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Innovative Approaches to Ethics Instruction

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mohamed B. Trabia, University of Nevada - Las Vegas; Julie A. Longo, University of Nevada - Las Vegas; Susan Wainscott, University of Nevada - Las Vegas

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participants for further reading Student Code of Conduct Retrieved from https://www.unlv.edu/sites/default/files/page_files/27/StudentConduct-Code.pdfResearch Ethics Holman, J.P. (1988). Experimental methods for engineers. 5th ed. McGraw-Hill: New York. Flowingdata (2015). Graduate student makes up data for fake findings. Retrieved from: http://flowingdata.com/2015/05/20/graduate-student-makes-up-data-for-fake-findings/ Broockman, D. et al. (2015). Irregularities in LaCour (2014). Retrieved from: http://stanford.edu/~dbroock/broockman_kalla_aronow_lg_irregularities.pdf LaCour M. J. and Green, D.P. (2014). When contact changes minds: an experiment on transmission of support for gay equality. Science. 346(6215):1366-1369Publication Ethics

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Socio-Technical Issues in Engineering

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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George D. Catalano, Binghamton University

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that enables and enhances personalintrospection and contemplation leads to the realization of our inextricable connection to eachother, opening the heart and mind to true community, deeper insight, sustainable living, and amore just society.”The approach is implemented in a senior level capstone design two course sequence which isheld concurrently with a course in engineering ethics. Projects undertaken by student designteams are primarily suggested by members of local and regional non-profit and not for profitagencies that focus on meeting the needs of residents with various physical, mental andemotional challenges. The engineering ethics is course is held during the fall semester while thecapstone design course sequence begins in the fall

Conference Session

Ethics Instruction in Context: Civil and Construction Engineering and Engineering Technology

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jason K. Durfee, Eastern Washington University; Hani Serhal Saad, Eastern Washington University

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words, “carefully consider,” imply that the engineer is debating in his mind whetherhe wants to consider safety, health, and welfare before he makes a decision. If an engineer holdsthe safety, health, and welfare of the public as paramount then he doesn’t need to “carefullyconsider” this. It is questions like this one that likely cause students with the correct way ofthinking about professional ethics to still mark a test question incorrectly.It also raised the question that students with limited experience working in a professionalenvironment may not have the background to fully understand the different aspects of how ethicsinteracts with day-to-day work activities.It is also suspected that asking instructors to include ethics topics in

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Innovative Approaches to Ethics Instruction

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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George D. Catalano, Binghamton University

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Paper ID #14663Integrating Compassion into an Engineering Ethics CourseDr. George D. Catalano, Binghamton University Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Binghamton University Previously member of the faculty at U.S. Military Academy and Louisiana State University. Two time Fullbright Scholar – Italy and Germany. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Integrating a Compassion Practicum into a Biomedical Engineering Ethics CourseAbstractA required undergraduate course in the ethics of biomedical engineering has been developed andtaught. Students are required to design

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Ethics Instruction in Context: Civil and Construction Engineering and Engineering Technology

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

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minds of local citizens and their level of trust and confidence inengineering and engineering-dominated organizations such as the Army Corps of Engineers.26Different opinions were voiced in class, including why rebuild at all in areas below sea level?However, about half of the students were silent and did not engage in these discussions. Thestudents were perhaps uncomfortable with uncertainty and the lack of clear, correct answers; oruncomfortable sharing their personal opinions when they were uncertain if their peers agreed ordisagreed. Some students voiced open skepticism, wondering why we were even looking at amap of residency disaggregated by race and in reference to sea level in New Orleans.In-class Discussion: Social JusticeA full class

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Socio-Technical Issues in Engineering

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Megan Kenny Feister, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Patrice Marie Buzzanell, Purdue University, West Lafayette; David H. Torres, Purdue University

