What are the effects of doing nothing? safe? If there are some safety concerns, how bad are they? What are the effects of doing nothing? The answers to these questions are often only partly known. So, to a large extent, an engineer’s job is to manage the unknown. How does an engineer accomplish this? Really, […]
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If there are some safety concerns, how bad are they? Ethics and the Law safe? If there are some safety concerns, how bad are they? What are the effects of doing nothing? The answers to these questions are often only partly known. So, to a large extent, an engineer’s job is to manage the unknown.
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Ethics and t he Law safe? If there are some safety concerns, how bad are they? What are the effects of doing nothing? The answers to these questions are often only partly known. So, to a large extent, an engineer’s job is to manage the unknown. How does an engineer accomplish this? Really, as an
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How well will this work under all of the conditions that it will be exposed to? ENGINEERING IS MANAGING THE UNKNOWN One source of the ethical issues encountered in the course of engineering practice is a lack of knowledge. This is by no means an unusual situation in engineering. Engineers often encounter situations in which
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What changes will this lead to in society? ENGINEERING IS MANAGING THE UNKNOWN One source of the ethical issues encountered in the course of engineering practice is a lack of knowledge. This is by no means an unusual situation in engineering. Engineers often encounter situations in which they don’t have all of the information that
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How will it affect people? What ENGINEERING IS MANAGING THE UNKNOWN One source of the ethical issues encountered in the course of engineering practice is a lack of knowledge. This is by no means an unusual situation in engineering. Engineers often encounter situations in which they don’t have all of the information that is needed.
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How well does it work? ENGINEERING IS MANAGING THE UNKNOWN One source of the ethical issues encountered in the course of engineering practice is a lack of knowledge. This is by no means an unusual situation in engineering. Engineers often encounter situations in which they don’t have all of the information that is needed. By
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ENGINEERING IS MANAGING THE UNKNOWN One source of the ethical issues encountered in the course of engineering practice is a lack of knowledge. This is by no means an unusual situation in engineering. Engineers often encounter situations in which they don’t have all of the information that is needed. By its nature, engineering design is
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WHY STUDY ENGINEERING ETHICS? Why is it important for engineering students to study engineering ethics? Several notorious cases that have received a great deal of media attention in the past few years have led engineers to gain an increased sense of their professional responsibili- ties. These cases have led to an awareness of the importance
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Why Study Engineering Ethics The dilemma faced by the design engineers who worked on the Pinto was to balance the safety of the people who would be riding in the car against the need to produce the Pinto at a price that would be competitive in the market. They had to attempt to balance their
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