Ethical considerations in engineering design processes
Ethical considerations in engineering design processes
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工程设计过程中的道德考虑
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发表时间：
2001
影响因子：
2.2
通讯作者：
I. Poel
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作者：
A. V. Gorp;I. Poel
工程伦理学涉及到广泛的伦理问题。在这篇文章中，我们专注于与工程设计有关的工程伦理学的特定领域。我们认为，工程设计构成了一个有趣的起点，在工程伦理问题，无论是教育和研究的目的。迄今为止，对工程设计中的伦理问题以及工程师如何处理这些问题的系统研究还不多。从工程伦理学的角度来看，工程设计也是一个有趣的研究课题，因为设计是工程师参与的主要活动之一。此外，技术具有社会和伦理影响，主要是因为所生产的产品类型是设计过程的最终结果。我们专注于设计过程中的两个道德方面：制定设计要求和标准，并接受不同的设计标准之间的权衡。当称设计过程的某个方面为“道德”时，我们使用了以下标准：设计过程的这一方面与设计师以外的人有关，或者可能带来负面后果;或多或少普遍接受的价值观或规范处于危险之中;参与设计的不同工程师的规范和价值观相互冲突。
Engineering ethics involves a broad range of (ethical) issues. In this article, we focus on the specific area of engineering ethics pertaining to engineering design. We believe that engineering design constitutes an interesting starting point for ethical issues in engineering, both for educational and research purposes. So far, there has not been much systematic research on ethical aspects in engineering design and on how engineers deal with such aspects. Engineering design is also an interesting topic to research from the point of view of engineering ethics because design is one of the main activities in which engineers are involved. Moreover, technology has social and ethical implications, mainly because of the kinds of products produced, which are the eventual outcomes of design processes. We focus on two ethical aspects of design processes: the formulation of design requirements and criteria, and the acceptance of tradeoffs between different design criteria. When calling an aspect of the design process "ethical", we have used the following criteria: the aspect of the design process is connected to, or brings about possible negative consequences, for people other than the designers involved; more or less generally accepted values or norms are at stake; and the norms and values of the different engineers involved in the design clash with each other.