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project as he was: “I was just consumed bythis passion to help these people, and I know they were, too, so it was just really confusing mewhy they weren’t going above and beyond.” The human-centered orientation was recognized by the students as a unique take ondesign across their engineering education experiences, and they acknowledged that it affectedtheir ultimate designs and products. Danielle (Class A) summed up the HCD orientation of theprogram that emerged throughout many of the students’ descriptions of their everyday work onthese teams: That’s the thing that I really enjoy about [this program], is the human-centered design aspect and always keeping the stakeholders in mind, kind of drilling that into our heads

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Case and Scenario in Engineering Ethics Instruction

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jonathan Beever, University of Central Florida; Justin L Hess, IUPUI, Indianapolis

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feel confident in respondingto the case, our initial focus is on providing technical details surrounding the case. Specifically,we present students with content describing the scenario, facts, scope of impact, and othergeneral information. As the ultimate focus of the case is for students to justify the ethicality ofcontinuing deep-water drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, we prime students to keep the followingprompt in mind as they work through the case content: “There are overlapping technical andethical questions to consider here: How can we prevent future disasters like the DeepwaterHorizon disaster? Should we be engineering ways to drill in the Gulf of Mexico?” Following thispreliminary text, the case opens with a narrative video that

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Innovative Approaches to Ethics Instruction

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Vivian Liang, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Zach Jasensky, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Melvin Moore III; Jake Francis Rogers; Geoff Pfeifer, Worcester Polytechic Institute; Kristen Billiar, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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have an open mind and reflect thoroughly onethical situations in the future before jumping to conclusions. For the point/counterpointassignment in this experiment, the first team chose a case study that was related to the topic ofthe engineering class. The students were asked to write a point/counterpoint essay and discusstheir opinions in class. Upon completion of the point/counterpoint study, the students were askedto complete a survey to gauge how effective this method of ethics teaching was, as well asdetermine reactions to the assignment. In addition to the point/counterpoint assignment, the first team also developed a heuristicsassignment for the same senior-level class. A six step analysis method was adapted from varioussources10-13

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Socio-Technical Issues in Engineering

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Priya Balasubramanian, Grand Valley State University; Nael Barakat, Grand Valley State University

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that safety is first and foremost on the minds ofindividuals trying to form an opinion about emerging technologies. Therefore, accurate, reliable,and trustworthy information are critical to this decision-making process. Meanwhile, researchersrely on other outlets and sources like the media in providing enlightenment of the underpinningsof research to society, expecting universal acceptance will follow15. What scientists andconsequently policymakers fail to understand is that not all research faces resistance from publicdue to safety reasons, although that would be the overriding factor when lives are on the line. Forresearch dealing with human life and dignity such as stem cells and genetic engineering, peopleProceedings of the ASEE Annual

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Ethics Instruction in Context: Civil and Construction Engineering and Engineering Technology

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Colin M. Gray, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Luciana Debs, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Marisa Exter, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Terri S. Krause, Purdue University

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in informing a critical design peda- gogy, and the ways in which the pedagogy and underlying studio environment inform the development of design thinking, particularly in relation to critique and professional identity formation. His work crosses multiple disciplines, including engineering education, instructional design and technology, design theory and education, and human-computer interaction.Luciana de Cresce El Debs, Purdue University, West Lafayette Luciana Debs, is a Technology doctoral student and Graduate Research Assistant in the Department of Building Construction Management at Purdue Universitys College of Technology. She received her MS from the Technical Research Institute of Sao Paulo (IPT-SP), and

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Case and Scenario in Engineering Ethics Instruction

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Edwin R. Schmeckpeper P.E., Norwich University; Michael B. Kelley P.E., Norwich University; Ashley Ater Kranov, Washington State University; Steven W. Beyerlein, University of Idaho, Moscow; Jay Patrick McCormack, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Paper ID #16962Enhancing Student Learning through Using and Writing EPSA ScenariosDr. Edwin R. Schmeckpeper P.E., Norwich University Prof. Edwin Schmeckpeper, P.E., Ph.D., is the chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engi- neering and Construction Management at Norwich University, the first private school in the United States to offer engineering courses. Norwich University was the model used by Senator Justin Morrill for the land-grant colleges created by the 1862 Morrill Land Grant Act. Prior to joining the faculty at Norwich University, Dr. Schmeckpeper taught at a land-grant college, the University of

