Borrowing from Environmental Ethics

The interests of a being lie in whatever contributes to its coherent effective functioning as an on-going life-process. That which tends to 

Some living systems other than individual organisms are living entities 

A shift to a morally deep world-view in engineering would have a profound impact on the sense of ethical responsibility that the engineering profession would embrace. The next section will provide several examples of application of a morally 

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As corrupt business and construction practices are the norm in some environments, students must learn not only that there are differences in what is considered acceptable practice they must also learn how to intellectually critique dubious ethical norms. We expect that exploration for and demonstration of universal and/or ubiquitous moral values will be an important component in international ethics education. One of the examples is the concept of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) (Baker 2004). CSR focuses on accountability of organizations to a broad group of stakeholders including employees, customers, suppliers, community organizations, subsidiaries and affiliates, joint venture partners, investors and shareholders. CSR policies are based on social justice principles, human rights, and environmental standards. CSR can make our science, engineering and management students better understand that we do not inherit the earth from our ancestors we borrow it from our children - a Native American proverb. Balanced evaluations are necessary. 

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