Technology and Ethics: A European Quest for Responsible Engineering (Core Materials for the Development of Courses in Professional Ethics) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9042909501 ISBN 13: 9789042909502

Verlag: Peeters Publishers, 2001

Inhaltsangabe

Technology and Ethics. A European Quest for Responsible Engineering, edited by B. Heriard Dubreuil and his team (University Lille) is in many regards an innovative publication. It is the first fully European contribution to the field of engineering ethics and the result of an intensive cooperation between ethicists and engineers from all the member countries of the European Union. The basic structure of the book is both the distinction and interaction between three levels of analysis: personal responsibility of engineers, the institutional level (business organisations) and the impact of technology on society and culture. On the personal level, the book deals with problems such as the role of professional codes and the fact that engineers must cope with flexibility, shorter lines of decision and erosion of the boundaries between private and professional life. On the meso level, the book deals with different aspects of decision making in the context of business organizations, such as quality management, technology assessment procedures, business ethics committees etc... On the macro level, the authors focus on the power of technology. Together with the influences from other social, economic and political actors, the decisions of engineers change the world in a way which is of moral significance.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Peeters Publishers
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2001
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 9042909501
• ISBN 13: 9789042909502
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 616
• Herausgeber: Goujon Philippe, Dubreuil Bertrand Heriard
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
• Verantwortliche Person: Nicht verfügbar