Engineering for social change: engineering is not just engineering
In: Center for Engineering Concepts Development Series
In: Center for Engineering Concepts Development Series
Engineers are trained to think analytically and base their technical decisions on relevant facts and research. Nonetheless, engineers will encounter many situations involving ethical questions during their careers. In order to improve their ability to make ethical decisions engineers require additional tools and training. These include an understanding of the relevant codes of ethics and learning to recognize ethical challenges and solutions through a case study approach. In this tutorial the author discusses two codes of ethics that biomedical engineers can use as a reference when they confront ethical questions in professional situations. The author also provides a guided review of ethical decision-making using a case study in biomedical engineering. Several suggestions and additional references for improving ethical decision-making are offered
In: ETM, Wiley series in engineering & technology management
In: http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.31210024976100
"15 Oct 1982" ; Cover title. ; Bibliography: p. A-1. ; Mode of access: Internet.
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In: The military engineer: TME, Band 91, Heft 598, S. 21-22
ISSN: 0026-3982, 0462-4890
In: The Good Society: a PEGS journal, Band 30, Heft 1-2, S. 71-75
ISSN: 1538-9731
Abstract
The author's purpose in this brief discussion piece is to suggest and describe a new ethos for engineering education and practice based on the themes of maintenance. Appreciating maintenance—the essential act and responsibility of repairing, restoring, renewing, refurbishing, and caring—can strengthen the link between engineering and civic goals in society, and could ultimately help boost the civic competencies of engineering.
Title from cover. ; Index to U.S. government periodicals ; Mode of access: Internet.
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In: The Current Controversies series
Chapter 1. Will genetic engineering benefit society? -- Yes : genetic engineering will benefit society. Biotechnology will benefit society / Gregory Stock -- Genetic engineering will improve human health / William Haseltine -- Genetic enhancement can improve humanity / World Transhumanist Association -- No : genetic engineering will not benefit society. Biotechnology has failed to live up to expectations / Stephen Leahy -- Genetic engineering diminishes respect for human life / Erwin W. Lutzer -- Genetic engineering will lead to greater inequality / Maxwell J. Mehlman -- Chapter 2. Will genetic engineering improve food and farming? -- Yes : genetic engineering will improve food and farming. Genetically engineered crops can end world hunger / C.S. Prakash, Gregory Conko -- The risks of genetically modified foods have been exaggerated / Dick Taverne -- Genetically engineered crops protect the environment / Jonathan Rauch -- No : genetic engineering will not improve food and farming. Genetically engineered crops will not end world hunger / Craig Holdrege -- Genetically modified foods are unsafe to eat / Institute for Responsible Technology -- Genetically engineered crops are a danger to the environment / Genetically Engineered Food Alert -- Chapter 3. Is
In: Russian Economic Journal, Heft 3, S. 46-64
The article is devoted to the formation of modern organizational forms (organizational structures) of industrial enterprises in construction — a process aimed at improving the efficiency of housing projects, accelerating and improving the quality of industry growth. The system argument is mobilized in favor of the introduction of engineering into the organizational system of housing construction as a factor of consolidation of construction functionality, optimization of technological, financial, investment and management processes, maintenance of the flows of relevant innovations. Along with the characteristics of the target parameters of engineering platforms, the conclusion about their attribution to system-forming enterprises and their special role in program management is substantiated. The author also argues for a principled forecast discourse, according to which, as a result of the involvement of engineering and engineering platforms, the industry will be able to: 1) to take its place in the system of development institutions with the chances of using all their tools; 2) to become an active participant in the implementation of a number of national projects and programs; 3) to act as a subject of export expansion, first of all — in the market of countries belonging to the Eurasian integration groupings in the post-Soviet area.
In: Public administration: an international journal, Band 62, Heft 4, S. 383-400
ISSN: 1467-9299
It is now widely accepted that British governments find radical policy change difficult to Secure – especially where such change threatens to disturb a well‐developed interest group network. The Report of the Committee of Inquiry into the Engineering Profession (19801, chaired by Sir Monty Finniston, Engineering Our Future, was interesting because it proposed a very radical change in the way in which the engineering profession was organized and regulated. In essence, Sir Monty wished to displace the established engineering institutions. A study of the long and complex saga following the publication of the Finniston report is a good test of the system's capacity for policy innovation as well as an illustration of the common conflict between state intervention and professional self‐regulation. What finally emerged, The Engineering Council, can be seen as the outcome of a process of bargaining, which preserved the power of the professional institutions.
Social engineering in the 20th century has brought about some large-scale changes in society, often the result of visionary social projects, and plans designed on a grand and ideal scale. Such plans have often extracted terrible human costs. Numerous failures have marked 20th century social engineering
Engineering must respond to innovation and change. The great innovations and technologies are generated in the centers and institutions of higher education, by modifying nature to meet our needs. Technology is a product of science and engineering and is associated with innovation, in which ideas become products or processes at the service of man. Engineering education must adapt to global change if it is to improve productivity and foster local and national economic development. Engineers of the next decade must have a technical or highly technological activity, and play leadership roles in academia, industry, and government. Areas of opportunity are in the generation of new products and processes related to nanotechnology, information technology, robotics and mechatronics, process automation, aerospace, food technology, bioengineering, biotechnology, etc. However, there are others related to transgenic food and nuclear technologies, which generate social controversy.
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