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3 Session II: Engineering, Ethics, and Society
3 Session II: Engineering, Ethics, and Society
Pages 11-18
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Discussants were Priscilla Nelson, provost and vice president for academic affairs, New Jersey Institute of Technology, and Donna Riley, professor, Picker Engineering Program, Smith College. 3.1 INTEGRATING MACRO-ETHICS AND MICRO-ETHICS Ron Kline, Cornell University, kicked off the session with a talk on the use of case studies to teach engineering ethics and suggestions for how general social concerns about technology (often called "macroethics")
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An integrated approach that includes macro-ethics would also have examined actions of and interactions between engineering professional societies, legislative and executive government agencies, and corporations and unions, including designated engineering rep resentatives nominated by manufacturers and trained by the Federal Aviation Administration.
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In 1828, English railway engineer and writer Thomas Tredgold said, "Engineering is the art of directing the great sources of power in nature for the use and convenience of man." Today, the emphasis has changed from "use and convenience" to "public safety, health, and welfare," but these are the definitions of non-engineers, he said. Humanitarian engineering involves critical reflection on public safety, health, and welfare, and so engineering and humanitarianism have parallel histories and parallel interests.
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On another level, accusations of malfeasance against one team resulted in the establishment of a committee by the American Society of Civil Engineers to address issues related to the process, funding, communication to the public, and conflicts of interest related to engineering reviews. As secretary of the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S)
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Shrum interjected that risk is central to the future of engineering, which means that the role of insurance and cultural perceptions "As educators I think we need must also be integrated into engi- to challenge students of engineering education. neering ethics at the level of The other discussant, Donna problem definition; we need to Riley of Smith College, addressed challenge them to think criti cally about engineering as well essential prerequisites for engineers as at the same time they think working toward social justice.
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General Services Administration, opened the discussion by restating that engineers have a responsibility for defining problems when environmental or human stakes are high and correcting the negative unintended consequences of past engineering mistakes. Aarne Vesilind, retired professor of civil engineering, Bucknell University, pointed out that "real life" requires engineers to extract significant information from obscure situations.
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Mitcham argued that, although he knew this idea was contentious, he thought everyone would agree that a good deal could be learned from the humanitarian tradition that would improve the engineering profession and engineering ethics.
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