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Links and further information
Reference Material
There are a number of good
books on various aspects of ethics as they affect
engineers, from the social implications of
technology change to the risks of complex technology
in inadequate organizations.
“Ethics
in Engineering Practice and Research”, by Dr
Caroline Whitbeck, Cambridge University
Press, 1998, ISBN 0 521 47944 4. This
provides a good foundation to the practical
problems of ethics for engineers.
There is also a
website at Caroline’s University, Case
Western Reserve, that provides additional
material and links.
“Social, Ethical and
Policy Implications of Engineering” by
Joseph Herkert, IEEE Press, 2000, ISBN 0
7803 4712 9 provides additional material in
the form of papers on many subjects. Readers
who are less interested in the social impact
of technology change and political
philosophy will wish to start with Part II
at p75, where the editor moves on from
political viewpoints to more concrete
questions. Those who wish to participate in
debate will find Part I useful also.
Intellectual property
raises ethical questions that you may wish
to explore. The basis for these is
introduced in the first two chapters of
“Basics of International Intellectual
Property Law” by G Gregory Letterman, Transnational Publishers, 2001, ISBN 1 57105
207 0.
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