Intro
Foreword
Contents
About the Authors
List of Figures
List of Tables
Part I Introduction
1 Introduction
1.1 The Role of Engineering in Modern Society
1.2 The Importance of Ethics to Engineers and the Relationship Between Behaviour and Ethics
1.3 Technology Transfer: Ethical Issues, Good and Bad Practice
1.4 Aims and Relevance of the Book
1.5 Overview of the Book
1.5.1 Part I: Introduction
1.5.2 Part II: Historical Background, Organisations and Individuals
1.5.3 Part III: Computers, ICT and Applications Projects

1.5.4 Part IV: Case Studies of Ethics and Human Behaviour
1.5.5 Part V: Looking Forward
References
2 Ethics and Human Behaviour
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Ethics Theories and Methods
2.2.1 Overview
2.2.2 Normative Ethical Principles and Ethics of Care
2.2.3 Deontological and Consequentialist Ethics
2.2.4 Virtue and Narrative Ethics
2.3 Methods and Approaches for Applying Ethical Theories in Practice
2.3.1 The Ethical Grid
2.3.2 Perspectives, Principles and Paradigms
2.3.3 The Application of Different Ethical Theories
2.4 Theories of Human Behaviour

2.4.1 Human Needs
2.4.2 Values, Culture, Attitudes and Intentions
2.4.3 Beliefs about Behaviour, Utility Theory and Goals
2.4.4 Other Theories
2.5 Ethics and Behaviour Framework
2.5.1 Ethics Framework
2.5.2 Human Behaviour Framework
2.6 Conclusions
References
Part II Historical Background, Organisations and Individuals
3 ICT Development in Poland and Wrocław
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Brief History of Poland
3.2.1 The Period up to the Partitions
3.2.2 The Period from the Partitions to the Second World War
3.2.3 The Post-World War II Period
3.3 Wrocław

3.3.1 Overview of the Geography of Wrocław
3.3.2 Brief History of Wrocław
3.4 Brief History of Industrial Development in Poland and the Western Embargoes
3.5 Factors that Enabled Poland to Develop Its Own ICT Industry
3.5.1 The Education System in Poland After World War II
3.5.2 The Exact Science Tradition
3.6 Factors that Suited Wrocław to ICT Development
3.7 ICT Development in Warsaw
3.7.1 The Mathematical Apparatus Group
3.7.2 The Mathematical Machine Construction Faculty
3.8 Elwro (Wrocław Electronic Works)

3.8.1 Elwro Computer Service Centre and Other Components of Elwro
3.9 Other ICT Firms and Institutes in Wrocław
3.9.1 Institute for Power Systems Automation (IASE)
3.9.2 Firms and Institutes which Developed out of Elwro
3.9.3 Firms which Developed out of the Institute for Power System Automation (IASE)
3.9.4 Other Firms
3.10 Conclusions
Appendix 3.1: Technical Terms
Appendix 3.2: Abbreviations of the Names of Polish Organisations
Appendix 3.3: Historical Terms
References
4 The Pioneers
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Brief Biographies