Engineering ethics : an industrial perspective / Gail D. Baura.

Author/creator Baura, Gail D.
Format Book
Publication InfoBoston : Elsevier Academic Press, ©2006.
Descriptionxix, 220 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentPublisher description
Subjects

Contents A personal engineering ethics threshold -- Options for action when an engineering ethics threshold is reached -- 1978: Ford Pinto recall -- 1981: Kansas City Hyatt Regency skywalk collapse -- 1986: Challenger space shuttle explosion -- 1989: Exxon Valdez oil spill -- 1989: San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge earthquake collapse -- 1994: Bjork-Shiley heart valve defect -- 1999: Y2K software conversion -- 2002: Bell Laboratories scientific fraud -- 2002: Ford Explorer rollover -- 2003: Columbia space shuttle explosion -- 2003: Guidant Ancure Endograft System -- 2003: Northeast blackout -- 2004: Indian Ocean tsunami -- Anonymous industrial engineering ethics cases.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2006296555
ISBN012088531X
ISBN9780120885312

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