Conference Session

Teaching Ethics

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Edward Sobiesk, United States Military Academy; William Suchan, United States Military Academy; Roland Trope, United States Military Academy

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Engineering Ethics

AC 2007-2655: OVERCOMING THE ETHICAL DANGERS OF ACADEMIC FAIRUSE IN THE HIGH TECHNOLOGY CLASSROOMEdward Sobiesk, United States Military Academy Edward Sobiesk has a Ph.D. in Computer and Information Sciences from the University of Minnesota. He is currently an Assistant Professor and Course Director for the course IT305-Theory and Practice of Military IT Systems in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the United States Military Academy. He can be reached at edward.sobiesk@us.army.mil.William Suchan, United States Military Academy Will Suchan has a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Arizona State University. He is the Information Technology Core Program Director in

Conference Session

Engineering and Sustainability

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marilyn Dyrud, Oregon Institute of Technology

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Engineering Ethics

AC 2007-183: NOT IN OUR BACKYARD: COMPUTER WASTE ANDENGINEERING ETHICSMarilyn Dyrud, Oregon Institute of Technology Marilyn Dyrud is a full professor in the Communication Department at Oregon Institute of Technology and regularly teaches courses in business and technical writing, rhetoric, public speaking, and ethics. She has been active in ASEE for over 20 years, serving as OIT's campus rep, ETD section rep, compiler of the annual engineering technology education bibligraphy, and is immediate past chair of the Pacific Northwest Section. In addition to ASSEE, she is active in the Association for Business Communication, where she chairs the Teaching Committee, edits a pedagogical

Conference Session

Teaching Ethics

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cynthia Finelli, University of Michigan; Trevor Harding, California Polytechnic State University; Donald Carpenter, Lawrence Technological University; Matthew Mayhew, New York University

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Engineering Ethics

in Materials Science and Engineering (1997), and a Ph.D. degree in Materials Science and Engineering (2000) from the University of Michigan. In 2004, he was named Templeton Research Fellow by the Center for Academic Integrity, an appointment that involved close collaboration with other researchers in the field of academic integrity. Dr. Harding received both the 1999 Apprentice Faculty Grant and 2000 New Faculty Fellow Award for his contributions to engineering education. He was also an invited participant in the NSF-sponsored Engineering Education Research Colloquy Series.Donald Carpenter, Lawrence Technological University Dr. Donald D. Carpenter is Associate Professor of Civil

Conference Session

Teaching Ethics

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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June Marshall, St. Joseph's College; John Marshall, University of Southern Maine

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Engineering Ethics

AC 2007-367: FOSTERING MORAL AUTONOMY OF FUTURE ENGINEERSTHROUGH ENGINEERING CLASSROOMSJune Marshall, St. Joseph's College JUNE MARSHALL received her doctorate from North Carolina State University and is a tenured faculty member at St. Joseph’s College in Maine. Her specialization is learning strategies focusing specifically in cooperative leaning and character education.John Marshall, University of Southern Maine JOHN MARSHALL received his Ph.D. from Texas A&M University and is the Internship Coordinator for the University of Southern Maine’s Department of Technology. His areas of specialization include Power and Energy Processing, Electronic Control Systems, and Automation

Conference Session

Ethical Responsibilities of Engineers in the World of Corporate Business / Engineering and Poverty

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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George Catalano, State University of New York-Binghamton

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Engineering Ethics

; to point to somenew efforts in engineering and engineering education that begin to address ourresponsibilities towards the poor; and to encourage a vigorous and ongoing conversationfocused on our responsibilities as engineers and educators towards the poor.IntroductionEngineering and its product, technology, hold immense promise and unlimited potentialfor all of us who share our destinies on planet Earth. Each of us can imagine a time in thefuture at which all of the world’s dreaded diseases are eliminated, there is abundance forall and each of us can live our life to its maximum. No doubt it will be the problemsolvers of society, the engineers, who will be called upon to get us to that point. Thequestion then becomes will engineering as we

Conference Session

Engineering and Poverty

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Legand Burge, Tuskegee University; Heshmat Aglan, Tuskegee University; Pradosh Ray, Tuskegee University; Nader Vahdat, Tuskegee University; Connie Price, Tuskegee University; Prakash Sharma, Tuskegee University; Stephen Sodeke, Tuskegee University; Vascar Harris, Tuskegee University; Gregory Murphy, Tuskegee University

