Conference Session

Engineering Ethics I

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jose Cruz, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez; William Frey, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez; Halley Sanchez, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez; Aury Curbelo, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez

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Engineering Ethics

disseminatesthe meta-knowledge relevant to developing and teaching a Student Module. In writing an IM, Page 13.396.4Toolkit authors collaborate to provide in-depth accounts of the corresponding SM’s pedagogical 3content. These IM components provide, roughly speaking, a taxonomy of meta-knowledgecategories responding to the needs of the EAC community. Because these needs are best metthrough collaborative, interdisciplinary action, the Toolkit creates the space for EAC communityparticipants to contribute according to their expertise by “filling in” an IM

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics IV

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

B. Kyun Lee, LeTourneau University; Paul Leiffer; R. William Graff, LeTourneau University

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Engineering Ethics

uncertainty or conflicting data from tests. The video game culture may be influential in this area too. In video games, as in most games, there is always a correct answer which, with persistence, you can get to in the end. That’s obviously not always possible in the workplace in the necessary timeframe with real world deadlines.”4 4. “It seems that they spend about the same amount of time in the office as their older peers, but more of that time is spent checking personal email and updating Facebook pages. But when they are dedicated to a project, it gets their intense full attention—albeit in short bursts. It seems to balance out.”5 5. “The work ethic is dead. Younger generations in the workforce have killed it off

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics II

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rose Marra, University of Missouri; Demei Shen, University of Missouri; David Jonassen, University of Missouri; Jenny Lo, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Vinod Lohani, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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students are asked to do their ownanalysis of the case based on what they have learned in the cases 1 and 2 and then enter theiranswers to questions that are asked. Students received feedback on their answers in the form ofexpert answers that were provided when students submitted their answers. Figure 2. Practice Case in E.Y.E. The fourth and final case is for assessment, and participants are asked to write a caseanalysis essay to describe how they would resolve the provided case. Students responded to ashort series of questions which required them to both propose and justify their solution. Theresearch team used their case analyses (in the form of short essays) to measure their engineeringethics problem solving ability. Completing

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics IV

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Niewoehner, U.S. Naval Academy

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Engineering Ethics

object to a situation in whichothers strive more intensely towards ethical conduct? Surely most who prize moralconduct in the professions would hesitate to object to any around them findingheightened internal motivation for ethical behavior, whatever the source of the motivation,particularly where those ethical conclusions are largely congruent. Their self-interest isserved by the religious principles of others. The most common objection I’ve heard is that a Christian engineering ethic wouldbe globally and culturally constrained. Peers assert that engineering requires a secularethic that can be universally embraced, as other religious systems or worldviews wouldbe justified in rejecting a religiously derived ethic. We must recognize