999
• Publisher: Wiley-IEEE Press
• Length: 354 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.3" x 11.0"

Customer Reviews

Comprehensive discussion of Engineering and its Implications

Very comprehensive and wide ranging collection of articles on the social, ethical and policy implications of engineering. In its second section, Social and Ethical Responsibilities of Engineers, and to some extent in the third section, Engineering Ethics and Public Policy, essays address actual issues for engineers. These essays are a refreshing change from essays about technology and engineering that are actually general complaints about modern life and modern values for which technology is blamed. The individual essays are very thoughtful and well written. Herkert's introductions are substantive and help orient the reader to the issues, and the author has even provided a useful index to the collection. It is good to have this fine group of essays collected in one place. The individual essays will be of value and interest to many different audiences. Since all the essays are from the IEEE Technology and Society Magazine, taken together they also provide an important window on the development of discussions in engineering ethics, the social implications of engineering, and engineering and policy in the last two decades. In this respect is the engineering counterpart of Rosemary Chalk's collection of papers from SCIENCE magazine, Science, Technology, and Society.