GeoEthics References

Books that could be used as textbooks in a GeoEthics course

• Andrews, G.C., 2014, Canadian professional engineering and geoscience -- Practice and ethics [5th edition]: Toronto, Canada, Nelson Education, 472 p.
• D'Angelo, J., 2012, Ethics in science -- ethical misconduct in scientific research: Boca Raton, Florida, CRC Press, 112 p.
• Gauch, H.G., Jr., 2012, Scientific method in brief: Cambridge University Press, 288 p.
• Harris, C.E., Pritchard, M.S., Rabins, M.J., James, R., and Englehardt, E., 2014, Engineering ethics -- concepts and cases [5th edition]: Boston, Wadsworth, 313 p.
• Macrina, F.L., 2014, Scientific integrity -- Text and cases in responsible conduct of research [4th edition]: ASM Press, 530 p.
• Martin, M.W., and Schinzinger, R., 2005, Ethics in Engineering [4th edition]: New York, McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math, 339 p.
• National Academies, 2009, On being a scientist -- A guide to responsible conduct in research [3rd edition]: Washington, D.C., National Academies Press, 63 p.
• Seebauer, E.G., and Barry, R.L., 2001, Fundamentals of ethics for scientists and engineers: Oxford University Press, 269 p.
• Shafer-Landau, R., 2012, The fundamentals of ethics [2nd edition]: Oxford University Press, 379 p.
• Shafer-Landau, R., 2015, The ethical life -- fundamental readings in ethics and moral problems [3nd edition]: Oxford University Press, 489 p.
• Shuirman, G., and Slosson, J.E., 1992, Forensic engineering, environmental case histories for civil engineers and geologists: San Diego, California, Academic Press, 296 p., ISBN 0-12-640740-1.
• Weston, A., 2013, A 21st century ethical toolbox [3rd edition]: Oxford University Press, 545 p.

Volumes containing papers or essays about GeoEthics

• Hoose, S., 1993, Symposium on ethical considerations in the environmental practice of engineering geology and hydrogeology: Association of Engineering Geologists, 36th Annual Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, 107 p.
• Lollino, G., Arattano, M., Giardino, M., Oliveira, R., and Peppoloni, S., editors, 2014, Education, professional ethics and public recognition of engineering geology: Springer, Proceeding of the XII International IAEG Congress, Torino, Engineering Geology for Society and Territory, volume 7, 274 p.
• Peppoloni, S. and Di Capua, G., 2015, Geoethics -- The role and responsibility of geoscientists: Lyell Collection, Geological Society of London, Special Publication 419, in press.
• Wyss, M., and Peppoloni, S., 2015, Geoethics -- Ethical challenges and case studies in Earth sciences: Amsterdam, Elsevier, 425 p.