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Engineering Ethics

profession. Moral complexities in the engineeringprofession have been highlighted through exposure to historical development, ethical reasoning,risk assessment, effects on environment, and global issues. Workplace responsibilities andprofessional codes of ethics are discussed. Several case studies are presented as well.IntroductionIt has been apparent for some time that engineering education must provide insight for studentsrelated to the ethical issues in the engineering profession. Recently, the National Academy ofEngineering published The Engineer of 2020: Visions of Engineering in the New Century topredict the roles that engineers will play in the future1. Also, the Accreditation Board forEngineering and Technology (ABET) gives criteria for

Conference Session

Engineering and Sustainability

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Juan Lucena, Colorado School of Mines; Carl Mitcham, Colorado School of Mines; Jon Leydens, Colorado School of Mines; Junko Munakata-Marr, Colorado School of Mines; Jay Straker, Colorado School of Mines; Marcelo Simoes, Colorado School of Mines

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Engineering Ethics

idealistic physicians of MSF pioneered new ways ofbringing medical science and technology to people in crisis and of speaking up for human rights[2] . Stimulated by similar ideals, in the early 1990s engineers took up the challenge andindependently organized a number of groups going under some form of the name “Engineerswithout Borders”: Ingénieurs Sans Frontieres (France) – Ingénieurs Assistance Internationale Page 12.1488.2(Belgium), Ingeniería Sin Fronteras (Spain), Ingenierer unden Graenser (Denmark), Ingenjöreroch Naturvetare utan Gräser-Sverige (Sweden), Ingegnería Senza Frontiere (Italy), and others.In 2003 these groups organized “Engineers

Conference Session

Engineering and Poverty

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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George Catalano, State University of New York-Binghamton

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Engineering Ethics

does afford ussomething very important as engineers. It allows us to consider a much broader range of“clients”, many more than our simply paying our salaries. It also provides us with amechanism whereby we can refuse ethically to work on a particular project even thoughthe device itself may meet basic safety requirements. We also may refuse to work onprojects that held paramount public safety but excluded considerations of theenvironment or the impact our device might have upon a community.There is little doubt within the scientific community that the Earth’s climate is changingand that it is the activities, that is, the technologies of humankind that are playing asignificant role in producing the changes. One of the ecosystems that is already

Conference Session

Engineering and Sustainability

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brock Barry, Purdue University; Aman Yadav, Purdue University

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Engineering Ethics

Option in Systems Engineering, Ethics, and Technology Studies. Journal of Engineering Education, 89(4), 461-469.10. Richards, L. G, Gorman, M., Scherer, W. T., Landel, R. D., (1995). Promoting Active Learning with Cases and Instructional Modules. Journal of Engineering Education, 84(4), 375-381.11. Haws, D. R. (2001). Ethics instruction in engineering education: a (mini) meta-analysis. Journal of Engineering Education, 90(2), 223-229.12. Herreid, C. F. (2007). Start with a story: The case study method of teaching college science. NSTA Press: Arlington, VA. Page 12.1394.5

Conference Session

Teaching Ethics II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mysore Narayanan, Miami University

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Engineering Ethics

have a strong sense of the strengths and weaknesses of theirengineering models. This can be done through a general discussion of the nature of the modelingprocess. (Healy 1997).Learning ModulesEthics modules have been incorporated into course syllabi and content of several courses withinthe engineering technology program at Miami University. These learning modules weredesigned to introduce concepts, enhance understanding, and broaden student knowledge in thearea of engineering ethics and ethical behavior. (Appendix A) The inclusion of these moduleswithin the content of engineering technology courses was initiated by the authors about five yearsago. They have been successfully used in a first year freshman course and assessment data havebeen

Conference Session

Teaching Ethics II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christian Hipp, University of South Carolina

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Engineering Ethics

Engineering Education. 85(2) 1996: 93-96; Muskavitch, Karen M.T. “Cases andGoals for Ethics Education.” Science and Engineering Ethics. 11(3) 2005: 431-434.2 Weil, Vivian. “Ethics in Engineering Curricula.” Research in Philosophy and Technology 8, 1985: 243-250;“Teaching Ethics to Scientists and Engineers: Moral Agents and Moral Problems.” Science and Engineering Ethics1(3), 1995: 403-416.3 Kymlicka, Will. “Rawls on Teleology and Deontology.” Philosophy and Public Affairs, Vol 17, No.3 (Summer1988), pp173-190. This article is also good for framing ethical discussion by distinguishing duty and utilityapproaches through a discussion of ‘the right vs. the good’ or ‘deontology vs. teleology.’4 Brittan, Samuel. “Two Cheers for Utilitarianism.” Oxford

