Ethical Issues in Aviation

Ethical Issues in Aviation

by Elizabeth Hoppe
Ethical Issues in Aviation

Ethical Issues in Aviation

by Elizabeth Hoppe

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Overview

Ethical Issues in Aviation focuses on current concerns and trends, to reflect the changes that have occurred in this deregulated era.The book provides the reader with an overview of the major themes in civil aviation ethics. It begins with theoretical frameworks, followed by sections on the business side of aviation, employee responsibility, diversity in aviation, ground issues regarding airports, air traffic control and security, as well as health and the environment.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781409486619
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing Ltd
Publication date: 10/01/2012
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
File size: 5 MB

About the Author

Dr. Elizabeth A. Hoppe is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Lewis University, Illinois. In 2003 she created an ethics course for the aviation majors and helped develop a graduate core course for the Aviation and Transportation Studies M.S. program. She is a member of the Association for Professional and Practical Ethics, and she has presented a paper on aviation ethics at their annual meeting in 2008. Dr. Hoppe recently co-edited a text on critical race theory, Fanon and the Decolonization of Philosophy (Lexington Books, 2010).

Table of Contents

Contents: Foreword, Howard Putnam; Preface; Part I Theoretical Frameworks: Ethical theories part I: dilemmas and decision-making, Mark H. Waymack; Ethical theories part II: rights and character, Mark H. Waymack; Capitalism and its critics, Nathan Ross. Part II The Business of Aviation: Who governs international aviation?, Dawna L. Rhoades; Making prices right: challenges facing airline managers and consumers, Joseph Schwieterman; Outsourcing under systems integration: the long run benefits for Boeing and other aircraft producers, Alan MacPherson; Outsourcing maintenance: a union perspective, Ted Ludwig. Part III Issues in Responsibility: Whistleblowing in aviation, Bruce Hoover and Jiao Ma; Ethics and FAA inspectors, Gerardo Martinez; The danger of capture in the FAA, Elizabeth A. Hoppe; Learning to compete wisely; a primer in creating pilot unity, Robert J. Lavender; Ethics in aviation from the perspective of a flight attendant, Gail L. Bigelow; ValuJet 592 and corporate responsibility, Kenny Frank. Part IV Diversity in Aviation: Racial discrimination against pilots: an historical perspective, Flint Whitlock; Gender and racial barriers in flight training, James E. Sulton III; Diversity recruiting in aviation maintenance, Paul Foster; Safety, economic favoritism, or age discrimination? The story behind the FAA's age 60 rule, Michael Oksner. Part V Airports, ATC, and Security: There goes the neighborhood: conflicts associated with the location and operation of airports, Brian W. Ohm; Chicago O'Hare and the politics of airport expansion, Joseph Ryan; The ethical dimensions of the 1981 PATCO strike, Michael S. Nolan; Air traffic control: a critical system in transition, Bill Parrot; The TSA and risk management: are we safer today?, Robert P. Mark. Part VI Health and the Environment: Ethical Issues in aviation medicine, Warren Jensen; Environmental concerns in general aviation: Avgas and noise pollution, Bob Breidenthal; Greenhouse gas emissions, persistent contrails, and commercial aviation, Steven A. Kolmes; Ground-level pollution, invasive species, and emergent diseases, Steven A. Kolmes; Appendices; Index.
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