Environmental Ethics

Authors: McKinney, William J.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Science and Engineering Ethics
Abstract: Rolston (1988) argues that in order to act ethically in the environment, moral agents must assume that their actions are potentially harmful, and then strive to prove otherwise before implementing that action. In order to determine ...
Year: 1996

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Authors: Harris, Charles E.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Science and Engineering Ethics
Abstract: Engineering students are trained in a scientific materialism that encourages them to think of nature as a set of systems in isolation from one another, rather than as an organic unity. While Professor Ansari's suggestions for challe...
Year: 2001
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-001-0027-5

Authors: Patterson, S. ; Miller, D. ; Edelson, M. ; Eastburn, D. ; Coors, J. ; Streiffer, Robert
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Discusses concerns about samples taken during an unmanned mission to Mars. If life can exist on that planet, there is some concern that it any life contained in samples taken on Mars could pose a threat to the environment on Earth. ...
Year: 2004
URL: http://www.bioethics.iastate.edu/classroom/marsexploration.html

Authors: Morris, Scott ; Mitcham, Carl ; Hardman, Lee ; Cavaletto, Cathy ; Bytnar, Pat ; Vigmostad, Karen E.
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: While beginning work on a summer home on the Great Lakes, the developer is confronted by an ecologist who is worried that building the house will result in the destruction of one of the last stretches of undisturbed sand dunes on Mi...
Year: 1997
URL: http://www.bioethics.iastate.edu/classroom/summerhome.html

Authors: National Academy of Engineering, Online Ethics Center ; National Academy of Engineering, Online Ethics Center
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Index to Three Mile Island Nuclear Accident Information. A discussion of the accident at the Three Mile Island Unit 2 (TMI-2) nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania on March 28, 1979 as one of the most serious in the history of the U.S...
Year: 2006
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/CMS/enviro/envirocases/tmiindex.aspx

Authors: Freeman, Arthur Jr. ; Dunning, John B. ; Carroll, Natalie ; Halberg, Constance A. ; Morgan, Janice
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Case study discussing the ethics of reintroducing gray wolves to Yellowstone National Park. ...
Year: 1997
URL: http://www.bioethics.iastate.edu/classroom/graywolf.html

Authors: Vorst, Jim ; Graveel, John ; Hodges, Tom ; Joly, Bob ; Comstock, Gary
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: A case that deals with some of the ethical issues surrounding genetically engineering rice to be herbicide resistant. In some cases, like that of the weed red rice, the herbicide resistant trait could be passed from the crop to the...
Year: 2003
URL: http://www.bioethics.iastate.edu/classroom/herbiciderice.html

Authors: Boylston, Scott
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Teaching Ethics: The Journal of the Society for Ethics across the Curriculum
Abstract: Discusses the development of a ethics across the curriculum program that introduces responsible design and social awareness into graphic design classes. Specifically, the author details one class offered at Savannah College of Art a...
Year: 2007

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Authors: Sikdar, SK
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRESS
Abstract: The article discusses the importance of sustainable development, and the role that chemists and chemical engineers can play in preventing prevent the consequences of unsustainable resource utilization....
Year: 2003
DOI: 10.1002/ep.670220409

Authors: Pritchard, Michael S.
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Just moments ago, Bryan's supervisor, Max Morrison, told him to dump half of the used coolant down the drain. Bryan knew the coolant was toxic, and he mentioned this to Max. But Max was not swayed. Includes expert commentaries ...
Year: 1992
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/cms/12517.aspx

Authors: Pritchard, Michael S. ; Jaksa, James A.
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: ABC's chemical waste is stored in a warehouse at an off-site location. While inspecting the warehouse, engineer Scott Lewis notices several leaking drums. Includes expert commentaries....
Year: 1992
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/cms/12537.aspx

Authors: Pritchard, Michael S.
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: For each of the past 7 years at least one person has suffered a fatal automobile accident by crashing into trees closely aligned along a 3 mile stretch of Forest Drive. Many other accidents have also occurred, causing serious injuri...
Year: 1992
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/cms/12534.aspx

