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Ethics, Politics, and Whistleblowing in Engineering http://taylorandfrancis.com Ethics, Politics, and Whistleblowing in Engineering Edited by Nicholas Sakellariou Rania Milleron CRC Press Taylor & Francis Group 6000 Broken Sound Parkway NW, Suite 300 Boca Raton, FL 33487-2742 © 2019 by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC CRC Press is an imprint of Taylor & Francis Group, an Informa business No claim to original U.S. Government works Printed on acid-free paper International Standard Book Number-13: 978-1-138-56265-3 (Paperback) International Standard Book Number-13: 978-0-815-37434-3 (Hardback) This book contains information obtained from authentic and highly regarded sources. Reasonable efforts have been made to publish reliable data and information, but the author and publisher cannot assume responsibility for the validity of all materi- als or the consequences of their use. 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Classification: LCC TA157 .S275 2018 | DDC 174/.962--dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018019730 Visit the Taylor & Francis Web site at http://www.taylorandfrancis.com and the CRC Press Web site at http://www.crcpress.com To the Ethical Engineers http://taylorandfrancis.com Contents Foreword ...........................................................................................................................................xi Preface..............................................................................................................................................xv Acknowledgments ..........................................................................................................................xvii Editors .............................................................................................................................................xix Contributors ....................................................................................................................................xxi Introduction ..................................................................................................................................xxiii Part I Engineering Leadership Chapter 1 Fred Lang .....................................................................................................................7 Ralph Nader Chapter 2 Peter Paltchinsky: The Hauntology of an Anthropological Perspective to Engineering ..............................................................................................................9 Nicholas Sakellariou Chapter 3 Heroes or Sibyls?: Gender and Engineering Ethics ...................................................13 Alison Adam Chapter 4 Engineer on a Mission: A Jesuit Priest EE Finds a New Calling in Africa ...............23 Susan Karlin Chapter 5 Engineering Selves: Hiring in to a Contested Field of Education ..............................25 Gary Lee Downey and Juan C. Lucena Chapter 6 Race, Sex, and Nerds: From Black Geeks to Asian American Hipsters ....................45 Ron Eglash Chapter 7 Can Real Women Be Imaginary Engineers? ..............................................................55 Rania Milleron Chapter 8 Discipline and Play: The Art of Engineering .............................................................57 David P. Billington vii viii Contents Part II Daily Practice Chapter 9 The Engineer as a Local, Not Global, Citizen ...........................................................73 Jonathan D. J. VanderSteen, and Usman Mushtaq Chapter 10 Thinking Like an Engineer ........................................................................................79 Michael Davis Chapter 11 Disasters as Object Lessons in Ethics: Hurricane Katrina ........................................83 Heinz C. Luegenbiehl Chapter 12 Standards in Engineering Society ..............................................................................91 Albert L. Batik Chapter 13 The Case for Reforming Our Standards-Setting System ...........................................97 Ralph Nader and Peter Maier Chapter 14 Nuclear Power: More Than a Technological Issue ...................................................105 Ralph Nader Chapter 15 William Stieglitz ......................................................................................................115 Ralph Nader, Peter Petkas, and Kate Blackwell Chapter 16 Whistle-Blowing: Not Always a Losing Game ........................................................121 Karen Fitzgerald Chapter 17 Knowing How to Blow the Whistle .........................................................................129 Tekla S. Perry Chapter 18 The Whistle-Blower’s Dilemma ...............................................................................143 Jean Kumagai Part III raising the Bar Chapter 19 Dead Poets and Engineers ........................................................................................151 Domenico Grasso Chapter 20 Engineering Professionalism and the Imperative of Sustainable Development .......155 Mark Manion Contents ix Chapter 21 The Problem of Knowledge in Incorporating Humanitarian Ethics in Engineering Education: Barriers and Opportunities ...........................................167 Jon A. Leydens and Juan C. Lucena Chapter 22 The New Engineer: Between Employability and Social Responsibility ..................177 Edward Conlon Appendix I: Editors’ Note ...........................................................................................................187 Appendix II: Codes of Engineering Ethics ................................................................................189 Appendix III: Suggestions for Further Reading .......................................................................227 Appendix IV: List of Relevant Television Series and Documentaries for Engineers ............231 Appendix V: Links to Informative Websites for Practicing Engineers and Engineering Students ...........................................................................................................243 Appendix VI: Philosophical Poem Blueprints for Babel ..........................................................249 Index ..............................................................................................................................................251
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