Safety and the Environment

This section provides a focus on materials that examine professional responsibilities for the safety of the public as well as of workers. It also broadens this topic to examine the role of engineers in ensuring the health and safety of the environment, with material on the field of sustainable development.

Materials range from essays and cases to codes of ethics and student investigations of problem situations.

  • Cases

    (Resource Collection)

    Cases, scenarios and role plays, some with commentary, focusing on problems relating to the environment and safety. These cases are housed in our Case Database but are listed here for simplified topical searching.

  • Essays & Articles

    (Resource Collection)

    Essays, articles, and student projects concerning ethics relating to safety and environmental issues.

  • Other Resources

    (Resource Collection)

    A variety of other resources related to safety and environmental ethics.

Cite this page: "Safety and the Environment" Online Ethics Center for Engineering 7/28/2009 National Academy of Engineering Accessed: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 <www.onlineethics.org/Topics/Enviro.aspx>