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Engineering Ethics: Using Case Studies

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Timothy Skvarenina, Purdue University

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AC 2009-1165: INCORPORATING ETHICS DISCUSSION INTO ANENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY COURSETimothy Skvarenina, Purdue University Page 14.720.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Session 2533 Incorporating Incorporating Ethics Discussion into an Engineering Technology Course Timothy L. Skvarenina College of Technology, Purdue UniversityAbstractTAC-ABET accreditation requires that each program develop program outcomes that embraceABET criteria 2a to k. Several of those, such as diversity

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Engineering Ethics, Academic Integrity

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shobi Sivadasan, Stevens Institute of Technology; Brian Sauser, Stevens Institute of Technology

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AC 2009-1574: UNDERSTANDING PLAGIARISM USING BOARDMAN'SSOFT-SYSTEMS METHODOLOGYShobi Sivadasan, Stevens Institute of Technology Currently pursuing her Ph.D. in Systems Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology. She completed her Masters in Engineering Management from Stevens in 2006 and Bachelors of Engineering in Applied Electronics and Instrumentation from India in 1998. She currently serves as Lecturer and SDOE Program Manager at the School of Systems and Enterprises at Stevens.Brian Sauser, Stevens Institute of Technology Currently Assistant Professor in Systems Engineering at the School of Systems and Enterprises at Stevens Institute of Technology. He completed his Ph.D. in

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Engineering Ethics: Using Case Studies

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marilyn Dyrud, Oregon Institute of Technology

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AC 2009-240: ETHICAL EXOTICA: SMALL, STICKY CASES FOR ANALYSISMarilyn Dyrud, Oregon Institute of Technology Marilyn A. Dyrud has taught in the Communication Department of Oregon Institute of Technology since 1983 and regularly teaches courses in technical and business writing, public speaking, rhetoric, and ethics. She is active in ASEE as a member of the ETD Board and compiler of the annual “Engineering Technology Education Bibliography.” A past chair of the Pacific Northwest section, she is a regular presenter at annual conferences, a member of the executive committee of the Engineering Ethics Division, and a recent ASEE Fellow. She is also active in the Association for Business

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics V

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Ochs, Lehigh University; Lisa Getzler-Linn, Lehigh University; Margaret Huyck, Illinois Institute of Technology; Scott Schaffer, Purdue University; Mary Raber, Michigan Technology University

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Technology at Purdue. Dr. Schaffer's research involves assessment and evaluation of cross-disciplinary team learning and performance, and the design of support systems to promote learning, interaction, self-monitoring. He is also currently an affiliated faculty member of the Regenstrief Center for Healthcare Engineering and co-director of the Healthcare Informatics and Learning Technologies group. Scott has received many grants in support of his research and has published and presented often related to workplace learning and performance, cross-disciplinary teams, and needs assessment. Dr. Schaffer also has fifteen years of experience as a consultant to private and public sector organizations

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Topics in Engineering Ethics IV

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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George Catalano, State University of New York, Binghamton; Caroline Baillie, Queens University, Kingston

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spirit and of the heart. And so it does blind, ugly things quite by accident and gets hated Page 14.543.9for that. People haven’t paid much attention to this before because the big concern has beenfood, clothing and shelter for everyone and technology has provided these. But now wherethese are assured, the ugliness is being noticed more and more and people are asking if wemust suffer spiritually and esthetically in order to satisfy our material needs.”When we practice our profession of engineering, it is important that we view humanityand the ecosystem as part of an undividable whole. Berry takes this one step farther.According to Berry, our new

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Engineering Ethics V

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Douglas Oliver, University of Toledo

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should not expect to be protected from prosecutors by that employer. Rather, federal guidelines give corporations strong incentives to shift the blame to employees. AcknowledgementThis paper was written while the author was an AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellowworking at the National Science Foundation. The views expressed are the author’s alone. Inaddition, nothing in the paper should be considered to be legal advice.1 Martin, M. W. and R. Schinzinger: 2005, Ethics in Engineering, 4th Edition (McGraw-Hill, New York). As cited by Mathieu Bouville, Whistle-Blowing and Morality, Journal of Business Ethics (2008) 81:579–585.2 Grant, C.: 2002, ‘Whistle Blowers: Saints of Secular Culture

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Engineering Ethics V

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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William Jordan, Baylor University

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learning to date has been with international projects. Theseprojects are an outgrowth of a student-created service organization. It is loosely patterned afterEngineers Without Borders from whom we have learned a great deal.Many approaches to poverty issues are from a top-down perspective, using governmentalpolicies and spending to try to make changes. Engineering service learning can be part of abottom-up approach, using technology and social entrepreneurship as tools to make a differencein poor communities. With a focus on service, technology can be an instrument of peace,community development, restoration of human dignity, and the alleviation of hunger andsuffering. This happens as these endeavors and their practitioners orient their craft

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Engineering Ethics V

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tammy VanDeGrift, University of Portland; Donald Chinn, University of Washington, Tacoma

