Engineering Ethics Links and Resources

ENGINEERING ETHICS CENTERS, ETC

Online Ethics Center for Engineering and Science at Case Western Reserve

Texas Tech University College of Engineering     

CASES

Engineering Ethics:  Concepts and Cases Webpage on cases at http://wadsworth.com/philosophy_d/templates/student_resources/0534605796_harris/cases/Cases.htm

Texas A & M - Engineering Ethics:  The Professional Challenge - Cases at http://ethics.tamu.edu/

 

 

 

ESSAYS - JOURNAL ARTICLES

http://ethics.tamu.edu/ethicsessays.htm

Software/Computer Ethics:

Booch, G. "Speaking Truth to Power."  IEEE Software.  Vol. 24 -Issue 2.  2007. Page(s): 12-13
Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/MS.2007.53 available through the UI Library's IEEE Xplore Online Database

Philip Brey, "Disclosive Computer Ethics", Computers and Society, December 2000,  pp. 10-16.  This is available through the UI Library's ACM Digital Library Database

Erdogmus, H. "What's Good Software, Anyway?" IEEE Software.  Vol. 24 -Issue 2. 2007.Page(s): 5-7 Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/MS.2007.59 available through the UI Library's IEEE Xplore Online Database

David H. Gleason, "Subsumption Ethics,"  Computers and Society, March 1999, pp. 29-36 available through the UI Library's ACM Digital Library Database

Richard A. Spinello, "An Ethical Evaluation of Web Site Linking," Computers and Society, December 2000, pp. 25-32.  This is available through the UI Library's ACM Digital Library Database.

Risk Assessment

Richard W. Woolridge   Denise J. McManus   Joanne E. Hale "Stakeholder Risk Assessment: An Outcome-Based Approach" Software, IEEE March-April 2007. Volume: 24,  Issue: 2
On page(s): 36-45 ISSN: 0740-7459.
Digital Object Identifier: 10.1109/MS.2007.54

Cross-Cultural Issues

"Ethical Autonomy and Engineering in a Cross-Cultural Context" by Heinz C. Luegenbiehl, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Techné: Research in Philosophy and Technology.  Vol 8 No. 1, 2004 at http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/SPT/v8n1/luegenbiehl.html

Clark, S. “Engineering Ethics in Japanese Corporations: A View from the Field,” EAJ Information 97: August 25, 2000.

Heidengren, C.R. “A Civil Engineer’s Experience with the Japanese Construction Industry.” in Honda, H. (ed.), Working in Japan: An Insider’s Guide for Engineers. New York: ASME Press, 1992.

BOOKS

Ollis, D.F., Neeley, K.A. & Luegenbiehl, H.C. (eds.), Liberal Education in 21st Century Engineering Responses to ABET/EC 2000 Criteria. New York: Peter Lang. 2003

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CODES OF ETHICS

Engineering Codes of Ethics

Many of the relevant Engineering Codes can be found at the Online Ethics Center at http://onlineethics.org/codes/index.html

Many organizations also post their codes on their own websites:

ACM at http://www.acm.org/constitution/code.html

ASCE (American Society of Civil Engineers) at http://www.asce.org/inside/codeofethics.cfm

ASME Ethics Center including Code of Ethics  at  http://www.asme.org/NewsPublicPolicy/Ethics/Ethics_Center.cfm

IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)

NSPE (National Society of Professional Engineers) at http://www.nspe.org/ethics/eh1-code.asp#

Software Engineering Code of Ethics and Professional Practice at http://onlineethics.org/codes/softeng.html

Information on Professional Codes of Ethics in General

Illinois Institute of Technology - Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions - Codes of Ethics Online at http://ethics.iit.edu/codes/

Essays on Codes of Ethics

Gotterbarn, D., "How the new Software Engineering Code of Ethics Affects You," Software, IEEE. Nov/Dec 1999. Vol. 16,  Issue: 6: 58-64.  ISSN: 0740-7459

Davis, Michael, "Thinking Like an Engineer: The Place of a Code of Ethics in the Practice of a Profession," Philosophy and Public Affairs, Vol. 20, No. 2 (Spring, 1991), pp. 150-167 - available in JSTOR via UI Library.

Jamal, Karim and Norman E. Bowie, "Theoretical Considerations for a Meaningful Code of Professional Ethics," Journal of Business Ethics.  Vol. 14, No. 9.  Sept. 1995:  703-714

Harris, Jr. Charles E.  "Internationalizing Professional Codes in Engineering," Science & Engineering Ethics; Jul2004, Vol. 10 Issue 3, p503-521 - available via Ebsco Host at UI library.

Luegenbiehl, Heinz C. "Codes of Ethics and the Moral Education of Engineers", Business and Professional Ethics Journal 2 (1983): 41-61.

 Pfatteicher, Sarah K.A. "Depending on Character: ASCE Shapes Its First Code of Ethics,"  Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice. Vol. 129. Issue 1.  Jan.2003:  21-31. available via Ebsco Host at UI library.

Mark S. Frank, "Professional codes: Why, how, and with what impact? " Journal of Business Ethics. Volume 8, Numbers 2-3 / February, 1989. 109-115