Introduction to Engineering Ethics provides the background for discussion of the basic issues in engineering
ethics. Emphasis is given to the moral problems engineers face in the corporate setting. It places those issues
within a philosophical framework, and it seems to exhibit both their social importance and their intellectual challenge.
The primary goal is to stimulate critical and responsible reflection on moral issues surrounding engineering practice
and to provide the conceptual tools necessary for pursuing those issues.
As per new ABET 2000 guidelines, more and more introductory engineering courses cover engineering ethics as part
of their instruction. Students preparing to function within the engineering profession need to be introduced to
the basic issues in engineering ethics. This book places those issues within a wider philosophical framework than
has been customary in the past and aims to stimulate critical and responsible reflection on the moral issues surrounding
engineering practice and to provide the conceptual tools necessary for pursuing those issues.