Reading List

ECE 481 Professional Aspects of Electrical and Computer Engineering


  1. Martin M.W., Schinzinger R., Ethics in Engineering, 4th Ed., McGraw-Hill, NY, 2005.
  2. C. Harris, M. Pritchard, and M. Rabins, Engineering Ethics: Concepts and Cases, Wadsworth Pub., 2nd ed., 1999.
  3. S.H. Unger, Controlling Technology: Ethics and the Responsible Engineer, Sec. Ed., Wiley, NY, 1994.
  4. D.G. Johnson, Ethical Issues in Engineering, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1991.
  5. T. Forester and P. Morrison, Computer Ethics: Cautionary Tales and Ethical Dilemmas in Computing, MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 1992.
  6. K.L. Bowyer, ed., Ethics and Computing: Living Responsibly in a Computerized World, Second Edition, IEEE Press (and Wiley), Piscataway, NJ, 2001.
  7. M.J. Quinn, Ethics for the Information Age, Pearson Pub, NY 2004.
  8. P. A. Vesilind and A.S. Gunn, Engineering, Ethics, and the Environment, Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge, England, 1998.
  9. V. Weil, Beyond Whistleblowing: Defining Engineer's Responsibilities, Proc. of the Second National Conf. on Ethics in Engineering (1982), Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions (Illinois Inst. of Tech., Chicago, IL 60614), 1983.
  10. J.D. Kemper, Engineers and Their Profession, Fourth Ed., Saunder College Publishing, NY, 1990.
  11. R. Cameron, A.J. Millard, Technology Assessment: A Historical Approach, Modular Series in Applied Ethics, Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions, Illinois Inst. of Tech., Chicago, IL, Kendall-Hunt Pub. Co., Iowa, 1985.
  12. J.C. Patterson, D. Farrell, Whistleblowing: Ethical and Legal Issues in Expressing Dissent, Modular Series in Applied Ethics, Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions, Illinois Inst. of Tech., Chicago, IL, Kendall-Hunt Pub. Co., Iowa, 1986.
  13. P. Wells, H. Jones, M. Davis, Conflicts of Interest in Engineering, Modular Series in Applied Ethics, Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions, Illinois Inst. of Tech., Chicago, IL, Kendall-Hunt Pub. Co., Iowa, 1986.
  14. J.D. Ryder, D.G. Fink, Engineers and Electrons: A Century of Electrical Progress, IEEE Press, NY, 1984.
  15. H. Freitag, ed., Electrical Engineering: The Second Century Begins, IEEE Press, NY, 1984.
  16. F. Nebeker, Sparks of Genius: Portraits of Electrical Engineering Excellence, IEEE Press, NJ, 1994.
  17. T.S. Reynolds, The Engineer in America, Univ. of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1991
  18. L.A. Hickman, Technology as a Human Affair, McGraw-Hill, NY, 1990
  19. K.W. Blinn, Legal and Ethical Concepts in Engineering, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1989.
  20. D. Christiansen, ed., Engineering Excellence: Cultural and Organizational Factors, IEEE Press, NY, 1987.
  21. S.C. Florman, The Existential Pleasures of Engineering, St. Martin's Press, NY, 1976.
  22. S.C. Florman, The Civilized Engineer, St. Martin's Press, NY, 1987.
  23. Professional Practices for Engineers, Scientists, and Their Employers, Inst. of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, United States Activities, 1828 L Street, NW, Suite 1202, Washington D.C., 20036-5104.