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	Code of Ethics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Engineers may accept assignments and assume responsibility for coordination of an entire project and sign and seal the engineering documents for the entire project, provided that each technical segment is signed and sealed only by the qualified engineers who prepared the segment.
		Engineers shall issue no statements, criticisms, or arguments on technical matters that are inspired or paid for by interested parties, unless they have prefaced their comments by explicitly identifying the interested parties on whose behalf they are speaking, and by revealing the existence of any interest the engineers may have in the matters.
		Engineers shall not offer, give, solicit or receive, either directly or indirectly, any contribution to influence the award of a contract by public authority, or which may be reasonably construed by the public as having the effect of intent to influencing the awarding of a contract.
	www.nspe.org /ethics/eh1-code.asp (2070 words)

	Engineering Ethics
		Engineers shall not express a professional opinion publicly unless it is based upon knowledge of the facts and a competent evaluation of the subject matter.
		Engineers shall not express a professional opinion on subject matters for which they are motivated or paid, unless they explicitly identify the parties on whose behalf they are expressing the opinion, and reveal the interest the parties have in the matters.
		Engineers shall not associate in business ventures with nor permit their names or their firms' names to be used by any person or firm which is engaging in dishonest, fraudulent, or illegal business practice.
	www.glpbooks.com /FAQ/faq-ethics.html (816 words)

	sci.engr.* FAQ on Engineers and Ethics
		Ethics tend to arise in the career of the individual engineer when a conflict is recognized between professional and corporate obligation.
		Engineering professionals are not obligated, as in the medical profession, to find suitable replacements for their clients before they sign of on a project due to ethical disagreements.
		After all engineering, like law and medicine is a profession, and if it is not unethical for lawyers to defend murderers, engineers should not allowed their philosophical ideals to stand in the way of them performing their function to society.
	www.tcnj.edu /~rgraham/ethics.html (2945 words)

	Engineering Ethics
		Engineering ethics is attracting increasing interest in engineering universities throughout the nation.
		The increasing concern for the value dimension of engineering is, at least in part, a result of the attention that the media has given to cases such as the Challenger disaster, the Kansas City Hyatt-Regency Hotel walkways collapse, and the Exxon oil spill.
		As a response to this concern, a new discipline, engineering ethics, is emerging.
	ethics.tamu.edu (343 words)

	Christianity and Engineering Ethics
		While the fields of medical and legal ethics are established disciplines of scholarly endeavor with their own academic departments and journals, the same cannot be said of engineering ethics.
		One of the difficulties facing the journal is that traditionally, most engineering educators (especially those at research institutions) have been evaluated for tenure and promotion primarily on the basis of publications in their technical field of engineering specialization, not on the basis of their contributions to undergraduate education and related scholarship.
		Engineers (and engineering students) are practical people, and credentials of ideas are not as important to them as their usefulness.
	www.leaderu.com /aip/docs/stephan1.html (4129 words)

	Engineering ethics
		Online Ethics Center for Engineering and Science aims to provide engineers, scientists, and science and engineering students with resources for understanding and addressing ethically significant problems that arise in their work, and to serve those who are promoting learning and advancing the understanding of responsible research and practice in science and engineering.
		Engineering ethics cases: including discussion of issues in cases from the US National Society of Professional Engineers Board of Ethical Review and the IEEE Ethics Committee.
		Ethics Help-Line: provides advice for engineers, scientists, and trainees encountering ethical problems or being confronted with potentially conflicting responsibilities where this may lead to conflicts with organizational superiors.
	www.library.adelaide.edu.au /guide/eng/ethics.html (658 words)

	The Online Ethics Center for Engineering & Science
		Our mission is to provide engineers, scientists, and science and engineering students with resources for understanding and addressing ethically significant problems that arise in their work, and to serve those who are promoting learning and advancing the understanding of responsible research and practice in science and engineering.
		The Help-Line, which is co-sponsored by the IEEE, provides advice for engineers, scientists, and trainees encountering ethical problems in their work and to assist scientists and engineers in maintaining high ethical standards and in acting wisely when confronted with multiple and potentially conflicting responsibilities, even where this may lead to conflicts with organizational superiors.
		A sampling of guidelines and codes of ethics from scientific and engineering professional societies from several countries.
	onlineethics.org (729 words)

