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Ethical and Environmental Challenges to Engineering
Michael E. Gorman
Matthew M. Mehalik
Patricia Werhane, all of University of Virginia

ISBN-10: 013011328X
ISBN-13: 9780130113283

Publisher: Prentice Hall
Copyright: 2000
Format: Paper; 269 pp
Published: 11/05/1999
Status: Instock

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A core text or supplementary casebook for courses in Ethics; Applied Ethics; Engineering Ethics; Environmental Ethics; in departments of Engineering, Philosophy, and Environmental Studies.

The first casebook designed specifically for engineering and environmental ethics, this text features full-length, multi-faceted, real-life cases of design and managerial dilemmas in a variety of settings—together with background readings that illustrate how one can integrate ethical and environmental challenges into engineering decisions, especially ones early in the design process. It presents the dilemmas as descriptively as possible—without revealing what the authors think are “proper” or “good” solutions—and encourages students to think deeply about real-life situations and to engage in “moral imagination.”

A variety of cases that can be adapted to a variety of classroom settings—Includes cases on engineering design, environmental ethics, cultural diversity, management, engineering dilemmas.
- Provides instructors with flexibility in choosing among cases to fit their particular classroom needs. Ex.___

Real-life events, not hypothetical situations.
- Exposes engineering students to the types of situations they will actually encounter on the job. Ex.___

Extended case studies with multiple dilemmas.
- Where the design criteria and environmental issues (and thus resolutions of the cases) are not simple, students are encouraged to think imaginatively about design, particularly in light of issues like the impact of technological systems on the environment and on those groups traditionally underserved by technology. Ex.___

Cases with a cultural dimension.
- Prepares students to deal effectively with the global diversity that is becoming an essential part of design, management, and engineering as we move into the twenty-first century. Ex.___

INTRODUCTION, Michael E. Gorman, Matthew M. Mehalik, and Patricia H. Werhane.

Moral Reasoning, Mental Models, and Moral Imagination, Patricia H. Werhane, Michael Gorman..

I. CHALLENGES TO ENGINEERING DESIGN.

CASE STUDY: Who Invented the Telephone?, Michael E. Gorman.

CASE STUDY: Dow Corning Corporation, Julie M. Stocker, Patricia H. Werhane Michael E. Gorman.

CASE STUDY: Dow Corning Corporation, Julie M. Stocker, Bruce D. Cunningham, Patricia H. Werhane, Michael E. Gorman.

CASE STUDY: Carter Racing, [A] [B] [C], Jack W. Brittain and Sim B. Sitkin.

II. ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES FOR ENGINEERS.

Environmental Sustainability, Patricia H. Werhane.

CASE STUDY: American Solar Network, Michael Gorman, Patricia H. Werhane.

The Environmental Protection Encouragement Agency (EPEA), Matthew Mehalik, Michael E. Gorman, Patrica H. Werhane.

A Centennial Sermon: Design, Ecology, Ethics, and the Making of Things, William McDonough.

CASE STUDY: DesignTex, Incorporated, Matthew M. Mehalik, Michael E. Gorman, Andrea Larsen, Patricia H. Werhane.

CASE STUDY: Rohner Textil, [A] [B] [C] [D] [E], Matthew Mehalik, Michael Gorman, Patricia Werhane.

CASE STUDY: Unilever, [A] [B] [C] [D], Myles Standish, Michael E. Gorman, Patricia H. Werhane .

CASE STUDY: The Natural Step, Wendy Warren, Andrea Larson.

III. ENGINEERING AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES.

Relativism, Cultural and Moral, Norman Bowie.

CASE STUDY: W. R. Grace & Co. and the Neemix Patent, [A] [B], Kristi Severence, Lisa Spiro, and Patricia H. Werhane.

CASE STUDY: Bhopal: Choosing a Safe Plant Location and Design, Susan Lacefield, Sarah E. Diersen, Michael E. Gorman, Patricia H. Werhane.

CASE STUDY: Bhopal: Recipe for a Toxic Mist, Sarah E. Diersen, Michael E. Gorman, Patricia H. Werhane.

CASE STUDY: Eskom and the South African Electrification Program, [A] [B] [C] [D] [E], Brian D. Cunningham, Michael E. Gorman, Patricia H. Werhane.

CASE STUDY: The Volta River Project, John Riverson, Michael E. Gorman, Patricia H. Werhane.

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