Papers by Elaine E Englehardt
2021 IEEE International Symposium on Ethics in Engineering, Science and Technology (ETHICS), 2021
International Journal of Applied Philosophy, 2010
Everyday Greed: Analysis and Appraisal, 2021
Examples of greed and environmental beneficence will be discussed in this chapter. The first exam... more Examples of greed and environmental beneficence will be discussed in this chapter. The first example involves the crash of Wallstreet in 2008. Subprime mortgages instruments, complex derivatives and overleveraging in investment banks were major provocateurs in bringing down the economy. Volkswagen’s deceptive practices in measuring diesel fuel efficiency follows. The final example of greed is Boeing and the shoddy decision-making processes on the Boeing 737 MAX that led to the catastrophic crashes resulting in 346 deaths. Good news examples comprise the second focus of this chapter. Some corporations have also demonstrated practices of good will, particularly toward the environment. We focus specifically on Interface Carpets, Unilever and 3M.
Contemporary Ethical Issues in Engineering
As an area of academic study, engineering ethics focuses primarily on practical ethical issues. A... more As an area of academic study, engineering ethics focuses primarily on practical ethical issues. A primary aim of the study of practical ethics is to help students make good ethical decisions in whatever practical endeavors they may undertake, including in their chosen careers. The authors argue that reflection on the sorts of ethical problems that arise in engineering practice should be the starting point, with ethical theory coming into view primarily in this context. This is in contrast to a more "top-down" approach that tries to "apply" theory to practice only after laying out a spectrum of philosophically grounded theories, each of which attempts to give us a comprehensive picture of ethics, as such.
Obstacles to Ethical Decision-Making
In this essay Werhane et al expand a topic she first explored in “Why do good people do bad thing... more In this essay Werhane et al expand a topic she first explored in “Why do good people do bad things” (2005). The suggestion here is that it may be easy to understand evil when it is done with deliberate intent, but it is harder to explain why good managers and companies with good reputations engage in questionable or aberrant behavior. Currently, for example, Volkswagen, a company that had an excellent reputation on the basis of fine engineering and managerial excellence, has pleaded guilty to an engineering scandal that involves lying and illegal reengineering of emissions software in their diesel cars. Were these – otherwise fine – engineers and their excellent managers simply blinded by company loyalty? Were they perhaps just following orders? Or were they genuinely interested in hoodwinking their customers and the public? Werhane mediates a discussion through such possibilities exploring the generally haphazard ways in which accidents of good judgement may arise.
Teaching Ethics, 2005
When Robert Novak revealed the name of Valerie Plame Wilson as a CIA agent, a chain of events was... more When Robert Novak revealed the name of Valerie Plame Wilson as a CIA agent, a chain of events was set in motion that few anticipated. Novak, a nationally syndicated columnist who writes for the Chicago Sun-Times and is co-host of CNN's "Crossfire" news program, stated in his column of July 14, 2003, that "Valerie Plame is an Agency operative on weapons of mass destruction." 1 What made this information important for Novak to reveal is that Valerie Plame is the wife of Joseph Wilson, former ambassador to Gabon and officer at the National Security Council over African affairs, who had been highly critical of the Bush administration's management of information related to the weapons of mass destruction in the lead up to the invasion of Iraq in 2003. Novak's article came just eight days after Mr. Wilson stated in a July 6, 2003, Op-Ed piece in the New York Times that "some of the intelligence related to Iraq's nuclear weapons program was twisted to exaggerate the Iraqi threat." 2 Six months prior, President Bush said in his State of the Union Address that "The British Government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of Uranium from Africa." When Novak was questioned regarding the source of this information, he responded that he had learned it from unnamed senior Bush administration officials. One of these sources was later alleged to be I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Chief of Staff to Vice-President Dick Cheney. Although these sources asked Novak not to use Plame's name (which he did), Novak claims that he was not told she was a covert operative, but a "CIA employee working on weapons of mass destruction." 3 Referring to his actions as "no great crime," Novak admitted that "they asked me not to use her name, but never indicated that it would endanger her or anybody else. According to a confidential source at the CIA, Mrs. Wilson
1. An Introduction to Interpersonal Communication Ethics. 2. Self and the Nature of Ethics in Int... more 1. An Introduction to Interpersonal Communication Ethics. 2. Self and the Nature of Ethics in Interpersonal Communication. 3. Importance of Friendship. 4. Development and Stability in Interpersonal Relationships. 5. Intimate Communication. 6. Morality and Marriage. 7. Ethics and Concepts of Family in Interpersonal Relationships. 8. Resources. 9. Bibliography.
International Journal of Applied Philosophy, 2017
We rely on doctors, accountants, engineers, and other professionals to be committed to the basic ... more We rely on doctors, accountants, engineers, and other professionals to be committed to the basic values of their professions and to exercise their expertise in competent, reliable ways, even when no one is watching them do their work. That is, we expect them to have professional integrity. Children obviously do not yet have professional integrity, even if someday they will become professionals. Nevertheless, the moral development of children who will become professionals plays an important role in the eventual emergence of their professional integrity. We will discuss both what this integrity involves and how the basic moral development of children contributes to its emergence in professional life.
International Journal of Applied Philosophy, 2013
Papers submitted for consideration are subject to blind review by other members of the Associatio... more Papers submitted for consideration are subject to blind review by other members of the Association who have relevant scholarly expertise and background. Reviewers are selected each year by the Executive Secretary based on the needs reflected in the areas and topics represented in the set of submitted papers. A certain number of reviewers are used for multiple years to ensure some continuity of standards in the review process. Anyone interested in being considered as a reviewer should contact the Executive Secretary before October 15.
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Papers by Elaine E Englehardt