Conference Session

Integration of Liberal Education into Engineering

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Donald Arthur Brown, Penn State University ; Mary Lynn Brannon, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Engineering Ethics, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

AC 2011-1205: INTEGRATING ETHICS INTO UNDERGRADUATE EN-VIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND ECONOMICS EDUCATIONDonald Arthur Brown, Penn State University Donald A .Brown is Associate Professor, Environmental Ethics, Science, and Law, at Penn State Uni- versity. Professor Brown’s major interests include integrating ethical considerations into environmen- tal policy formation and helping environmental professionals and civil society understand ethical issues that arise in scientific and economic descriptions of environmental problems. Professor Brown formerly worked as a systems engineer and environmental lawyer. He also has a graduate training in philosophy and ethics. Before coming to Penn State, Professor Brown worked for the

Conference Session

Ethical Perspectives on the Grand Challenges of Engineering

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joseph R. Herkert, Arizona State University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

AC 2011-1604: YOGI MEETS MOSES: ETHICS, PROGRESS AND THEGRAND CHALLENGES FOR ENGINEERINGJoseph R. Herkert, Arizona State University Joseph Herkert, DSc, PE is Lincoln Associate Professor of Ethics and Technology in the School of Letters and Sciences and the Consortium for Science, Policy & Outcomes at Arizona State University. He has taught engineering ethics and related courses for more than twenty years. His work on engineering ethics has appeared in engineering, law, social science, and applied ethics journals. Dr. Herkert is the past Editor of IEEE Technology & Society and a founding Associate Editor of Engineering Studies. He has recently served on the IEEE Ethics and Member Conduct Committee and the

Conference Session

Ethical Perspectives on the Grand Challenges of Engineering

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Donna M Riley, Smith College

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

AC 2011-1321: WE’VE BEEN FRAMED! ENDS, MEANS, AND THE ETHICSOF THE GRAND(IOSE) CHALLENGESDonna M Riley, Smith College Donna Riley is Associate Professor of Engineering at Smith College. Page 22.1677.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011
 We’ve been Framed! Ends, Means, and the Ethics of the Grand(iose) Challenges
AbstractSince the National Academy of Engineering’s Grand Challenges were first publicly articulated in2008, engineering educators have used its ideas to motivate their work. While there is a sense ofmoral imperative around pursuing selected Challenges

Conference Session

Integration of Liberal Education into Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

K.L. Jordan, Michigan Technological University; Anahita Pakzad, Michigan Technological University; Renee Oats, Michigan Technological University

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Engineering Ethics, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

AC 2011-1120: ETHICAL AND SOCIETAL IMPLICATIONS OF INTERNET-BASED ENGINEERING EDUCATION: FACULTY AND STUDENT PER-SPECTIVESK.L. Jordan, Michigan Technological University K.L. Jordan completed her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Mechanical Engineering at Michigan Tech- nological University in 2006 and 2008 respectively. During her undergraduate tenure she was an active member of the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) and currently serves on the Board of Direc- tors. She is also the current President of the ASEE student chapter at Michigan Tech. As the recipient of a King-Chavez-Parks graduate fellowship, Ms. Jordan has agreed to seek an engineering faculty position upon completion of her doctoral degree

Conference Session

Ethical Perspectives on the Grand Challenges of Engineering

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dean Nieusma, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Xiaofeng Tang, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Conference Session

Ethical Perspectives on the Grand Challenges of Engineering

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy E. Slaton, Drexel University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

engineering "Grand Challenges" lately developed by the National Academy ofEngineering enter a long historical tradition of such epically scaled to-do lists, dating back to theprofession's origins in the mid-nineteenth century. The mission statements, codes of ethics, and,later, lists of so-called grand challenges that have issued from engineering societies have servedthe dual function of directing engineers' work and supporting particular cultural roles for thesebodies of experts. Almost all such plans, regardless of period or sponsoring body, have alsoblended highly practical aims of industrial and infrastructural development with more inchoateprojects of societal uplift. The Grand Challenges of the NAE, currently playing a formative rolein many

Conference Session

Ethical Perspectives on the Grand Challenges of Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George D. Catalano, State University of New York, Binghamton

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

of mind or in Emerson’s words, “the intellectbeing where and what it sees.”11 Transformation requires that we are transformed by theexperience, that is, what was outside is now inside. We are shaped or developed or sculpted bythe experience. Imaginative insight can be once again described most eloquently by Goethe wholikened imaginative insight to the formation of a new organ: “Every object well-contemplatedopens a new organ of perception in us.”12 Page 22.1582.4 •  Respect: This stage deals with the ethical foundation upon which we view the subject. It deals with both the quality and the character of our interest in

