Seppo J. Ovaska

Andrew T. Brei

Ethics for Engineers: Toward Ethical Behavior within Engineering Organizations offers a multilevel perspective on engineering ethics with considerable breadth and depth, making it a valuable resource for students, educators, and professionals alike. This pragmatic book contains case studies of micro-level ethical violations, evaluating their moral implications and discussing moral self-licensing behind making unethical decisions. It also explores macro-level cases that have caused significant reputational and financial damage to major companies. In addition, the authors touch on topics whose overall impact is not yet fully understood, such as environmental ethics issues related to wind turbine blades and space debris management. By presenting examples from different levels and offering reflections from various perspectives, this text prompts readers to critically evaluate the ethical implications of their actions and understand what may drive a work community to behave unethically. Key features: Covers both moral theoretical and behavioral ethics perspectives. Contains day-to-day micro-level cases from the lives of practicing engineers, supplemented with macro-level cases. Provides pragmatic guidance for individual engineers and their organizations to move toward value-based ethics. Features colloquial language to make the book an enjoyable and accessible read. Includes 29 demonstrative vignettes, 87 class exercises, and an insightful interview with an ethics ambassador. This unique text serves as a pedagogically sound learning companion for courses in engineering ethics and related topics, striking a balance between research-based findings (with over 40 scholarly references) and real-world experiences (featuring an Appendix by an industry executive).

Toward Ethical Behavior within Engineering Organizations

Ethics for Engineers

Les M. Sztandera

This volume provides practicing engineers with new solutions to demanding real-world problems. It presents applications of soft computing to the field of industrial electronics in two categories, electric power applications and emerging applications.

Soft Computing in Industrial Electronics

Rajkumar Roy

Yukinori Suzuki

Takeshi Furuhashi

Yasuhiko Dote

This book contains a selection of papers that were initially presented at the 4th On-Line World Conference on Soft Computing in Industrial Applications that was held in September 1999. Soft Computing provides various methodologies for developing intelligent systems that offer competitive solutions to real world problems. This book is comprised of a unique collection of papers that provide a comprehensive overview of state-of-the-art-theory and sucessful industrial applications of soft computing around the world. It is written by some of the leading researchers in this field. This book is aimed at researchers and professional engineers who are engaged in developing intelligent systems as well as graduate students in science and engineering.

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