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Engineering ethics : an industrial perspective /

Engineering Ethics is the application of philosophical and moral systems to the proper judgment and behavior by engineers in conducting their work, including the products and systems they design and the consulting services they provide. In light of the work environment that inspired the new Sarbanes...

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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Baura, Gail D.
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Boston : Elsevier Academic Press, ©2006.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo (Requiere registro previo con correo institucional)
Table des matières:
  • A personal engineering ethics threshold
  • Options for action when an engineering ethics threshold is reached
  • 1978: Ford Pinto recall
  • 1981: Kansas City Hyatt Regency skywalk collapse
  • 1986: Challenger space shuttle explosion
  • 1989: Exxon Valdez oil spill
  • 1989: San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge earthquake collapse
  • 1994: Bjork-Shiley heart valve defect
  • 1999: Y2K software conversion
  • 2002: Bell Laboratories scientific fraud
  • 2002: Ford Explorer rollover
  • 2003: Columbia space shuttle explosion
  • 2003: Guidant Ancure Endograft System
  • 2003: Northeast blackout
  • 2004: Indian Ocean tsunami
  • Anonymous industrial engineering ethics cases.