Ethical Engineering for International Development and Environmental Sustainability

Ensuring that their work has a positive influence on society is a responsibility and a privilege for engineers, but also a considerable challenge. This book addresses the ways in which engineers meet this challenge, working from the assumption that for a project to be truly ethical both the undertak...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Hersh, Marion (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
Edición:1st ed. 2015.
Temas:
Sustainability.
Ethics.
Engineering.
Professional education.
Vocational education.
Economic development.
Environment.
Moral Philosophy and Applied Ethics.
Technology and Engineering.
Professional and Vocational Education.
Economic Development, Innovation and Growth.
Environmental Sciences.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • A Hitman's Approach to Ethics: Temptations and Challenges and Book Overview
  • Engineering ethics: definitions, theories and techniques
  • Robo-Ethics
  • The Ethical Use of Outer Space
  • Green Jobs and the Ethics of Energy
  • Disparagement of climate change research: A Double Wrong
  • Environmental and Social Impacts of Domestic Bathing
  • Engineering Ethics Problems in a Developing Country
  • Symbols of Success: Telemedicine Projects In Post-Conflict Regions
  • Beyond Traditional Ethics when Building ICT for and with Deaf People in Developing Regions
  • Ethics, Scientists, Engineers and the Military
  • Conclusions and Looking to the Future.

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