Authors: Theodore, Louis ; Wilcox, John R.
Publication Type: Book
Abstract: This is a collection of over 100 case studies looking at engineering ethics in the environment. Each case is accompanied by expert case studies that examine underlying philosophical and discuss how the problems in the case could hav...
Year: 1998

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Authors: Herkert, Joseph R.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Science and Engineering Ethics
Abstract: This paper explores the concept of sustainable development and its ethical and public policy implications for engineering and multinational corporations. ...
Year: 1998
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-998-0025-y

Authors: Vesilind, P. Aarne
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Science and Engineering Ethics
Abstract: The author argues that we cannot look to the discipline of ethics to help us find an acceptable environmental morality. Ethics is directed at person-person interactions, and so we cannot look to ethics as a source for understanding...
Year: 1996
DOI: 10.1007/BF02583916

Authors: Van Der Vost, Rita
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: European Journal of Engineering Education
Abstract: Addresses the changing role of engineers in industry and society with specific reference to the increasing environmental pressures on industry. Examination of the extent to which professional engineers can work and achieve sustainab...
Year: 1998
DOI: 10.1080/03043799808923496

Authors: Orvis, Kathryn ; Zaleski, Halina ; Zeller, Mike ; Riordan, Terrance
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: A large land-grant institution and a major agricultural company have teamed together to create a variety of corn that has been bioengineered to create large quantities of penicillin. The developers believe that this new crop will h...
Year: 2003
URL: http://www.bioethics.iastate.edu/classroom/ediblevaccines.html

Authors: Weaver, Paul
Publication Type: Book
Abstract: The author describes a Dutch program on sustainable technology development that was carried out in the early 1990s that started out by asking the question, "what would it take for the Netherlands to have an environmentally sustainab...
Year: 2000

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Authors: Striebig, Bradley ; Rowden, Katherine
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Science and Engineering Ethics
Abstract: The article describes a three-hour unit on the economic and environmental impacts of product design was developed at Gonzaga University that focuses on the design of personal computers. Historically, products have not been designed...
Year: 2004
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-004-0038-0

Authors: Wareham, David G. ; Elefsiniotis, P
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Water Science and Technology
Abstract: This paper reviews the way in which engineers interact with the environment. It argues that future engineering should be part of a paradigm shift in which engineers are seen as responsible stewards rather than negligent trustees of ...
Year: 1996
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1223(96)00870-0

Authors: John Shumbera
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: This numerical case asks you, as an engineer at a cotton gin factory, to help meet new regulations set by the Environmental Protection Agency to reduce the amount of dust released by the machines. ...
Year: 1995
URL: http://ethics.tamu.edu/Nsfcases/chem/2/chem02.htm

Authors: Mark Holtzapple
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: This is a set of numerical problems that focuses on the ethical issues presented in the film, Gilbane Gold. As the story unfolds, the engineering the video focuses on becomes a whistleblower when he discovers that the computer chip...
Year: 1995
URL: http://ethics.tamu.edu/Nsfcases/chem/5/chem05.htm

Authors: Fletcher, David
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: A operations supervisor at a city water treatment plant blows the whistle on three high-level city employees for tampering with samples that were to be tested for compliance with biochemical oxygen demand standards for discharging w...
Year: 1995
URL: http://ethics.tamu.edu/Nsfcases/cven/2/civil02.htm

Authors: Levine, Murray ; Gibbs, Lois Marie
Publication Type: Book
Abstract: This is the personal version of incidents at Love Canal, where an elementary school was built on top of a site that was used for the disposal of chemical waste. Lois Gibbs was one of the main individuals who organized the Love Cana...
Year: 1982

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Authors: Minteer, Ben A.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Science and Engineering Ethics
Abstract: The author discusses the emerging field of "ecological ethics," how it differs from mainstream environmental ethics, and its use in helping ecologists and conservation managers handing ethical issues that arise in their professional...
Year: 2008
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-008-9087-0