This book looks to establish worldwide technical and ethical standards of engineering as an occupation. The author is the most senior thinker in this field and has spent much of his career developing this thesis.

Preface

Part I: Distinguishing Engineering from other Professions

1. Profession
2. Engineering—From Chicago to Shantou
3. Why Architects Are Not Engineers
4. Distinguishing Chemists from Engineers
5. Will Software Engineers ever be Engineers?
6. Engineering and Business Management: The Odd Couple

Part II: The Study of Engineering as a Profession

1. Methodological Problems in the Study of Engineering
2. Profession as a Lens for Studying Technology

Part III: Professional Responsibility of Engineers

1. “Ain’t No One Here But Us Social Forces”
2. Engineering Ethics, Individuals, and Organizations
3. “Social Responsibility” of Engineers
4. Macro-, Micro-, and Meso-Ethics
5. Doing the Minimum
6. Re-inventing the Wheel: “Global Engineering Ethics”
7. In Praise of Emotion in Engineering

Part IV: Engineering’s Globalism

1. The Whistle Not Blown: WV, Diesels, and Engineers
2. Three Nuclear Disasters and a Hurricane: Reflections
3. Ethical Issues in the Global Arms Industry
4. Temporal Limits on What Engineers Can Do

Epilogue

A Research Agenda