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Whistleblowing in Engineering
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Ethics, Politics, and
Whistleblowing in Engineering
Edited by
Nicholas Sakellariou
Rania Milleron
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Names: Sakellariou, Nicholas, author. | Milleron, Rania, author.
Title: Ethics, politics, and whistleblowing in engineering / Nicholas
Sakellariou and Rania Milleron.
Description: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, 2018. | Includes bibliographical
references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2018019730| ISBN 9781138562653 (pbk. : alk. paper) | ISBN
9781351242417 (e-book)
Subjects: LCSH: Engineering ethics. | Whistle blowing.
Classification: LCC TA157 .S275 2018 | DDC 174/.962--dc23
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To the Ethical Engineers
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Contents
Foreword ...........................................................................................................................................xi
Preface..............................................................................................................................................xv
Acknowledgments ..........................................................................................................................xvii
Editors .............................................................................................................................................xix
Contributors ....................................................................................................................................xxi
Introduction ..................................................................................................................................xxiii
Part I Engineering Leadership
Chapter 1 Fred Lang .....................................................................................................................7
Ralph Nader
Chapter 2 Peter Paltchinsky: The Hauntology of an Anthropological Perspective
to Engineering ..............................................................................................................9
Nicholas Sakellariou
Chapter 3 Heroes or Sibyls?: Gender and Engineering Ethics ...................................................13
Alison Adam
Chapter 4 Engineer on a Mission: A Jesuit Priest EE Finds a New Calling in Africa ...............23
Susan Karlin
Chapter 5 Engineering Selves: Hiring in to a Contested Field of Education ..............................25
Gary Lee Downey and Juan C. Lucena
Chapter 6 Race, Sex, and Nerds: From Black Geeks to Asian American Hipsters ....................45
Ron Eglash
Chapter 7 Can Real Women Be Imaginary Engineers? ..............................................................55
Rania Milleron
Chapter 8 Discipline and Play: The Art of Engineering .............................................................57
David P. Billington
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Part II Daily Practice
Chapter 9 The Engineer as a Local, Not Global, Citizen ...........................................................73
Jonathan D. J. VanderSteen, and Usman Mushtaq
Chapter 10 Thinking Like an Engineer ........................................................................................79
Michael Davis
Chapter 11 Disasters as Object Lessons in Ethics: Hurricane Katrina ........................................83
Heinz C. Luegenbiehl
Chapter 12 Standards in Engineering Society ..............................................................................91
Albert L. Batik
Chapter 13 The Case for Reforming Our Standards-Setting System ...........................................97
Ralph Nader and Peter Maier
Chapter 14 Nuclear Power: More Than a Technological Issue ...................................................105
Ralph Nader
Chapter 15 William Stieglitz ......................................................................................................115
Ralph Nader, Peter Petkas, and Kate Blackwell
Chapter 16 Whistle-Blowing: Not Always a Losing Game ........................................................121
Karen Fitzgerald
Chapter 17 Knowing How to Blow the Whistle .........................................................................129
Tekla S. Perry
Chapter 18 The Whistle-Blower’s Dilemma ...............................................................................143
Jean Kumagai
Part III raising the Bar
Chapter 19 Dead Poets and Engineers ........................................................................................151
Domenico Grasso
Chapter 20 Engineering Professionalism and the Imperative of Sustainable Development .......155
Mark Manion
Contents ix
Chapter 21 The Problem of Knowledge in Incorporating Humanitarian Ethics
in Engineering Education: Barriers and Opportunities ...........................................167
Jon A. Leydens and Juan C. Lucena
Chapter 22 The New Engineer: Between Employability and Social Responsibility ..................177
Edward Conlon
Appendix I: Editors’ Note ...........................................................................................................187
Appendix II: Codes of Engineering Ethics ................................................................................189
Appendix III: Suggestions for Further Reading .......................................................................227
Appendix IV: List of Relevant Television Series and Documentaries for Engineers ............231
Appendix V: Links to Informative Websites for Practicing Engineers
and Engineering Students ...........................................................................................................243
Appendix VI: Philosophical Poem Blueprints for Babel ..........................................................249
Index ..............................................................................................................................................251