Conference Session

Teaching Ethics II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Emine Atasoylu, Eastern Mediterranean University

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Engineering Ethics

Industrial Engineering in 2001 and is currently a member of the full time faculty as an Assistant Professor. She is the course coordinator and one of the lecturers of the “Ethics in Engineering” course offered to student’s studying engineering. In May 2003 Dr. Atasoylu was appointed Vice Dean for the Faculty of Engineering. She is on the board of directors of the Research Center for Water and Marine Sciences at EMU since November 2002, on the board of directors of the Advanced Technology Research and Development Institute since December 2004 and an Advisory Board member of the EMU Continuing Education Center since September 2004. She is also an active member of several committees

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics and Global Issues

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dawn Bikowski, Ohio University; Melissa Broeckelman, Ohio University

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Engineering Ethics

AC 2007-2114: AN EDUCATIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR NURTURING ACULTURE OF ACADEMIC HONESTYDawn Bikowski, Ohio University Dawn Bikowski is the Director of the Graduate Writing Program at Ohio University. She teaches engineering graduate students about academic honesty within the context of developing a set of writing skills. She is also a doctoral student in Educational Studies. Her research interests include issues related to academic honesty and how technology can best be used in education.Melissa Broeckelman, Ohio University Melissa Broeckelman is a doctoral student in Communication Studies at Ohio University and is also the Academic Honesty Advisor for the Russ College of Engineering and Technology

Conference Session

Teaching Ethics

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Waleed Abulfaraj, King Abdulaziz University; Mohamed Hassan, Alexandria University, Egypt

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Engineering Ethics

appropriatecontent? What teaching methods and curriculum models are preferable? Which works best:required course, ethics across-the-curriculum, integration of ethics and science, technology andsociety, or integration of the liberal arts into the engineering curriculum? Which outcomeassessment methods are most suitable?According to a “Survey of Ethics-Related Instruction in U.S. Engineering Programs”4, it wasfound that only 27 percent of ABET-accredited institutions listed an ethics related courserequirement, even though an increasing number of philosophers, engineers, and ethicists focustheir research and teaching on engineering ethics. What complicates the problem is that differentfaculty have provided varying definitions for what “understanding ethical

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics and Global Issues

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrew Hoernecke, Iowa State University; Thad Gillispie, Iowa State University; Benjamin Anderson, Iowa State University; Thomas Daniels, Iowa State University

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Engineering Ethics

AC 2007-2158: THE ROLE OF INFORMATION WARFARE IN INFORMATIONASSURANCE EDUCATION: A LEGAL AND ETHICAL PERSPECTIVEAndrew Hoernecke, Iowa State UniversityThad Gillispie, Iowa State UniversityBenjamin Anderson, Iowa State UniversityThomas Daniels, Iowa State University Page 12.1462.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 The Role of Information Warfare in Information Assurance Education: A Legal and Ethical PerspectiveAbstractTypically, information assurance (IA) professionals utilize information warfare (IW) techniqueslearned in professional development courses when performing vulnerability and securityassessments. With cyber crime on the rise

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics and Global Issues

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Roobik Gharabagi, St. Louis University

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Engineering Ethics

professional societycodes of ethics4, Law and Engineering5 are among numerous resources available toeducational communities.Freshman Year ExperienceAll incoming freshmen are expected to attend a day long university orientation. The dayis used by faculty and staff to conduct several workshops to better prepare incomingstudents for their college experiences. Issues regarding ethical responsibilities, academichonesty, correct use of technology in completing assignments, accepting responsibilityfor one owns actions, and the university’s mission as a Jesuit institution are covered.Electrical and Computer Engineering Freshman students are required to register for aFreshman Engineering Course called Introduction to Electrical and ComputerEngineering (EENG

Conference Session

Teaching Ethics II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Freeman, Valparaiso University; Peter Johnson, Valparaiso University; Kenneth Leitch, Valparaiso University

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Engineering Ethics

tightly packed four years of a typical engineering curriculum. Whilemany church-related, independent, and state-supported institutions mandate courseworkin theology, religious studies, or philosophy2, engineering ethics coverage seems to be hitor miss at a time when its importance is magnified by rapid technological, societal, andenvironmental changes occurring at the current time.Catalano reviews the current state of leading engineering societies’ codes of ethics and Page 12.847.2what it means to be an “ethical engineer in a morally deep world.” Development of thisethical framework is important not only for the needs and wants of the client but also