Conference Session

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

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Diversity

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Engineering Ethics

. Some of the references were very long, such as the 582page congressional report22; no students included this citation in their references (although onestudent clicked on the link). Based on the online course learning tool, the number of studentswho accessed the references typically exceeded the number of students who cited the source(Table 1); so students may have read more widely than their direct reference list implies. Further,some students failed to cite sources that they clearly had used. For example, only five studentsincluded the ASCE Code of Ethics5 in their reference list, while all but one actually cited specificcanons from this code in the assignment (one student used the NSPE code of ethics instead).Table 1. References consulted

Conference Session

Innovative Approaches to Ethics Instruction

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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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Engineering Ethics

by an ethics professor,and a heuristics assignment. Each module contained the same underlying format, but differed inthe case studies analyzed. The second project team chose the complexity of the case studiesaccording to the class difficulty and picked case studies that were relevant to the class topic toencourage student interest. Modules were implemented into three engineering courses at thefreshman, sophomore, and senior level. The goal of the ethics modules was to be easy toincorporate into an already established engineering syllabus, peak student interest in ethics, andprovide some baseline exposure to ethics and give instruction as to how to analyze and handle anethical dilemma. Junior classes were not available for implementing the

Conference Session

Ethical Reasoning and Responsibility

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Teresa J. Ryan, East Carolina University ; Colleen Janeiro, East Carolina University; William E. Howard, East Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

course with formal laboratoryreports that is taught within our department. From having taught both the Introduction to Engineer-ing and Mechanics of Materials course for multiple semesters, my observations are consistent withthose of Roig. Some students are legitimately unclear as to what constitutes plagiarism and appro-priate citation, and that even among faculty, there is, again, a gray area, subject to interpretation ordiscussion. 21,22In response to this perceived need, I have added and adjusted components designed to both edu-cate students and enforce policies regarding academic integrity. From the outset, I have includeda succinct syllabus statement regarding academic integrity with links to the campus policy andprocedures. Realizing that