Global engineering ethics

3.1 "Profession": More Than You Might Think3.2 Three Ways of Defining "Profession"; 3.3 The Relationship of Professions to Society: The Contract Model; 3.4 Characteristics of a Profession; 3.5 The Relationship of a Profession to the Individual Professional; 3.5.1 Engineering as a Profession; 3.6 Professional Organizations; 3.6.1 Professional Organizations and Codes of Ethics: Some Examples; 3.6.2 A Short History of Codes of Ethics; 3.6.3 The Contents of Codes of Ethics: ASME as an Example; Engineering Professionalism in China49; Engineering Professionalism in India; 3.7 Summary; References.

Front Cover -- Global Engineering Ethics -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1: Introduction: Engineering Ethics from a Global Perspective -- 1.1 What's Changed and Why it Matters: Initial Assumptions2 -- 1.2 What is Ethics? -- 1.3 Why Ethics for Engineers? -- 1.4 A Global Perspective -- 1.5 Foundations for the Analysis of Ethical Issues -- 1.5.1 Problems of Theory: Theoretical and Cross-Cultural Disagreements -- 1.5.2 The Role of Reason: Its Universality and in Engineering -- 1.5.3 Role Responsibilities: Special Duties -- 1.5.4 Consideration of Cases -- 1.6 Preview: What's to Come… -- 1.7 Summary -- References -- Chapter 2: Working With Cases: The Importance of Concrete Learning -- 2.1 Case Studies -- 2.2 Why Study Cases? -- 2.3 Steps for Case Analysis -- 2.3.1 Identifying Ethical Issues -- 2.3.2 Narrowing the Focus -- 2.3.3 Determining Relevant Facts -- 2.3.4 Making Reasonable Assumptions -- 2.3.5 Undertaking Definitional Clarification -- 2.3.6 Conducting Ethical Analysis -- 2.3.7 Reviewing the Process -- 2.3.8 Resolving the Issue -- 2.3.9 Identifying Practical Constraints -- 2.3.10 Avoiding Ethical Problems -- 2.4 Summary -- References -- Chapter 3: Engineering Professionalism and Professional Organizations -- 3.1 "Profession": More Than You Might Think -- 3.2 Three Ways of Defining "Profession" -- 3.3 The Relationship of Professions to Society: The Contract Model -- 3.4 Characteristics of a Profession -- 3.5 The Relationship of a Profession to the Individual Professional -- 3.5.1 Engineering as a Profession -- 3.6 Professional Organizations -- 3.6.1 Professional Organizations and Codes of Ethics: Some Examples -- 3.6.2 A Short History of Codes of Ethics -- 3.6.3 The Contents of Codes of Ethics: ASME as an Example -- Engineering Professionalism in China49 -- Engineering Professionalism in India -- 3.7 Summary -- References