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 ...

If you are inspired by the promise of science and technology, and aware of the inherent risks, there is a place for you here. We focus on the contemporary philosophical issues of engineering and ...

The first session of the workshop examined the goals and objectives for instruction in two areas of ethics education: responsible conduct of research and social responsibility. The first speaker, ...

In a world increasingly shaped by technology, engineers have a moral obligation to consider the consequences of their choices. In 1985, I sold six in-circuit emulators to the government of Iraq. Today ...

After 16 days in space, the crew of the Space Shuttle Columbia was due to return to Earth. Residents of Texas watched as the shuttle glowed brightly in the clear blue Texas sky. Slowly, a realization ...

As engineers, our creations have an immeasurable effect on the world, often one that continues to evolve after us in unimaginable ways. From bridges that tragically collapse to robots that are used as ...

Engineering has evolved beyond the equations, laboratory inventions, and drawings. Engineers now have a significant impact on public safety, data privacy, infrastructure reliability, environmental ...

An interdisciplinary pair of RIT students is headed to Bethesda, Md., to participate in the 2023 Lockheed Martin Ethics in Engineering Case Competition. Emma Nastro, a third-year museum studies ...

I met Harry Bovay in 1988, shortly after I arrived at Cornell’s College of Engineering as an assistant professor in the history of technology. The dean of the College, Bill Streett, asked me when I ...

Humans are not inherently born with ethics. Instead, these moral principles are instilled through our environment. A part of that environment is education and the values taught through schooling. Here ...

The author of this commentary is general counsel of the Society of Broadcast Engineers. I am moved to write about a matter now before the Media Bureau at the FCC. The subject is the ethical ...