Conference Session

Beyond Individual Ethics: Engineering in Context

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna Riley, Smith College

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

Table 1. Students tended to pick up on other course objectives andtailor them to personal interests with increased specificity. Table 1: Student Learning Objectives, fall 2007 Case Study Analysis • Examine a variety of case studies, and determine and analyze who science, technology and ethics all come into play • Given a specific scenario, develop your own decisions and policies based on what you have learnt so far Content/topical exploration • Understand how ethics plays a role in activism and to what extent we should allow ethics to govern science and technology policies • Learn about the main science/technology/ethical concerns around the world and in the US • To become more aware of the social and economic