抄録
Hurricane Katrina, which hit New Orleans in 2005, was a large-scale natural disaster. The notable textbook of engineering ethics includes Hurricane Katrina disaster. However, it has been debated whether this case should be used as a case study. The present study surveyed this dispute and examined the employability of the Hurricane Katrina disaster as a case study in engineering ethics. The author found that the objective of the case method used determines the usefulness of the disaster. Furthermore, this study argued that the example of Hurricane Katrina, a prominent large-scale disaster, is indispensable for education in engineering ethics.