	Re: Resources in Engineering Ethics
		Our mission is to provide engineers, scientists, and science and engineering students with resources useful for understanding and addressing ethically significant problems that arise in their work, and to serve those who are promoting learning and advancing understanding of responsible practice in engineering and science.
		Courses in Professional Ethics or Research Ethics for Engineers, Computer Scientists, or Scientists WRIT 335/ CHEM 301: Professional Ethics for Scientists Dr. Linda M. Sweeting, Towson University - Discussion of the integrity of the scientific literature and the responsibilities of scientists to associates and the public.
		Ethics in Engineering Curricula An article written by Michelle Bothwell and Joseph McGuire of Oregon State detailing the integration of ethics into the engineering curricula.
	www.gbt.ch /_forum/00000139.htm (1729 words)

	ENGINEERING ETHICS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Engineers and the engineering profession have long been concerned with ethical conduct.
		ABET criteria for accreditation of engineering programs requires 21 hours in communications, humanities and social sciences and states that “It is important that the student acquire an appreciation and understanding of our rich cultural heritage, the complexities of interpersonal relationships, and a system of values essential for intelligent and discerning judgments”.
		In the late 1970s, the then Department of Engineering approached the Department of Philosophical Studies, to discuss the development of a course in applied engineering ethics for engineering students.
	www.siue.edu /~bsakkar/ETHIC5.html (387 words)

	Engineering Ethics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Engineers have met their professional obligations in varying degrees, with regard to professional society membership, engineering registration, and participation in continuing education.
		Engineers shall hold paramount the safety, health, and welfare of the public in the performance of their professional duties.
		Engineers shall act in such a manner as to uphold and enhance the honor, integrity and dignity of the profession.
	civil.engr.siu.edu /intro/ethics.htm (583 words)

	International Conference on Information Technology Based Higher Education and Training (ITHET) 2001
		Engineers use terms such as good and true differently from the traditional ethicists; they employ terms for determining what is the good course of action in a specific situation that are unknown to the traditional ethicist; and they are often confused by traditional ethical theory.
		The engineer could stop, of course, and philosophize about the truth of the religious doctrine that dictated the north-south alignment before beginning the design, but what is to be done with the corpse in the meantime.
		When the engineer hears it, he or she feels as though he or she has fallen down Alice’s rabbit hole where the very laws of nature were suspended.
	www.ewh.ieee.org /soc/es/koen1.html (4194 words)

	MDS 320: Ethics in Engineering
		Engineering in American culture and the emerging ethical issues confronting the profession: corporate responsibility, personal rights, whistle blowing, conflicts of interest, professional autonomy, risk assessment, sustainable development, and the place and purpose of engineering codes of ethics.
		Each group will consist of 6-7 students who will be responsible for planning and leading an entire class session on a case study in engineering ethics to be assigned by the instructor (see attached guidelines, case descriptions and assigned readings).
		Extensive lawsuits were filed against various parties to the collapse, and the engineers responsible for the design of the walkway supports were stripped of their professional engineering licenses.
	www4.ncsu.edu /~jherkert/mds320.html (1864 words)

	Engineering Ethics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Engineering Ethics has come into question as a result of incidents such as the Challenger disaster, the collapse of the Kansas City Hyatt-Regency Hotel walkways, and the Exxon oil spill.
		The Ethics Center for Engineering and Science was created using a grant from the National Science Foundation to provide resources to engineers, scientists, science and engineering students for understanding and addressing ethically significant problems that arise in their work life.
		The primary goal of the Murdough Center is to increase the awareness of the engineer and the student engineer of professional and ethical responsibilities to the profession and the public.
	www.cs.utexas.edu /~ethics/computer_ethics/engineering_ethics.html (446 words)

