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Engineering Ethics: Balancing Cost, Schedule, and Risk - Lessons Learned from the Space Shuttle - Softcover

B. Pinkus, Rosa Lynn

 
9780521437509: Engineering Ethics: Balancing Cost, Schedule, and Risk - Lessons Learned from the Space Shuttle
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0521437504 ISBN 13: 9780521437509
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2008

Synopsis

Using the space shuttle programme as the framework, this book examines ethical decision making in engineering.

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Review

' ... the book scores highly'. Keith Moore, Professional Engineering

' ... wealth of historical and technical information ... As a detailed study of ethical issues arising in the space shuttle program, Engineering Ethics is quite successful. The methodology it offers is quite helpful in organizing and analyzing those ethical issues ... Engineering Ethics is a good read and a welcome contribution to the growing literature of engineering ethics.' Technology and Culture

Book Description

Using the space shuttle programme as the framework, this book examines the role of ethical decision making in the practice of engineering. The design and development of the main engines of the space shuttle are considered as a paradigm for how individual engineers perceive, articulate and resolve ethical dilemmas in a large, complex organisation.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
2008
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0521437504
ISBN 13 
9780521437509
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
400