Social Responsibility

Authors: Lowe, Mendi C.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Civil Engineering
Abstract: Examines the ethical aspect of whether engineers should charge their usual fees when a natural disaster occurs. Issue not addressed by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) or the National Society of Professional Engineers'...
Year: 1993

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Authors: Durbin, Paul T.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Interdisciplinary Science Reviews
Abstract: In this paper, the author suggests that engineering societies need to modify their "guild" mentality and their right so to sanction misbehaving members as guilds did back in the sixteenth century. Instead, the author urges professio...
Year: 2008
DOI: 10.1179/174327908x366914

Authors: Ciliberti, Francesco ; Pontrandolfo, Pierpaolo ; Scozzi, Barbara
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Journal of Cleaner Production
Abstract: This paper analyzes the practices adopted and difficulties experienced by Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) to transfer socially responsible behaviors to suppliers that operate in developing countries. In particular, a multi...
Year: 2008
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2008.04.016

Authors: White, Jenny ; Bandura, Albert ; Bero, Lisa A.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Accountability in Research: Policies & Quality Assurance
Abstract: The authors analyze mechanisms of moral disengagement used to eliminate moral consequences by industries whose products or production practices are harmful to human health. The authors examined internal industry documents and public...
Year: 2009
DOI: 10.1080/08989620802689847

Authors: Pfatteicher, Sarah K. A.
Publication Type: Book
Secondary Title: Johns Hopkins introductory studies in the history of technology; Variation: Johns Hopkins introductory studies in the history of technology.
Abstract: This book uses the collapse of the World Trade Center in 2001 to explore the nature and future of engineering education in the United States. The author draws on historical and current practices in engineering design, construction a...
Year: 2010

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Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: This case highlights potential dilemmas encountered by postdoctoral fellows in a research setting. Should a scientist release incomplete data to an environmental group so they may work to prevent further environmental damage, or hop...
Year: 2001
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/Resources/Cases/phish.aspx

Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: This case focuses on the issues of repatriation, the return of human remains, the question of desecration, and anthropologist's role in protection of sacred artifacts, as it relates to Native American remains and artifacts....
Year: 1997
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/Resources/Cases/bones.aspx

Authors: Herkert, Joseph R. ; Culver, Teresa B. ; Neeley, Kathryn A.
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: This in-depth case looks at the conflicts that arise in managing and reducing pollution in a community that is reluctant to be involved with government agencies. Ethical issues arise in the case as a result of the consulting enginee...
Year: 2001
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/Resources/Cases/TMDL.aspx

Authors: Dwyer, James
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Hastings Center Report
Abstract: Discusses the rights of illegal immigrants to health benefits under the framework of law and social responsibility. Argument of nationalists on the rights of illegal immigrants to health-care access; Link between access to care and ...
Year: 2004

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Authors: Boutelle, John ; Papadopoulos, Gregory Michael ; Douglas, Dave
Publication Type: Book
Abstract: This book discusses how being an engineer today means more than just having technical expertise, it also means being able to comprehend the full impact of your work from an ecological perspective, and intellectual property perspecti...
Year: 2010

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Authors: McFarland, Michael C.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Technology and Society Magazine, IEEE
Abstract: What obligations does an engineer have to protect the public interest in the creation and use of new technologies? How can the engineer best act so as to fulfill his or her responsibilities to the public? This paper considers these ...
Year: 1986

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Authors: Westra, Laura ; Shrader-Frechette, Kristin Sharon
Publication Type: Book
Abstract: This is a collection of essays that looks at issues related to science, technology, public health, economics, the environment, and ethical theory. Includes: Overview : ethical studies about technology -- What is moral philosophy? --...
Year: 1997

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Authors: Fleischmann, Martin
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Accountability in Research: Policies & Quality Assurance
Abstract: Presents reflections on the sociology of science and social responsibility in science, in relationship to cold fusion. Background on the study of cold fusion; Role of science in the society; Complications related to the topic of nuc...
Year: 2000
DOI: 10.1080/08989620008573964

