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	Robert E. McGinn Professor (Teaching) Director, Science, Technology and Society (STS) Program
	Phone:	(650) 725-0117
	Fax:	(650) 725-5389
	Email:	mcginn [at] stanford [dot] edu
	External web link:	http://www.stanford.edu/dept/MSandE/people/faculty/mcginn/index.html http://sts.stanford.edu/mcginn.shtml
	Office:	Building 370, Room 110
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Research Interests

Selected Publications

"'Mind the Gaps' : An Empirical Approach to Engineering Ethics, 1997-2001," Science and Engineering Ethics, Vol. 9, No. 3, October 2003, 1-26.
Navigating Rough Waters: Ethical Issues in the Water Industry (American Water Works Association: Denver, 2001), Cheryl K. Davis and Robert E. McGinn, editors.
"Expectations and Experiences of Ethical Issues in Engineering: A Survey of Stanford Engineering Students and Practicing Engineers," Online Ethics Center For Engineering and Science, March 1999, http://onlineethics.org/essays/mcginn.html.
"Optimization, Option Disclosure, and Problem Redefinition: Derivative Moral Obligations of Engineers and the Case of the Composite-Material Bicycle," Professional Ethics, Vol. 6, No. 1, 1997, pp. 5-25. Reprinted in J. R. Rowen and S. Zinaich, eds., Ethics for the Professions (Harcourt, 2001).
"The Engineer's Moral Right to Reputational Fairness," Science and Engineering Ethics, Vol. 1, No. 3, 1995, 217-230.
"Technology, Demography, and the Anachronism of Traditional Rights," Journal of Applied Philosophy, Vol. 11, No. 1, Spring, 1994, 57-70 (reprinted in K.Schrader-Frechette and L. Westra, eds., Ethics and Technology (Rowen and Littlefield, 1997).
"The Built Environment: Recent Developments, Issues, and Policy Initiatives," in Ecology, Industrial Relations and Business (Bilbao, Spain: Fundacion BBV, 1993), 155-186.
Science, Technology, and Society (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice Hall, 1991)

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