Conference Session

Integration of Liberal Education into Engineering

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tom A. Eppes, University of Hartford; Ivana Milanovic, University of Hartford; Frederick Sweitzer, University of Hartford

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Engineering Ethics, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

. • Personal and social responsibility spanning civic knowledge and engagement (local and global), intercultural knowledge and competence, ethical reasoning and action, foundations and skills for lifelong learning. • Integrative and applied learning including synthesis and advanced accomplishment across general and specialized studies.Secretary of Education, Margaret Spellings, announced in 2005 the formation of the Commissionon the Future of Higher Education and charged it with developing a comprehensive nationalstrategy for postsecondary education. The Commission issued a report, A Test of Leadership:Charting the Future of U.S. Higher Education.2 One finding noted that the quality of studentlearning at U.S. colleges and

Conference Session

Integration of Liberal Education into Engineering

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kacey Beddoes, Virginia Tech; Maura J. Borrego, Virginia Tech; Brent K Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Engineering Ethics, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Conference Session

Integration of Liberal Education into Engineering

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George D. Ricco, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Engineering Ethics, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

. Bucciarellii, L. (2003). Engineering Philosophy. Delft University Press. Delft. 6. Downey, G. L., J.C. Lucena, and C. Mitcham. (2007). Engineering Ethics and Identity: Emerging Initiatives in Comparative Perspective. Science and Engineering Ethics. 13(4), 463-487. 7. Goldman, S. L. (2004). Why We Need a Philosophy of Engineering: A Work in Progress. Interdisciplinary Science Reviews. 29(2):163-176. 8. Lewin, D. (1983). Engineering Philosophy – The Third Culture. Leonardo. 16(2), 127-132. 9. Moser, F. (1997). Philosophy of/and engineering. An Introduction to and Survey of the Engineering and Technology Problems for the 21st century. Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Quarterly. 11(1), 1-5. 10

Conference Session

Integration of Liberal Education into Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vassilios Tzouanas, University of Houston, Downtown; Lea Campbell, University of Houston, Downtown

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Engineering Ethics, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Conference Session

Communication: From Pecha Kucha to Bullets

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sandra Soto-Caban, Muskingum University; Emre Selvi, Muskingum University; Ferdinand Avila-Medina, Ohio State University, Newark

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

some evaluation of evaluating content conclusion. evaluation of the the evidence based on evidence. evidence presented. presented. Identifies ethical Clearly identifies Poorly identifies and Does not identify issues but not and states ethical states an ethical and state any ethical states them in issues

Conference Session

Making Students Aware of Their World: Five Perspectives

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gary Lee Downey, Virginia Tech; Masanori Wada, Tokyo Institute of Technology

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

 education.   A  second  set  of  challenges  has  interrogated  the  contents  of  the  engineering  sciences  and  engineering  design.  Social  philosophers  have  long  mapped  engineers  as  technological  intelligentsia  whose  success  depends  upon  a  wide  range  of  social,  ethical,  and  epistemological  criteria  (Goldman  1984;  Lenk  1984;  Davis  1996).  Micro-­‐ethicists  have  made  visible  contrasts  between  formal  codes  and  actual  practices  (Baum  and  Flores  1982;  Martin  and  Schinzinger  1983).  More  recently,  macro-­‐ethicists  make  visible  a  range  of  broader  material  projects  that  engineering  formation  and  engineering  work  could  serve  or,  in  some  cases,  does  serve  (Herkert  2009

Conference Session

Communication: From Pecha Kucha to Bullets

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth R. Leitch, West Texas A&M University; Rhonda B Dittfurth, West Texas A&M University; Freddie J Davis P.E., West Texas A&M University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

communication skillsin the existing engineering curricula. Communication instruction has always been an important part of theuniversity education process but this current initiative strives to focus on the study and improvement of technicalcommunication skills throughout engineering coursework requirements. This reflects the need of employers forengineers with strong communication skills and the desire of our students to improve these skills. Three engineeringcourses have been targeted for the initiative: ENGR 1201 (Fundamentals of Engineering), ET 2371 (Metals andCeramics), and ENGR 1171 (Engineering Ethics). The first two courses have a laboratory component with writtenlaboratory reports and oral presentations while the third is a course created in

Conference Session

Liberal Education Revisited: Five Historical Perspectives

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Geselowitz, IEEE History Center; John Vardalas, IEEE

