Next-Generation Ethics
Engineering a Better Society

Leaders from academia and industry offer guidance for professionals and general readers on ethical questions posed by modern technology.

Ali E. Abbas (Edited by)

9781108480413, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 7 November 2019

484 pages
23.5 x 14.6 x 2.6 cm, 0.9 kg

'… a broad and comprehensive learning and teaching book to use and discuss …' Mandi Astola, Prometheus

Many of the significant developments of our era have resulted from advances in technology, including the design of large-scale systems; advances in medicine, manufacturing, and artificial intelligence; the role of social media in influencing behaviour and toppling governments; and the surge of online transactions that are replacing human face-to-face interactions. These advances have given rise to new kinds of ethical concerns around the uses (and misuses) of technology. This collection of essays by prominent academics and technology leaders covers important ethical questions arising in modern industry, offering guidance on how to approach these dilemmas. Chapters discuss what we can learn from the ethical lapses of #MeToo, Volkswagen, and Cambridge Analytica, and highlight the common need across all applications for sound decision-making and understanding the implications for stakeholders. Technologists and general readers with no formal ethics training and specialists exploring technological applications to the field of ethics will benefit from this overview.

1. Next-generation ethics: an introduction Ali E. Abbas
2. Ethical distinctions for building your ethical code Ronald Howard
Part I. Technology: 3. Composite ethical frameworks for IoT and other emerging technologies Max Senges, Patrick S. Ryan and Richard S. Whitt
4. Ethics of immersive technologies Randall W. Hill, Jr
5. Internet, technology, and the future: an interview with Vint Cerf Vint G. Cerf and Ali E. Abbas
6. A Hippocratic Oath for technologists Ali E. Abbas, Max Senges and Ronald Howard
7. Data, privacy, and the greater good Eric Horvitz and Deirdre Mulligan
8. Guidelines for artificial intelligence containment James Babcock, Janos Kramar and Roman V. Yampolskiy
Part II. Business Enterprises: 9. Next-generation business ethics: the impact of artificial intelligence Kirk O. Hanson
10. Big data privacy, ethics, and enterprise continuous monitoring systems Daniel E. O'Leary
11. How management theories and culture fads kill organizational ethics Marianne M. Jennings
12. How next-generation teams and teaming may affect the ethics of working in teams Scott S. Wiltermuth and Alyssa J. Han
13. Transparency: the what, why, and how of organizational effectiveness and ethics James J. O'Toole
14. Global engagement by leaders is a moral imperative: building the next generation of ethical corporate cultures Marsha Ershaghi Hames
Part III. Engineering: 15. The whistle that was not blown: WV, diesels and engineers Michael Davis
16. Addressing corruption in our global engineering/construction industry William P. Henry
17. Ethics issues facing engineers in oil and gas operations Iraj Ershaghi
18. Engineering codes of ethics: legal protection and empowerment for engineers Jeffrey H. Matsuura
19. Engineering ethics when lives are on the line: when does bad engineering become bad ethics? Neil G. Siegel
20. Case studies of product life cycle environmental impacts for teaching engineering ethics Matthew J. Eckelman, John Basl, Christopher Bosso, Jacqueline Isaacs and Kathleen Eggleson
Part IV. Society: 21. Next generation ethical issues: engineering, business, medicine, and public policy James Ellis, Laura Mosqueda, Jack Knott and Yannis Yortsos
22. Techno innovations: the role of ethical standards, law and regulation and the public interest Frank V. Zerunyan
23. Evolutionary ethics: a potentially helpful framework in engineering a better society John N. Celona
24. Topics in next-generation medical ethics: the art in the art of medicine Josh H. Hyatt
25. Next-generation ethical development of medical devices: considering harms, benefits, fairness, and freedom Andrew O. Brightman, Jonathan Beever and Michael Hiles
26. Looking back to go forward: the ethics of journalism in a social media age Glenda N. Cooper
27. Social media ethics 2.0 Jeremy H. Lipschultz
28. AI people and society Eric Horvitz
29. Ethics in cyberspace: freedom, rights, and cybersecurity Richard A. Spinello
30. Next-generation religion and ethics Varun Soni.

Subject Areas: Computer science [UY], Ethical & social aspects of IT [UBJ], Engineering: general [TBC], Medical ethics & professional conduct [MBDC], Legal ethics & professional conduct [LATC], Business ethics & social responsibility [KJG]