Annotated Bibliography: Engineering Ethics Name: University: Instructor: Date: Geistauts G., Baker E & Eschenbach T. (2008). Engineering ethics: A system dynamics approach. Engineering Management Journal, 20(3): 21-28 Engineering projects are executed within complex social economic, legal, cultural and technological systems. The implication is that engineers are expected to find solutions not only for technical design problems but also to meet the expectations and norms which may otherwise be inconsistent with each other. In this study, the authors note that inconsistency in these expectations and norms may prompt engineers to engage in illegal or unethical behaviour. Both at a professional and individual level, values sets are constantly evolving as responses to short-term and long-term environmental forces. In line with this argument, the authors suggest that at any given level, engineering ethics “...can usefully be understood and modelled as systems phenomena.” (p. 21). Integrity is seen as one of the major ethical considerations in engineering profession and encompasses issues such as competence, use of the appropriate means to attract potential customers, fair competition, and proper resolution of conflicts, and avoiding to engage oneself in immoral or inappropriate application of one’s skills. In presenting a model of factors that shapes engineering ethics at the professional level, the authors advance the assumption that exceptionally high ...