Engineering Ethics: Crash Course Engineering #27

The video discusses the importance of engineering ethics, highlighting the Kansas City Hyatt Regency collapse as a case study. It explains the ASCE Code of Ethics and its principles, emphasizing safety and competence. The video explores ethical theories like utilitarianism, rights ethics, and duty ethics, applying them to real-world engineering failures such as the Citicorp building and the Challenger disaster. It stresses the need for engineers to balance ethical theories with practical situations to ensure public safety and welfare.

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