Ethical and Environmental Challenges to Engineering

Name: Ethical and Environmental Challenges to Engineering
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ISBN: 9780130113283

ISBN-10: 013011328X

ISBN-13: 9780130113283

Edition: 2000

Authors: Werhane and Gorman Staff, Michael E. Gorman, Matthew M. Mehalik, Patricia Werhane

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A core text or supplementary casebook for courses in Ethics; Applied Ethics; Engineering Ethics; Environmental Ethics; in departments of Engineering, Philosophy, and Environmental Studies. The first casebook designed specifically for engineering and environmental ethics, this text features full-length, multi-faceted, real-life cases of design and managerial dilemmas in a variety of settingstogether with background readings that illustrate how one can integrate ethical and environmental challenges into engineering decisions, especially ones early in the design process. It presents the dilemmas as descriptively as possiblewithout revealing what the authors think are proper or good…

Book details

List price: $87.00
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Publication date: 11/5/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English



Introduction



Moral Reasoning, Mental Models, and Moral Imagination




Challenges To Engineering Design






Case Study: Dow Corning Corporation



Case Study: Dow Corning Corporation



Case Study: Carter Racing




Environmental Challenges For Engineers


Environmental Sustainability



Case Study: American Solar Network



The Environmental Protection Encouragement Agency (EPEA)



A Centennial Sermon: Design, Ecology, Ethics, and the Making of Things



Case Study: DesignTex, Incorporated



Case Study: Rohner Textil



Case Study: Unilever



Case Study: The Natural Step




Engineering And Environmental Challenges In Developing Countries


Relativism, Cultural and Moral



Case Study: W. R. Grace and Co and the Neemix Patent



Case Study: Bhopal: Choosing a Safe Plant Location and Design



Case Study: Bhopal: Recipe for a Toxic Mist



Case Study: Eskom and the South African Electrification Program



Case Study: The Volta River Project