Other references

• Ahearn, J.F., 2011, Honesty: American Scientist, March-April, http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/pub/2011/2/honesty
• Ariely, D., 2012, The (honest) truth about dishonesty -- How we lie to everyone, especially ourselves: New York, Harper Perennial, 312 p., ISBN 978-0-06-218361-3.
• ASBOG, 2015, Task analysis survey 2015 -- A study of the practice of geology in the Unites States and Canada: National Association of State Boards of Geology, http://www.asbog.org
• Ashmore, R.B., and Starr, W.C., [editors], 1991, Ethics across the curriculum -- the Marquette experience: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Marquette University Press, 259 p., ISBN 0-87462-998-5.
• Barger, R.N., 2008, Computer ethics -- a case-based approach: Cambridge University Press, 245 p.
• Benjamin, M., 1990, Splitting the difference -- compromise and integrity in ethics and politics: Lawrence, University Press of Kansas, 208 p.
• Bird, S.J., 2014, Professional Ethics Report, Spring 2014, v. 27, no. 2, , http://www.aaas.org/news/social-responsibility-and-research-ethics-not-eitheror-both
• Bohle M., 2015, Geoethics -- From "Blind Spot" to "Common Good": International Association for Promoting Geoethics, http://iapgeoethics.blogspot.it/2015/06/geoethics-from-blind-spot-to-common-good.html
• Boyle, Gregory, 2010, Tattoos on the heart -- The power of boundless compassion: New York, Free Press, 217 p., ISBN 9781439153154.
• Bronowski, Jacob, 1965, Science and human values: New York, Perennial Library, 119 p., 0-06-097281-5.
• Brooks, D., 2015, The road to character: New York, Random House, 301 p.
• Brown, P.G., and Schmidt, J.J., [editors], 2010, Water ethics -- Foundational readings for students and professionals [2nd edition]: Washington, D.C., Island Press, 320 p., ISBN-10 1597265659
• Carson, R., 1962, Silent Spring: Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 368 p.
• Carter, S.L., 1996, Integrity: New York, Harper Perennial, 277 p.
• Cronin, V.S., 1991, Engineering geology must be dominated by a public-safety-based ethic: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 23, no. 5, p. A41.
• Cronin, V.S., 1992, On the seismic activity of the Malibu Coast Fault Zone, and other ethical problems in engineering geoscience: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 24, no. 7, p. A284.
• Cronin, V.S., 1993, A perspective on professional ethics in engineering geosciences, in Hoose, S., [editor], Proceedings of Symposium on Ethical Considerations in the Environmental Practice of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology: Association of Engineering Geologists National Meeting, p. 21-28.
• Cronin, V.S., 1997, The whistle-blower's dilemma: Geological Society of America, Presidential Conference on Ethics in the Geosciences, poster presentation.
• Cronin, V.S., 2003, An Augmentation of ETHICS: What Is It by Fred L. Fox: The Professional Geologist, November 2003, p. 28-31.
• Cronin, V.S., Slosson, J.E., and Slosson, T.L., 1991, Method of multiple working hypotheses: A chimera or a necessity for ethical practice in engineering geosciences: Proceedings, Association of Engineering Geologists National Meeting, p. 137-143.
• Cronin, V.S., and Sverdrup, K.A., 1998, Preliminary assessment of the seismicity of the Malibu Coast Fault Zone, southern California, and related issues of philosophy and practice, in Welby, C.W., and Gowan, M.E. [editors], A Paradox of Power--Voices of Warning and Reason in the Geosciences: Geological Society of America, Reviews in Engineering Geology, p. 123-155.
• Cronin, V.S., and Sverdrup, K.A., 2000, Core courses and beyond -- Thoughts on academic training of engineering geologists: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 32, no. 7, p. A518.
• de Waal, Frans, 2009, The age of empathy -- Nature's lessons for a kinder society: New York, Three Rivers Press, 291 p., ISBN 978-0-307-40777-1.
• Di Capua G. and Peppoloni S., 2014, Geoethical aspects in the natural hazards management, in Lollino, G., Arattano, M., Giardino, M., Oliveira, R., Peppoloni, S., [editors], Education, professional ethics and public recognition of engineering geology: Springer, Proceeding of the XII International IAEG Congress, Torino, Engineering Geology for Society and Territory, volume 7, 274 p.
• Einstein, A., 1950, The laws of science and the laws of ethics, in Estate of Albert Einstein, 1956, Albert Einstein, out of my later years: Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, Wings Books (1993 edition), p. 114-115.
• Fernandez-Armesto, F., 1997, Truth, a history and a guide for the perplexed: New York, Thomas Dunne Books, 257 pp.
• Fisher, C.B., 2003, Developing a code of ethics for academics -- commentary on 'ethics for all: differences across scientific society codes': Science and Engineering Ethics, v. 9, p. 171-179.
• Florman, Samuel C., 1987, The civilized engineer: New York, St. Martin's Press, 258 p., ISBN 0-312-02559-9.
• Fox, F.L., 2003, Ethics - what is it? The Professional Geologist, v. 40, no. 6, p. 18-19.
• Geological Society of London, 2014, Geology for society: http://www.geolsoc.org.uk/geology-for-society, 20 p.
• Gert, B., 2004, Common morality -- deciding what to do: Oxford University Press, 179 p.
• Gert, B., 2005, Morality -- Its nature and justification [revised edition]: Oxford University Press, 438 p.
• Goodstein, D., 2010, On fact and fraud, cautionary tales from the front lines of science: Princeton, New Jersey, Princeton University Press, 168 p.
• Greene, J., 2013, Moral tribes -- emotion, reason, and the gap between us and them: New York, The Penguin Press, 422 p.