Authors: Laas, Kelly ; National Academy of Engineering, Online Ethics Center
Publication Type: Web Article
Abstract: This annotated bibliography contains references to professionalism within engineering. It includes subsections on The Role of Codes of Ethics in Engineering Practice, The History of Engineering, and Social Responsibility...
Year: 2011
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/Resources/Bibliographies/ProfessionalismBib.aspx

Authors: National Academy of Engineering, Online Ethics Center
Publication Type: Web Article
Secondary Title: Teaching Engineers
Abstract: This section focuses on methods for teaching engineers about the social and environmental impacts of the technology they create....
Year: 2006
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/Education/instructguides/18934/socenv.aspx

Authors: National Academy of Engineering, Online Ethics Center
Publication Type: Web Article
Secondary Title: Perspectives on the Professions
Abstract: This essay discusses background concepts for teaching engineering responsibility for societal and environmental consequences....
Year: 2006
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/Resources/Cases/Pollution.aspx

Authors: National Academy of Engineering, Online Ethics Center
Publication Type: Web Article
Secondary Title: Teaching Engineers
Abstract: An instructional resource for teaching engineering responsibility for societal consequences....
Year: 2006
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/Education/instructguides/18934/socimp.aspx

Authors: Didier, C. ; Huet, R.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: European Journal of Engineering Education
Abstract: This paper presents and discusses the results of a survey of how corporate social responsibility (CSR) is being discussed and taught in engineering education in France. The authors describe how questions of this kind have been tackl...
Year: 2008
DOI: 10.1080/03043790801976472

Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: When a college athlete learns about the ethical violations of a sportswear company who financially supports her college athletic team and whose simple adorns the team's uniform, she asks for the symbol to be removed. When her reque...
Year: 2007
URL: http://ethics.iit.edu/EEL/Corporate%20Sponsorship%20of%20College%20Sports.pdf

Authors: Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions, Illinois Institute of Technology ; Robert Ladenson
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Lawyers for seven victims and their families of a shooting rampage at a San Francisco office building that left eight people dead and six wounded have asked a judge to let them sue the maker of the gun used in the shooting. Is it fa...
Year: 1995
URL: http://ethics.iit.edu/EEL/Gun%20Maker.pdf

Authors: Robert Ladenson ; Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions, Illinois Institute of Technology
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: A professor of computer science applied for and received a grant from the Strategic Defense Initiative Program (Star Wars) to engage in a software assurance research project of a theoretical nature. The goal was to determine the met...
Year: 1994
URL: http://ethics.iit.edu/EEL/Star%20Wars.pdf

Authors: Moran, E. Thomas
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Teaching Ethics: The Journal of the Society for Ethics Across the Curriculum
Abstract: Education can plan a vital role in helping students develop a sense of civic responsibility by introducing students to the idea of macroethics, or a focus on explicitly public values that build community and ground the moral dimensi...
Year: 2003
URL: http://www.uvu.edu/ethics/seac/Civic%20Responsibility%20and%20Teaching%20Macroethics.pdf.pdf

Authors: Kline, A. David
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Teaching Ethics: The Journal of the Society for Ethics Across the Curriculum
Abstract: In a series of articles, Stanley Fish has argued that "civic engagement" as a goal of the academy is at least misguided, if not immoral. This article examines this claim, and discusses how service learning may be one way for univer...
Year: 2005
URL: http://www.uvu.edu/ethics/seac/Kline-On%20Whats%20Fishy%20about%20Civic%20Engagementt.pdf

Authors: Frey, William ; University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez
Publication Type: Teaching Module
Abstract: This module is designed to provide a template for groups working on CECO (Corporate Ethics Compliance Officers) reports. This activity is being used in classes in business ethics, business-government-society, and corporate leadershi...
Year: 2008
URL: http://cnx.org/content/m18646/latest/

Authors: Frey, William ; University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez
Publication Type: Teaching Module
Abstract: This module present a version of the Social Impact Statement exercise developed by Charles Huff in "Practical Guidance for Teaching the Social Impact Statement (SIS)" from the Proceedings of the 1996 Symposium on Copmputers and the ...
Year: 2007
URL: http://cnx.org/content/m13756/latest/