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For most professions, a code of ethics exists to promote positive behavior among practitioners in order to enrich others within the field as well as the communities they serve. Similar to the medical, law, and business fields, the engineering discipline also instills a code of ethical conduct. Contemporary Ethical Issues in Engineering highlights a modern approach to the topic of engineering ethics and the current moral dilemmas facing practitioners in the field. Focusing on key issues, theoretical foundations, and the best methods for promoting engineering ethics from the pre-practitioner to the managerial level, this timely publication is ideally designed for use by engineering students, active professionals, and academics, as well as researchers in all disciplines of engineering.

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Satya Sundar Sethy is Assistant Professor of Philosophy in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Madras of India. Prior to joining this institution, he was working in the Staff Training and Research Institute of Distance Education (STRIDE) of Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), Maidangarhi, New Delhi, for about three-and-a-half years. His research interests include Analytical Philosophy, Philosophy of Language, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Higher Education, Professional Ethics (Engineering & Higher Education), Indian Philosophy and Logic (Nyaya & Aristotelean). He has published papers in various international and national journals. Besides this, he has credited 2 books and more than 10 chapters in edited books.

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