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

“professional ethics” (normal courses are 3-credit).At the same time, the authors themselves have taught separately and together with each other andother historians over the past several years a two-course sequence on the history of technologyand an introduction to “science, technology and society” with a strong historical component.More specialized history of technology courses have also been given.One would think that such courses would be ideal for fulfilling the ABET requirement, and thatengineering students, if not required to take such courses, would at least be encouraged to do so.Yet very few engineering students enroll in them. Engineering students have a very fullcurriculum, and take those humanities courses that fit their tight schedules and

Conference Session

Making Students Aware of Their World: Five Perspectives

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cherrice Traver, Union College; Douglass Klein, Union College; Borjana Mikic, Smith College; Atsushi Akera, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Steven B. Shooter, Bucknell University; Ari W. Epstein, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; David Gillette, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

involve diverse stakeholders. The pilot projects in this group integrateengineering and liberal arts topics, and in some cases students and faculty, and direct thestudent’s attention to the “problem formulation” phase of design. They challenge students todevelop innovative and ethical approaches to complex, wide-ranging problems.By deliberately keeping the challenges broad, and asking students to consider each problem frommany perspectives, these projects encourage students to develop a better understanding ofengineering in context and the need for knowledge of other disciplines. Faculty from sixinstitutions will work on introductory course projects. The mix of institutions, including threeinstitutes of technology, two liberal arts colleges, and

Conference Session

Communication: From Pecha Kucha to Bullets

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathryn A. Neeley, University of Virginia; Michael Alley, Pennsylvania State University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

injudiciously are aseriously flawed form of communication. The quote from Henry Petroski with which this paperbegins highlights the ethical dimensions of flawed communication: if bullet lists make it moredifficult to discern faulty reasoning or ill-founded conclusions, they make it harder for engineersto meet their professional obligation to protect the welfare and safety of the public and theinterests of their employers and clients.This inquiry into the history of bullets is designed to help engineers and technical communicatorsunderstand how we arrived at our current situation so that we might improve it. Specifically, thishistory illuminates the range of technical, organizational, and cultural factors that led to theemergence, proliferation, and

Conference Session

Rethinking PowerPoint and Other Acts of Communication

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

April A. Kedrowicz, University of Utah; Maria Dawn Blevins, University of Utah

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

AC 2011-676: 100 FRESHMAN CIVIL ENGINEERS: A MODEL FOR IN-TEGRATING COMMUNICATION AND TEAMWORK IN LARGE ENGI-NEERING COURSESApril A. Kedrowicz, University of Utah Dr. April A. Kedrowicz is the Director of the CLEAR (Communication, Leadership, Ethics, And Re- search) Program at the University of Utah, a collaboration between the College of Humanities and College of Engineering. The program was developed in 2003 through a grant from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, with the goal of integrating communication (speaking and writing), teamwork, and ethics into the curriculum of every department in the College of Engineering. Dr. Kedrowicz has been the director of the program since its inception and has developed

Conference Session

Myths About Gender and Race

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy E. Slaton, Drexel University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Minorities in Engineering, Women in Engineering

over the years as a natural evolution...Diversity 1.0 was about compliance and abiding by government regulations. Diverity 2.0 revolved around ethics, morality and social responsibility. Today, Diversity 3.0 is about business integration and globalization...and, ultimately, producing increased employee productivity and new revenue streams. 27Whether competitive anxiety is the basis of diversity reform efforts, or invoked by diversityadvocates because they believe it to be so for corporate leaders and economic policy makers, it isnonetheless a priority which subordinates inclusion to performance and productivity. Sufficientindustrial productivity, or profits, are of course culturally determined and have not

Conference Session

Communication: From Pecha Kucha to Bullets

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Isabel Simões de Carvalho P.E., ISEL, Lisbon, Portugal; Christy Moore, University of Texas, Austin

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

engineering education.Christy Moore, University of Texas, Austin Christy Moore is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin where she has taught in Engineering Communication since 1993. Ms. Moore’s current research is focused on ways of expanding the undergraduate engineering curriculum to better incorporate study of communication skills, global responsibility, and engineering ethics. Since 2004, Ms. Moore has developed curriculum for and taught a First-year Seminar that addresses the impact of technology on society and the environment. Page 22.332.1

Conference Session

Liberal Education Revisited: Five Historical Perspectives

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Atsushi Akera, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

