<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="6.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><rec-number>8599</rec-number><ref-type>Book</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Gunn, Alastair S.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Vesilind, P. Aarne</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Hold paramount : the engineer's responsibility to society</style></title><short-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Hold paramount : the engineer's responsibility to society</style></short-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">ENGINEERING</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">engineering ethics</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">professional responsibility</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">public safety</style></keyword></keywords><taxonomies><taxonomy><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Public Safety</style></taxonomy><taxonomy><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Professional Responsibility</style></taxonomy><taxonomy><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Engineering Ethics</style></taxonomy><taxonomy><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Engineering </style></taxonomy></taxonomies><pubtype><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Book</style></pubtype><audience-level><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">ug</style></audience-level><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2011</style></year></dates><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Centerage Learning </style></publisher><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Stamford, CT</style></pub-location><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">xvi, 183 p. ill.</style></pages><isbn><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">9780495295860</style></isbn><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">This book seeks to provide students with practical insight into the engineering code of ethics and how a practicing engineering is obligated to act in a responsible manner. The book is written as a dialogue between two characters that encounter a number of situations that test the engineering code of ethics, and the characters' dialogue helps highlight different perspectives on realistic situations that students will face as practicing engineers.</style></abstract><accession-num><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">50285072</style></accession-num><call-num><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">LC: TA157; Dewey: 174/.962</style></call-num><notes><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">ill. ; 24 cm.About this Book: A Note to the Instructor -- Doing the right thing -- Deception I -- Keeping Promises -- Doing the Right Thing -- Theft of Music -- Obligation to Strangers -- Moral Rules -- The engineering profession -- On Being a Professional -- Technical Expertise and Ethical Obligations -- Organization of Professional Engineering -- Can We Afford to Be Ethical? -- Engineering Codes of Ethics -- Can a Person Stop Being an Engineer? -- Codes of Ethics and the Environment -- Ethically Right for Me? I -- Ethical Theories as Decision-Making Models -- Enhance human welfare -- Moral Responsibilities of Engineers -- Engineering and Terrorism -- Engineers as Intelligent Robots -- Hold paramount -- Why Can't Ethicists Be as Efficient as Engineers? -- Medical Ethics -- Legal Ethics -- Jokes about Engineers -- Engineers Working Together -- A Technical Challenge -- Engineering Qualifications -- Factors of Safety -- Engineering Triumphs -- Engineering Failures -- Engineers as Managers -- Acceptable Risk -- Decision Making: Technical and Ethical Aspects -- Consulting with Colleagues -- Safety of the public -- The Moral Status of Animals -- Ethical and Legal Obligations -- Ethical Dilemmas I -- Calculating the Value of Life -- Fix Up Your Organization Ethically? -- Whistle-Blowing I -- Whistle-Blowing II -- Disaster in Kansas City -- Options -- Ethically Right for Me? II -- Trusting the Experts -- Deception II -- Confidentiality -- Moral Development of Engineers -- Professional development -- Tenure in Engineering Schools.Includes bibliographical references and index.Alastair S. Gunn, P. Aarne Vesilind. More Records: Show record informationBook</style></notes></record></records></xml>