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		I argue that software engineering has made the decision for professionalization, but that the model of a profession it is moving toward is different from the traditional concept of profession used by medicine and law.
		In the paternalistic model, codes of ethics are used as the professional's part of the social contract in exchange for society's consent to professional self-regulation and autonomy.
		Software engineering, as a profession, is moving toward a fiduciary model of the client professional relationship, in which there is respect for limited ethical and professional autonomy of the individual member and individual judgements in particular cases.
	www-cs.etsu.edu /gotterbarn/artge1.htm (8819 words)

	Home Page for ECE/Phil 316, Engineering Ethics
		Engineering Ethics will consider ethical issues in the practice of engineering: safety and liability, professional responsibility to clients and employers, legal obligations, codes of ethics, whistle-blowing, and career choice.
		Class sessions will vary: some possibilities are a discussion in small groups on a software liability scenario, a focused discussion of the full class on bribery, a formal debate on a conflict of interest dilemma, a role play of a meeting of characters in a scenario, and a brief lecture on protection of intellectual property.
		For the research paper, the student will select a specific issue in engineering ethics not covered in the course, e.g., the privacy of electronic mail, the ethics of testifying as a partisan expert witness, the preferential treatment of women in engineering, or the morality of pollution in less-developed countries with weak environmental standards.
	courses.ece.uiuc.edu /ece316 (475 words)

	References Related to Engineering Ethics
		Baum, R.J., Ethics and Engineering Curricula, The Teaching of Ethics VII, The Hastings Center, Hastings on Hudson, N.Y., 1980, 79 pp.
		Chalk, R., Franke, M. and Chafer, S.B., AAAS Professional Ethics Project: Professional Ethics Activities of the Scientific and Engineering Societies, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington, D.C., December, 1980, 224 pp.
		Frankel, Mark, ed., Science, Engineering and Ethics: State of the Art and Future Directions, Report of a AAAS Workshop and Symposium, Feb., 1988, AAAS, 104 pp.
	www.niee.org /biblio-1.htm (1991 words)

	Resource
		The first edition was prepared by the Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions (CSEP) of Illinois Institute of Technology, with funding from NIEE, and published by the National Society of Professional Engineers.
		A new engineering ethics center at Massachusetts Institute of Technology exists entirely on the World Wide Web, and CSEP is engaged in a project to put its comprehensive collection of codes of ethics on-line.
		Engineering Ethics in Engineering Education: Report of a Conference, Chicago, IL, 12 June 1990.
	www.murdough.ttu.edu /resource.htm (6112 words)

	The Civil Engineering Portal - General - Engineering Ethics
		A few civil engineering ethics cases of geotechnics, wastewater treatment and HVAC for undergraduate education.
		The role of the engineer is to respond to a need by building or creating something along a certain set of guidelines (or specifications) which performs a given function.
		Engineer's creed, code of ethics for engineers and reference guide.
	www.icivilengineer.com /General/Engineering_Ethics (328 words)

	CSEP - Links (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Engineering Ethics Homepage, Division of Technology, Culture and Communication, University of Virginia.
		Applied Ethics in Professional Practice: Case of the Month Club, Interactive site where visitors can vote their response to a given ethical Case of the Month.
		Ethics Videos on the Web, compiled by Lawrence Hinman at the University of San Diego, and available as a component of his Ethics Updates site.
	www.iit.edu /departments/csep/links.html (677 words)

	American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
		Ethics is a cornerstone of civil engineering practice.
		The Order of the Engineer was initiated in the United States to foster a spirit of pride and responsibility in the engineering profession, to bridge the gap between training and experience, and to present to the public a visible symbol identifying the engineer.
		Participants take the Obligation of the Engineer and wear a steel ring as a reminder of their commitment to high ethics and professionalism.
	www.asce.org /professional/ethics (254 words)

