• DocumentCode
    1877357
  • Title

    Business/Engineering Ethics

  • Author

    Adams, Daniel

  • Author_Institution
    Bechtel Nat. Inc., Frederick
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    1-2 June 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    4
  • Abstract
    Ethics, what are ethics and how should one use them in their work and lives? In this context how will ethics be used in relation to engineering and business? In the fields of engineering and business, individuals are guided in their decisions and actions by ethics. Ethics take many forms but amount to being honest and reasonable in your dealings with others and themselves. The case studies provided show how individuals and businesses make decisions when they use ethics and when they choose to let greed or other self-interest guide their decisions. If a business acts in an ethical manner then their employees will want to act in an ethical manner but if a business acts in a manner that makes the employees doubt management´s ethics, the employee will not feel compelled to act in an ethical manner. Ethics, when used properly by ethical people, are an asset to the people and businesses that take the effort to follow their guidance.
  • Keywords
    decision making; ethical aspects; business ethics; decision making; employees; engineering ethics; management; Decision making; Engineering profession; Ethics; Humans; Knowledge engineering; Meteorological radar; Personnel; Protection;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Technology and Society, 2007. ISTAS 2007. IEEE International Symposium on
  • Conference_Location
    Las Vegas, NV
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-0587-9
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-0587-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ISTAS.2007.4362201
  • Filename
    4362201