Part I. Theoretical and Practical Background: 1. Low-bid ethics:
Decision-making about cost, safety and deadlines; 2. Engineering ethics
framework; 3. Engineering ethics: The common ground between individual whim
and legality; 4. Satisficing, organizational theory and other theoretical
contributions to engineering ethics; 5. The decision to build the space
shuttle: Pay me now or pay me later; 6. The space shuttle main engine: An
overview; 7. All-up testing versus component testing: Normative practice or
flawed judgment?; Part II. The Cases: 8. A. O. Tischler: An 'ethical'
engineer (alternatives to whistle-blowing); 9. Cost versus schedule versus
risk: The band-aid fix: $3.5 million overrun in test stand construction;
10. Back to the drawing board or normal errors: Senate investigations of
the SSME development problems; 11. A judgment call or negligence: Maiden
voyage of the Challenger delayed six months; 12. Against the odds: Ethical
decisions and organizational goals; 13. Engineering ethics and risk
assessment; Part III. Postscript: 14. The Challenger accident: Engineering
design and performance decisions.
