Ethics and Responsibilities of Engineers

Details about Ethics and Responsibilities of Engineers:

In today's increasingly competitive business world, engineers are continually faced with ethical questions that balance the needs of clients with those of society as a whole. With the dynamic nature of technological growth, the ethical challenges become more and more difficult to quantify and the potential for unintended and unwanted consequences increases exponentially. Individual profits and public service do not often align, hence the need for a code of ethics. Ethics and Responsibilities of Engineers is designed to help students and new practitioners understand from where ethics originate and how they have developed in the profession. It is written to help engineers understand how the coursework they take in school aligns with the public good. What separates this book from others is the focus on the historical development of ethics for the profession and the role played by our educational system, accreditation commissions, and licensing boards. The trust that the public has in their judgment to protect and serve society is what allows engineers to be held in high esteem. Key Features: --Presents the origins of ethical responsibility for engineers and how ethics have developed in the profession over centuries --Explores why engineers must operate under a specific code of ethics that recognizes the obligation to protect and serve the public first and foremost --Discusses the ethics behind how to balance the needs of the client with the needs of society at large --Outlines how education in the classroom, and experience post classroom, are required to provide tools for licensure and the legal responsibilities that accompany licensure --Includes actual case studies from licensing boards across the United States --Offers valuable insight and preparation for civil and construction engineering professional practice --WAV contains a variety of professor materials (slides, a test bank of questions, and then answers to those questions and the questions in the book) suitable for classroom instruction—available from the Web Added Value Download Resource Center at jrosspub.com