Engineering and society working towards social justice. Part I, Engineering and society /

• Main Author: Baillie, Caroline.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: San Rafael, Calif. (1537 Fourth Street, San Rafael, CA 94901 USA) : Morgan & Claypool Publishers, c2009.
• Series: Synthesis lectures on engineers, technology, & society (Online), # 8.
• Subjects: Engineering ethics.; Engineering > Social aspects.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess

Engineers work in an increasingly complex entanglement of ideas, people, cultures, technology, systems and environments. Today, decisions made by engineers often have serious implications for not only their clients but for society as a whole and the natural world. Such decisions may potentially infl...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• Initial thoughts
• Windows on society
• Windows, disciplinary perspectives, and the flow of time
• Reading (Baillie 1998)
• Creative thinking
• Questioning and listening
• Taking a position vs. stating an opinion
• Final thoughts
• 2. Engineering and society
• Engineering is not in a vacuum
• Science, technology, and engineering
• Science and technology shape society
• Society shapes science and technology
• The interactive view of the science, technology, and society
• Technological practices
• Final thoughts
• 3. Engineering and the public
• Introduction
• Understanding dialogue
• Needs assessment and local knowledge
• Citizen science
• Risk and uncertainty
• Policy and legal issues
• Guardians of knowledge
• The internet
• Science education/literacy
• Science and the media
• Science theatre
• Final thoughts
• 4. Globalisation, development, and technology
• Introduction
• The industrial revolution (1760-1830)
• Engineering and development in 19th century
• Engineering and development in 21st century
• Global views of globalisation
• Global economic issues
• Final thoughts
• Bibliography.