	BBC - Religion & Ethics - Genetic Engineering (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Genetic engineering is a subject for debate througthout the world and especially for religious communities where faith experts apply ancient laws and principals to cutting edge science.
		Jewish experts have thought particularly hard about genetic engineering.
		Partly because their community has an obvious application for the technology since there's a particular genetic disease, Tay Sachs, that targets some types of Jewish people and partly because Jewish law, Halakha, has examined medical issues in great depth throughout history.
	www.bbc.co.uk /religion/ethics/issues/genetic_engineering/index.shtml (268 words)

	National Society of Professional Engineers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		In response, NSPE has established a Hurricane Katrina Relief Fund with a seed contribution of $50,000 to assist state societies and their members in the affected region and is looking into opportunities for engineers to volunteer their services.
		Engineers of all types needed in Iraq – Juno Beach, FL Sr Associate/Associate, Cost Segregation – Washington, DC Dir.
		C2Ed and NSPE are bringing all design professionals an important discussion on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' efforts to rebuild Iraq.
	www.nspe.org (497 words)

	PHIL/ENGR 482: Ethics and Engineering
		As soon as lecture notes are available for a given topic, the topic will be highlighted like this, at which time you will be able to reach them by clicking on the highlighted lecture topic.
		Although attendance is optional, we encourage you to attend this lecture in room 108 of the Harrington building, at 8:00 pm.
		Note: Due to an engineering ethics competition they are involved in, Dan Demetriou's and Chris Haugen's discussion sections will not meet this day.
	www-phil.tamu.edu /~gary/phil482/calendar.html (926 words)

	Engineering Ethics Resources
		The National Academy of Engineering held a workshop Emerging Technologies and Ethical Issues on October 14-15, 2003.
		The NAE also devoted the Fall 2002 issue of The Bridge to engineering ethics.
		Wulf, Norman R. Augustine, and others write about recognizing ethical issues, teaching engineering ethics, the relevance of ethics codes, changing professional standards, and engineering health care.
	www.nae.edu /NAE/naehome.nsf/weblinks/CGOZ-5STQGW?OpenDocument (99 words)

	PHIL 330 Engineering Ethics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The task of this course is to reflect on the ethical responsibilities of engineers, which can sometimes conflict with technical responsibilities.
		In this course, we will articulate an ethical framework for engineers by critically reflecting on engineering practice and examining the ethical challenges that confront engineers working within large organizations.
		We will consider issues such as the social responsibility of engineers, truth-telling and disclosure, whistle-blowing, professionalism, and risk-assessment.
	myweb.lmu.edu /jkasmith/phil330 (188 words)

	GoTo - Search Results: Science Engineering +Ethics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Papers on ethics, and scientific misconduct, with bibliography of related publications, and codes of professional conduct.
		ENGINEERING ETHICS ENGINEERING ETHICS This page on Engineering Ethics is maintained by Tim Healy who teaches Electrical Engineering and is associated with the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University.
		Engineering Ethics Engineering Ethics Engineering Ethics has come into question as a result of incidents such as the Challenger disaster, the collapse of the Kansas City Hyatt-Regency Hotel walkways, and the Exxon oil spill.
	www.personal.utulsa.edu /~carla-cangombe/Ethics.html (1327 words)

	Online Ethics Center: Roger Boisjoly and the Challenger Disaster (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Roger Boisjoly had over a quarter-century's experience in the aerospace industry in 1985 when he became involved in an improvement effort on the O-rings which connect segments of Morton Thiokol's Solid Rocket Booster, used to bring the Space Shuttle into orbit.
		Representation and Misrepresentation: Tufte and the Morton Thiokol Engineers on the
		The first publication was in the volume of conference papers for the 1987 Annual Meetings of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in fall 1987.
	onlineethics.org /moral/boisjoly/RB-intro.html (635 words)

	ChE Links by Cheresources, Inc.
		General guidelines adopted by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers for the professional conduct of its members.
		A collection of discussion cases presenting situations that raise ethical questions common in engineering practice and research.
		Suggestions of key elements that all codes of ethics in science and scholarship should include.
	www.cheresources.com /chelinks/Engineering_Ethics/index.shtml (284 words)

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