Professional Ethics

Authors: Davis, Michael
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Science and Engineering Ethics
Abstract: The author discusses three fundamental aspects about engineering ethics that that makes the subject interesting. First, there is confusion about what the "ethics" in engineering ethics is. Second, there is confusion about what the '...
Year: 2003
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-003-0032-y

Authors: Davis, Michael
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Science and Engineering Ethics
Abstract: This article looks at the history of the profession of engineering in order to distinguish it from the history of science and technology. The author discusses the relative youth of engineering and its distinct technical and moral c...
Year: 1995
DOI: 10.1007/BF02628696

Authors: Williams, PC ; Coulehan, J
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Academic Medicine
Abstract: This article discusses the moral commitments of North American physicians. Though many bring to their owrk a broad view of social responsibility, medical education in North America tends to favor traditional values of doctoring-empa...
Year: 2001

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Authors: Daugherty, SR ; Baldwin, DC Jr ; Rowley, BD
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Academic Medicine
Abstract: The authors surveyed over 550 first-year residents on their personal observations of unethical and unprofessional conduct in medicine during their first year of training. Of the group around seventy-four percent reported seeing mis...
Year: 1998

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Authors: Abbasi, Rahim Ahmed
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education & Practice
Abstract: Focuses on the evolution of ethics in engineering profession. Description of the ethical practice in the field of engineering; Definition of ethics; Steps taken by the American Society of Civil Engineers to encourage the practice of...
Year: 2003
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1052-3928

Authors: Anderson, Melissa S.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Science and Engineering Ethics
Abstract: The article summarizes the results from two national surveys of 4,000 faculty and doctoral students in chemistry, civil engineering, microbiology and sociology. The results of the survey indicate that both faculty and students subsc...
Year: 2000
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-000-0002-6

Authors: Sieber, Joan E.
Publication Type: Book
Secondary Title: Springer series in social psychology.
Abstract: Collection of essays on some of the main ethical issues faced by researchers in the social sciences. ...
Year: 1982

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Authors: Fisher, Celia B. ; Tryon, Warren W.
Publication Type: Book
Secondary Title: Annual advances in applied developmental psychology,
Abstract: This collection of essays covers ethical issues raised in conducting research in the field of developmental psychology. It covers topics such as how to reduce psychological risks to minors participating in research, rules and guide...
Year: 1990

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Authors: Wiener, Jon
Publication Type: Book
Abstract: In Historians in Trouble, investigative journalist and historian Jon Wiener examines the various history scandals of the last few years....
Year: 2005

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Authors: Wong, Kenman ; Steinke, Gerhard
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Science and Engineering Ethics
Abstract: In this essay, the authors demonstrate how field of computer ethics shares many core similarities with two other areas of applied ethics, such as those raised in medicine or business. Because of these similarities, the field of comp...
Year: 2000

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Publication Type: Book Chapter
Secondary Title: Ethical issues in professional life
Abstract: The author looks at virtues that should be cultivated in professional ethics education. He argues that along with paying attention to the quandaries that professionals face and the structures in which they work, attention must also...
Year: 1988

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Authors: National Society of Professional Engineers, Board of Ethical Review ; National Academy of Engineering, Online Ethics Center
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Questions arise concerning whether certain slogans are deceptive and misleading or cause dishonor to the engineering profession. Includes references to the NSPE Code of Ethics, and a link to the original case brought before NSPE's B...
Year: 2006
URL: http://onlineethics.org/cms/14308.aspx

Authors: National Academy of Engineering, Online Ethics Center ; National Society of Professional Engineers, Board of Ethical Review
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: An engineer is not happy with the recommendation she receives from the Secretary of the Professional Engineer's society of another state. Questions arise as to who, if anyone, should be told of her dissatisfaction. Includes referenc...
Year: 2006
URL: http://onlineethics.org/cms/14311.aspx

Authors: Layton, Edwin T.
Publication Type: Book
Abstract: The book looks at the history of the engineering profession from 1900 to 1940 and how various groups engineers sought to reshape the profession to include more emphasis on social responsibility. ...
Year: 1986

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Authors: Pritchard, Michael S. ; Jaksa, James A.
Publication Type: Book
Abstract: An extremely good introduction to the ethics of communication, as well as including a discussion of how companies and organizations work through decision-making processes. ...
Year: 1994

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Authors: Callahan, Joan C.
Publication Type: Book
Abstract: This anthology includes a large number of readings covering topics such as the moral foundations of professional ethics, models of the professional-client relationship, deception, informed consent, privacy and confidentiality, profe...
Year: 1988

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Authors: Martin, Mike W. ; Schinzinger, Roland
Publication Type: Book
Abstract: This book provides an introduction to the key issues in engineering ethics, taking account of both specific organizational contexts and broader technological trends. the authors provide real world examples and cases and, by offering...
Year: 2005

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Authors: Bird, Stephanie J.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Journal of Science Education and Technology
Abstract: The author argues that a complete education of science professionals should include not only laboratory training, but also an introduction to the values, ethical standards and conventions of the discipline that are fundamental to th...
Year: 1994
DOI: 10.1007/BF01575815

Authors: Israel, Mark ; Hay, Iain
Publication Type: Book
Abstract: This volume focuses on ethical issues that come up for researchers in the social sciences, and has four main goals. The first is to demonstrate the practical value of thinking seriously and systematically about what constitutes ethi...
Year: 2006

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Authors: Kemper, John Dustin ; Sanders, Billy R.
Publication Type: Book
Abstract: This book provides a broad overview of engineering as a profession and attempts to help students make the transition from university to working in industry by describing the business world they will soon enter. The book looks at is...
Year: 2001

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Authors: Bersoff, Donald N.
Publication Type: Book
Abstract: Describes the fundamental ethical issues embedded within a psychologist's medley of roles. Provides updates on such complex issues as multiple relationships, privacy and privilege, and deception in research. Also includes the APA's ...
Year: 2003

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Authors: O'Connell, Brian M. ; Herkert, Joseph R.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Techne: Research in Philosophy and Technology
Abstract: The article discusses the important role computer ethics play in the professional practice of engineers, especially in the area of intellectual property and data management....
Year: 200
URL: http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/SPT/v8n1/oconnell.html

Authors: Herkert, Joseph R.
Publication Type: Book
Abstract: Engineering Social, Ethical, and Policy Implications of Engineering Selected Readings In Social, Ethical, and Policy Implications of Engineering, engineers, faculty, and students will find an informative guide to the professional, s...
Year: 1999

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Authors: Weil, Vivian
Publication Type: Conference Proceedings
Secondary Title: Ethical Issues in Engineering
Abstract: Workshops on Ethical Issues in Engineering, funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), were conducted from July 16 to July 1979 at Illinois Institu...
Year: 1979
URL: http://ethics.iit.edu/publication/Report_of_the_Workshops_on_Ethical_Issues_in_Engineering.pdf

Authors: Davis, Michael
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics
Abstract: This article argues that, when you define a "profession" as an organizational group organized to use the characteristic skill of its memberrs for the public good" it follows the members of a profession are committed to following the...
Year: 1988
URL: http://ethics.iit.edu/publication/Professionalism.pdf