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Innovative Approaches to Ethics Instruction

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shawn Bowers, Gonzaga University; Ellen M. Maccarone, Gonzaga University; George D. Ricco, Gonzaga University

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 Engineering Ethics I  Basic notions of ethics and ethics applied to  Reflection on ethics in software  (adapted from Valor &  software engineering. Reasons software  engineering. Case study analysis.  8​ Narayanan​ )  engineers should take ethics seriously. Moral  Software engineers contributions to the  harms and public goods.  public good.    Software Engineering Ethics II  What it means to be a professional. Habits of  Reflections on habits of thinking.  (adapted from Vallor &  mind and action.  Exemplars of moral

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Innovative Approaches to Ethics Instruction

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alison J. Kerr, The University of Tulsa; Bradley J. Brummel, The University of Tulsa; Jeremy S. Daily P.E., The University of Tulsa

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variety and range of response that were represented in the class. Allhighlighted example responses are presented in Table 3. Discussion centered on the variety ofanswers and how these answers aligned with the ethical codes just presented.Table 3. Open-ended Ethical Practice Highlighted Responses Question: In your own words describe what it means to practice ethical behavior in the field of science and engineering. Keeping not only the customer's personal interests in mind but also being able to back up your own claims and practices that may affect an outcome of a moral or ethical decision. Put your product before your wallet. Science and engineering are usually higher paid positions, and it could be easy to find the cheap, simple solution without

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Case and Scenario in Engineering Ethics Instruction

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Katy Luchini-Colbry, Michigan State University; John R Luchini

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Paper ID #15197What is the Length of a Toilet Paper Tube? A Hands-On, Team-Based Lessonin the Ethics of Data CollectionDr. Katy Luchini-Colbry, Michigan State University Katy Luchini-Colbry is the Director for Graduate Initiatives at the College of Engineering at Michigan State University, where she completed degrees in political theory and computer science. A recipient of a NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, she earned Ph.D. and M.S.E. in computer science and engi- neering from the University of Michigan. She has published more than two dozen peer-reviewed works related to her interests in educational technology and

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Socio-Technical Issues in Engineering

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ayush Gupta, University of Maryland, College Park; Andrew Elby, University of Maryland, College Park; Chandra Anne Turpen, University of Maryland, College Park; Thomas M. Philip, University of California, Los Angeles

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participants walked in they started talking impromptu about things on the top oftheir mind. Simon (all participant names are pseudonyms, conforming to the participants’ genderas presented during meetings and later reported on a survey administered after the final focusgroup meeting) was the first to show up and Ayush and Simon talked for a few minutes aboutSimon’s participation in the Engineering without Borders program that has played a pivotal rolein Simon’s career trajectory. James, Robbie, and Simon engaged in a brief discussion aboutLEED certification of buildings (James had worked as a professional civil engineer beforejoining graduate school) and on metrics for sustainability. After a few minutes, Ayush asked thegroup to summarize the video as

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Case and Scenario in Engineering Ethics Instruction

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marilyn A. Dyrud, Oregon Institute of Technology

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-friendly technology (with environmentalofficers to monitor it), some “40% of the fleet plying the waters today are older vessels with 35year old waste-treatment systems.” 74 Currently, cruise ships dump a total of 1 billion gallons ofsewage annually.75 GIGO, as the saying goes.To engage students in other engineering majors, having them examine chemical remedies for oilybilge water is an eye-opening experience. Biodispersion, for example, is a very viable solutionfor oil. These products are, as Ganti and Wille note, non-corrosive, non-toxic, residue-free,effective, and environmentally safe.” 63 They are also apparently not used.Legislation and EnforcementThe area of regulation is also a topic where young minds can fruitfully wander. Why