Engineering ethics education has evolved into a fundamental component of modern engineering curricula, bridging the gap between technical expertise and moral responsibility. This discipline seeks to ...

Any engineering artifact—a bridge, software or something seemingly as simple as an electrical switch—can unintentionally cause harm. So engineering students need to think about the ethical aspects of ...

NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of ...

FIGURE 1: Business decisions are made for a variety of reasons, including the cost of construction, energy costs, operating costs, owner preferences, past experiences, and industry trends, just to ...

According to its mission statement, the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) is an organization that “serves the public through the promotion and advancement of engineering ...

The precept session was just getting underway when Jay Benziger started raising questions. “Should engineers always make a product failure-proof?” (“Impossible,” one student said.) “Is an engineer who ...

Why is there so much disagreement on ethical judgments, if we have these well-established ethical principles? How, for example, can Wayne and Deborah come to such different conclusions about reporting ...

Ethical engineering may only receive lip service from some companies, but it's a guiding principle for Laser Photonics Corp (NASDAQ: LASE) (LPC). Sustainability and environmental and societal impacts ...

I joined Arm because of its amazing people and world-class technology. But while I’m constantly excited by the possibilities of what we can achieve, as Arm’s General Counsel I must also consider the ...

The existence of ethical conflict, so obvious and so painful in our experience, has led some to question whether there is any common basis at all for ethical judgment. In this view, commonly called ...