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AC 2009-2512: AN EXERCISE TO ENGAGE COMPUTING STUDENTS INDISCUSSIONS OF PROFESSIONAL ISSUESTammy VanDeGrift, University of Portland Dr. Tammy VanDeGrift is an Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Portland. Her research interests include computer science education and computer science theory. In the arena of computer science education research, she is especially interested in conducting studies that investigate students' preconceptions of computing ideas.Donald Chinn, University of Washington, Tacoma Dr. Donald Chinn is an Associate Professor at the University of Washington, Tacoma. He helped create a supplementary problem solving workshop program

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Engineering Ethics: Using Case Studies

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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William Loendorf, Eastern Washington University

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products they design and thepeople that will ultimately use them. Many of these choices are of a technical nature and theengineer's academic training has primed them for their resolution. However, others are of a moralor ethical sort without an apparent answer and academic training may not have adequatelyprepared new engineers for their solution. Little of the undergraduate engineering experience isdevoted to the potential moral, social, political, and economic issues they may encounter.Instead, they focus on the mathematics, physics, and engineering aspects of problem solving.Thus leaving a void in their preparation that should be addressed.The organization responsible for accrediting American undergraduate Engineering andEngineering Technology

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Topics in Engineering Ethics IV

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brent Nelson, Northern Arizona University

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AC 2009-157: THE IMPACT OF EXPOSURE TO BIOLOGICALLY INSPIREDDESIGN ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS OF UNDERGRADUATEENGINEERING STUDENTSBrent Nelson, Northern Arizona University Brent Nelson received the B.S. degree in mechanical engineering from the University of California at Berkeley in 2002, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in mechanical engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 2004 and 2007, where he held NDSEG, GeorgiaTech Presidential, and Woodruff Fellowships. After finishing his PhD, he held a National Academy of Engineering CASEE Postdoctoral Fellowship, during which he worked with the Center for Biologically-Inspired Design at the Georgia Institute of Technology to study

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Topics in Engineering Ethics IV

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Paul Leiffer, LeTourneau University; R. William Graff; B.Kyun Lee, Le Tourneau University; Martin Batts, Le Tourneau University

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AC 2009-1550: THE CHANGING OF THE GUARD: SHOULD THE ENGINEERINGETHICS CODE BE CHANGED TO ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS?Paul Leiffer, LeTourneau University Paul R. Leiffer is a professor in the School of Engineering and Engineering Technology at LeTourneau University, where he has taught since 1979. He received his B.S.E.E. from the State University of New York at Buffalo and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Drexel University. Prior to joining the faculty at LeTourneau, he was involved in cardiac cell research at the University of Kansas Medical Center. His professional interests include bioinstrumentation, digital signal processing, and engineering ethics. Email: paulleiffer@letu.eduR.William

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Engineering Ethics - Courses and Curricula

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brock Barry, United States Military Academy; Matthew Ohland, Purdue University

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AC 2009-224: ENGINEERING ETHICS CURRICULUM INCORPORATIONMETHODS AND RESULTS FROM A NATIONALLY ADMINISTEREDSTANDARDIZED EXAMINATION: BACKGROUND, LITERATURE, ANDRESEARCH METHODSBrock Barry, United States Military Academy Brock E. Barry is a post-doctoral research assistant in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. Dr. Barry received his Ph.D. in Engineering Education from Purdue University and holds a B.S. degree in Civil Engineering Technology from the Rochester Institute of Technology and a M.S. degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Colorado at Boulder. Dr. Barry has accepted a position as an Assistant Professor within the Department of Civil & Mechanical

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Engineering Ethics - Courses and Curricula

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Norma Mattei, University of New Orleans

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ethics class: 19 (46%) do not copy on tests, 22 (54%) do not copy homeworks, and 17 (41%)do not copy lab reports.The use of technology, such as web-based testing, also changes a student’s opinion of whatconstitutes cheating. Five (12%) of the engineering students who had not yet taken an ethicscourse thought that working in groups on web-based exams was cheating, compared to 13 (32%)of the engineering students who had taken the ethics course. Eight (20%) of the no-ethics classstudents reported not cheating on a web-based exam in a typical semester, whule 17 (41%) of theethics-class students did not report an incidence of web-based test cheating. The results on thesurvey indicate that having taken an ethics course increased the likelihood that

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics: Using Case Studies

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Didier Valdes, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez; Erika Jaramillo Giraldo, University of Puerto Rico; Jorge Ferrer, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez; William Frey, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez

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Engineering Ethics

of Cognitive Science for Ethics. Chicago University Press, Chicago.[10] Video tape Professional Ethics and Engineering, Funded by: The National Science Foundation, Ethics and Values Studies, Produced by: The Program in Science, Technology and Human Values, Duke University, Directed by Kevin Dill, Produced by Scott Wells, Written by P. Aarne Vesilind.[11] Ferrer, J.J. and Alvarez, J.C. (2003), “Para Fundamentar la Bioética” Comillas, Madrid, España.[12] Vallero, D. A. (2007), “Biomedical Ethics for Engineers”. Elsevier Inc, San Diego, California. Page 14.307.10 APPENDIX