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Ethics in Engineering provides an introduction to the issues in engineering ethics. It places those issues within a philosophical framework, and it seeks to exhibit their social importance and intellectual challenge. The goal is to stimulate reasoning and to provide the conceptual tools necessary for responsible decision making. The book clarifies key concepts, sketching alternative views, and providing relevant case study material. It offers updated, reorganized and developed chapters with the most recent data and research findings. It discusses confucian role ethics, duty ethics, philosophy of technology and life cycle-assessment among others. Salient Features: Expanded discussions on corporate social responsibility, research ethics, environmental ethics, and design ethics among others. Global and international dimension has been added to this edition. Most recent studies on artificial intelligence and robotics. Comprehensive review of the existing approaches to engineering ethics in the global context.