, Page 22.1015.9simultaneously, through matters of professional jurisdiction that goes back to the complexprofessional configuration of engineering. Whether in response to the ascent of the managerialprofession during the 1920s; or efforts, amidst postwar “physics envy,” to differentiateengineering from science by embracing a new ethic of professional responsibility (even asengineers turned, simultaneously, to science to compete more directly with physicists); or yetagain, during the late 60s and the 1970s, to lay claim to even broader claims of socialresponsibility through direct utilization of liberal knowledge, liberal education has served as apreferred means for the “reconversion strategies” of engineers, at least among those committedto the

Conference Session

Making Students Aware of Their World: Five Perspectives

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Warren N. Waggenspack Jr., Louisiana State University; Warren R. Hull, Louisiana State University; David Bowles, Louisiana State University; Sarah Liggett, Louisiana State University; Stephen O. Sears, Louisiana State University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

into their courses smoothly, without depending on supplementalinstruction from CxC staff. In a previous paper, we reported on the results of a survey of facultymembers teaching C-I courses.19 We found that faculty members believed that students learnedthe technical content in more detail when the course was taught in a C-I format. Rather than Page 22.131.9merely teaching rhetorical concepts as important tools for the students’ futures, we are able touse communications to further students’ critical thinking regarding topics that are vital toprospective engineers, like ethics, teamwork, and lifelong learning.We believe that there is an opportunity

Conference Session

Why Industry Says that our Engineering Students Cannot Write

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey A. Donnell, Georgia Institute of Technology; Betsy M. Aller, Western Michigan University; Michael Alley, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; April A. Kedrowicz, University of Utah

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Mechanical Engineering

State University’s Professional Learning Institutelists five areas of learning that have been added to that school’s curriculum in order to meet theconcerns of ABET and various professional societies: ethics, leadership, innovation, civic andpublic engagement, and global culture and diversity.4 While the particulars of this program’simplementation are not important for this discussion, Siller’s paper makes it clear thatcommunication skills are not being introduced to technical curricula in isolation. Curriculumcommittees in engineering colleges are taking up communication as a single part of a large effortto address the concerns of their many stakeholders. Wheeler and McDonald present a detailed

Conference Session

Why Industry Says that our Engineering Students Cannot Write

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott Duncan, Valparaiso University; Mark M. Budnik, Valparaiso University; Jeffrey Will, Valparaiso University; Peter E. Johnson, Valparaiso University; Shahin S. Nudehi, Valparaiso University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Mechanical Engineering

Microsoft Project to develop a Gantt chart for theirproject and are required to update the chart as their project progresses.System Design Requirements Document: As a team, students identify the necessaryrequirements to meet their customer objectives and develop a system specification.Realistic Design Constraints: As a team, students identify the design constraints (budgetary,environmental, sustainable, social, political, health and safety, manufacturability, ethical, andlegal) that apply to their project and system.Hazard Analysis: As a team, students use a Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) toidentify potential safety hazards, the effects of failure, the severity of failure, the probability offailure, and the current or potential design

Conference Session

Liberal Education Revisited: Five Historical Perspectives

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Heywood, Trinity College, Dublin

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Conference Session

Special Session: Moving Towards the Intended, Explicit, and Authentic: Addressing Critical Misalignments in Engineering Learning within Secondary and University Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Anderson, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Sandra Shaw Courter, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Mitchell J. Nathan, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Amy C. Prevost, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Christine G. Nicometo, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Traci M. Nathans-Kelly, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Thomas Dean McGlamery, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Amy K. Atwood, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Educational Research and Methods, K-12 & Pre-College Engineering, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

,and international projects in the engineering workplace. Research methods in studyingengineering practice included mixed quantitative and qualitative online surveys,interviews with practicing engineers, and case studies of engineering firms. We foundthat effective engineers value communication, problem-solving, teamwork, ethics, life-long learning, and business skills. Many of them note that their undergraduate educationdid not always prepare them well in these areas. Because of these two misalignments, wehypothesize that potential engineering talent goes underdeveloped at important stages ofeducational pathways as students move from high school to college. We believe thatincorporating these findings into an interactive special session would

Conference Session

Rethinking PowerPoint and Other Acts of Communication

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laura R. Grossenbacher, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Christina Matta, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Technical Communication Program

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Creating and integrating effective graphics Providing clear technical descriptions Providing logical transitions between ideas Unifying paragraphs Providing constructive criticism for peers Writing or presenting effectively as a team Listening and participating productively in a team meeting Thinking critically about political, social, and economic constraints Thinking critically about ethical ramifications Writing effective email Employing audience-appropriate tone and style Using proper grammar, punctuation, and spellingWe then asked our