Technology and Ethics: A European Quest for Responsible Engineering Book

Technology and Ethics. A European Quest for Responsible Engineering, edited by B. Heriard Dubreuil and his team (University Lille) is in many regards an innovative publication. contribution to the field of engineering ethics and the result of an intensive cooperation between ethicists and engineers from all the member countries of the European Union. The basic structure of the book is both the distinction and interaction between three levels of analysis: personal responsibility of engineers, the institutional level (business organisations) and the impact of technology on society and culture. personal level, the book deals with problems such as the role of professional codes and the fact that engineers must cope with flexibility, shorter lines of decision and erosion of the boundaries between private and professional life. of decision making in the context of business organizations, such as quality management, technology assessment procedures, business ethics committees etc... Together with the influences from other social, economic and political actors, the decisions of engineers change the world in a way which is of moral significance (Peeters 2001)