Engineering Ethics
Codes of ethics
For Australia see the Institution of Engineers, Australia
web site for their.
Code
of Ethics. 2000
and
Manual
of investigation and disciplinary procedures. 1999.
Many scientific and engineering professional societies have a code
of ethics on their website. Links to these codes can be found
through
the Online Ethics Center Codes
of Ethics
the Codes
of Conduct/Practice/Ethics from Around the World A website for
computing issues.
the Centre for Computing and Social Responsibility, De Montfort University
Codes
of ethics
Amongst organisations for which codes are available electronically are:
Association
for Computing Machinery, American
Chemical Society, AIChE,
ASCE,
ASME,
Australian
Computer Society, IEAust.,
IEEE,
IEEE-CS/ACM,
IEE,
Information Processing
Society of Japan, National
Society of Professional Engineers (US)
There are two ethical codes adopted by the World Federation of Engineering
Organizations (WFEO )
WFEO
Code of Environmental Ethics for Engineers (1987)
and
WFEO
Model Code of Ethics (1993)
Ethical issues in engineering .
For Australia
APESMA includes articles on
ethical issues in their Professional
Update magazine
Search ENGINE
, the index to IEAust publications. Try the IEAust
web site for recent comment.
For an international and coverage
Engineering Ethics
developed at Texas A&M University, Department of Mechanical Engineering
with grants from the US National Science Foundation. Includes case
studies and essays on ethical issues, and case studies as teaching
material developed with NSF funding in 1992
and 1995.
Also provides links to a number of other sites, academic, industrial,
professional, that deal with aspects of engineering ethics.
Online Ethics Center
for Engineering and Science aims to provide engineers, scientists,
and science and engineering students with resources for understanding and
addressing ethically significant problems that arise in their work, and
to serve those who are promoting learning and advancing the understanding
of responsible research and practice in science and engineering.
This site has an American focus but includes useful links to other sites.
Its Case studies and discussion papers section includes
Engineering ethics
cases: including discussion of issues in cases from the US National
Society of Professional Engineers Board of Ethical Review and the IEEE
Ethics Committee.
Essays: a range
of papers discussing science and engineering ethics, with links to essays
on other sites.
Links to two online journals, Science
and engineering ethics (abstracts of papers only) and Eubios,
(full text ) which includes environmental, ethical, legal and social issues
arising from biotechnology.
Moral Leaders:
provides five detailed hypermedia cases in which the engineers or scientists
showed exemplary behavior in fulfilling their professional responsibilities
or in acting for the public good. | Roger
Boisjoly on the Challenger Disaster | William
LeMessurier and the Fifty-Nine Story Crisis | Rachel
Carson's Campaign to Control the Use of Pesticides |
Fred
Cuny's Innovations to Lessen the Suffering of Refugees |
Inez
Austin: Protecting the Public Safety at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation
Solving Problems
in Science and Engineering Ethics: outlines a problem situation followed
by interviews with knowledgeable people on how best to address those problems.
Ethics in a Corporate Setting:
provides links to relevant sites, including ethically concerned high-tech
companies, on problems that arise in the workplace.
Education:
provides links to instructional resources in engineering ethics, computer
ethics and research ethics developed in US universities. See also
Research Ethics:
includes materials developed by the Online Ethics Center from "Beyond Adversarial
Ethics: Web Resources for Solving Problems About Research Conduct", by
Caroline Whitbeck.
Ethics Help-Line:
provides advice for engineers, scientists, and trainees encountering ethical
problems or being confronted with potentially conflicting responsibilities
where this may lead to conflicts with organizational superiors. The
Center does not conduct investigations.
iCivilEngineer Engineering
Ethics includes case
studies, design
failure lessons, engineering
disasters, a List
of Some Engineering Successes and Failures,
Applied Ethics in Professional Practice Case
of the Month Club from the University of Washington, College of Engineering,
Professional Engineering Practice Liaison Program. Describes a case
and allows for comment from readers. Focuses on the non-technical
issues encountered, ranging from professionalism and types of engineering
organizations, marketing and project management, communications, loss prevention
and limitation of liability.
Australian Institute
of Computer Ethics, provides links to sites primarily concerned
with computer and information ethics. International coverage.
Literature Search
Use EiCompendex and INSPEC
for references to articles and papers on ethical issues in engineering.
Use Philosopher's
index for an interdisciplinary coverage of ethical issues.
This includes ethical issues with an impact on engineering, such as environment
and ecology.
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