• Groenfeldt, D., 2013, Water Ethics â€" A values approach to solving the water crisis: Rutledge, 216 p., ISBN 978-0-415-62645-3
• Hare, R.M., 1981, Moral thinking -- its levels, method and point: Oxford, UK, Oxford University Press, 242 p., ISBN 0-19-824660-9.
• Herkert, J., 1999, ABET's Engineering Criteria 2000 and Engineering Ethics: Where Do We Go From Here? Online Ethics Center for Engineering and Research, http://www.onlineethics.org/cms/8944.aspx
• Herkert, J.R., 2005, Ways of thinking about and teaching ethical problem solving -- microethics and macroethics in engineering: Science and Engineering Ethics, v. 11, no. 3, p. 373-385.
• Hoose, Seena, 1993, Professional practice handbook [3rd edition]: Association of Engineering Geologists, Special Publication No. 5.
• Hoose, Seena, 1993, Symposium on ethical considerations in the environmental practice of engineering geology and hydrogeology: Association of Engineering Geologists, 36th Annual Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, 107 p.
• IAPG, 2012, Constitution of the International Association for Promoting Geoethics: International Association for Promoting Geoethics, http://www.iapg.geoethics.org/img/IAPG_Constitution.pdf
• Ioannidis, J.P.A., 2014, How to make more published research true: PLOS Medicine, v. 11(10), e1001747,
• Jackson, C.I., 2000, Honor in science: Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, Sigma Xi, 41 p., https://www.sigmaxi.org/docs/default-source/Programs-Documents/Ethics-and-Research/free-pdf.pdf?sfvrsn=2
• Kant, I., 1784, Idea for a universal history from a cosmopolitan perspective, in Kleingold, P., editor, 2007, Toward perpetual peace and other writings on politics, peace, and history -- Immanuel Kant: Yale University Press, p. 3-12, http://yalepress.yale.edu/yupbooks/excerpts/kant_perpetual.pdf
• Kevles, Daniel J., 1998, The Baltimore case -- A trial of politics, science, and character: New York, W.W. Norton & Company, 509 p., ISBN 0-39331970-9.
• Leopold, A., 1949, A Sand County almanac: Oxford University Press, 240 p.
• Lewis S.L. and Maslin M.A., 2015, Defining the Anthropocene: Nature v. 519, p. 171–180, doi:10.1038/nature14258.
• Luegenbiehl, H.C., and Davis, M., 1992, Engineering codes of ethics -- analysis and applications: unpublished paper originally written to be part of the Exxon Modules for Applied Ethics Series, 76 p., http://ethics.iit.edu/publication/CODE--Exxon Module.pdf or http://hdl.handle.net/10560/2228
• MacIntyre, A., 1998, A short history of ethics -- a history of moral philosophy from the Homeric Age to the twentieth century: Notre Dame, Indiana, University of Notre Dame Press, 280 p.
• Martin, M.W., and Schinzinger, R., 2010, Introduction to engineering ethics [2nd edition]: Boston, MA, McGraw-Hill Higher Education, 270 p., ISBN 978-0-07-248311-6
• Martin, M.W., and Schinzinger, R., 2005, Ethics in engineering [4th edition]: New York, McGraw-Hill Book Company, 339 p., ISBN 0-07-283115-4
• Matteucci R., Gosso G., Peppoloni S., Piacente S., and Wasowski J., 2014, The “Geoethical Promise” -- A Proposal: Episodes, v. 37, no. 3, p. 190-191
• Mayer T., 2015, Research integrity - the bedrock of geosciences, in Wyss, M., and Peppoloni, S., 2015, Geoethics -- Ethical challenges and case studies in Earth sciences: Waltham, Massachusetts, Elsevier, 425 p., ISBN 978-0-12-799935-7.
• Mogk D. and Geissman J., 2014, Developing Resources for Teaching Ethics in Geoscience: Eos Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, v. 95, no. 44, p. 403-404.
• Montreal Statement on Research Integrity, 2013: 3rd World Conference on Research Integrity, Montreal, 5-8 May 2013. http://www.cehd.umn.edu/olpd/MontrealStatement.pdf
• National Academies, 2009, On being a scientist -- A guide to responsible conduct in research [3rd edition]: Washington, D.C., National Academies Press, 63 p.
• Oreskes, N., and Conway, E.M., 2010, Merchants of Doubt: New York, Bloomsbury Press, 355 p.
• Peppoloni S., Bobrowsky P., Di Capua G., 2015, Geoethics -- A challenge for research integrity in geosciences, in Steneck N.H., Mayer T., Anderson M., and Kleinert S., [editors], Integrity in the Global Research Arena: Singapore, World Scientific, 400 p., ISBN: 978-981-4632-38-6.
• Peppoloni S. and Di Capua G., 2015, The Meaning of Geoethics, in Wyss, M., and Peppoloni, S., 2015, Geoethics -- Ethical challenges and case studies in Earth sciences: Waltham, Massachusetts, Elsevier, p. 3-14, ISBN 978-0-12-799935-7.
• Peppoloni S. and Di Capua G., 2012, Geoethics and geological culture: awareness, responsibility and challenges: Annals of Geophysics, v. 55, p. 335-341.
• Petrosky, Henry, 1985, To engineer is human -- the role of failure in successful design: St. Martin's Press, 247 p.
• Planck, M., 1949, Scientific autobiography: London, Greenwood Press, 192 pp.
• Quinton, A., 1989, Utilitarian ethics: La Salle, Illinois, Open Court, 116 p., ISBN 0-8126-9052-4.
• Reisner, M., 1993, Cadillac desert -- The American west and its disappearing water [revised edition]: Penguin Books, 608 p., ISBN-10 0140178244
• Richter, B., 2014, Chasing water -- A guide for moving from scarcity to sustainability [2nd edition]: Washington, D.C., Island Press, 192 p. ISBN-10 1610915380
• Rutherford, F.J., and Ahlgren, A., 1991, Science for all Americans -- A project 2061 report on literacy goals in science, mathematics, and technology: Oxford University Press, 272 p., http://www.project2061.org/publications/sfaa/online/sfaatoc.htm
• Sher, G., [editor], 2001, John Stuart Mill, Utilitarianism [2nd edition]: Indianapolis, Indiana, Hackett Publishing Company, 71 p., ISBN 978-0-87220-605-2
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