Title :
Perils of Using Hurricane Katrina to Teach Engineering Ethics
Author_Institution :
Illinois Inst. of Technol., Chicago
Abstract :
Katrina is a case the complexity of which makes it hard to use. It is also a case unlikely to repay the trouble of using it. According to IPET´s current understanding of what happened, probably the final word, the engineering decision-making was probably too diffuse to make an interesting ethics case.
Keywords :
disasters; ethical aspects; storms; teaching; decision-making; engineering ethics; hurricane Katrina; teaching; Cities and towns; Design engineering; Disaster management; Education; Ethics; Hurricanes; North America; Storms; Time measurement; Tropical cyclones;
Journal_Title :
Technology and Society Magazine, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MTS.2007.911074
