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Research on Engineering Ethics Education and Practice

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Dayoung Kim, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Justin L. Hess, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Nicholas D. Fila, Iowa State University

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Paper ID #30123Experiencing Ethical Engineering PracticeMs. Dayoung Kim, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Dayoung Kim is a Ph.D. student in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. Her current research interest centers on engineering ethics and social responsibility, and she is specifically interested in cultural influences on engineers’ moral formation. She earned her B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering at Yonsei University, South Korea in 2017.Dr. Justin L Hess, Purdue University at West Lafayette Dr. Justin L Hess is an assistant professor in the School of

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Reimagining Engineering Ethics

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Grant A. Fore, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Justin L. Hess, Purdue University; Andrew Katz, Virginia Tech

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knowledge/skills in pursuit ofaddressing a problem/need is a fundamentally ethical act. It is ethics first and engineeringsecond. Ethics is not an afterthought, but neither is engineering. Ethics is found in the richexperiences of relating to ourselves and to others. In this framing, ethics is about living and, inliving, responding with care and an inquiring mind to the exigencies born from relationality.Engineering is one mode of responding to life lived in a world of interaction. Through a livedethics, we (re)fashion ourselves, others, and the world in which we dwell. Given that much of myprofessional focus is directed at education, this leads me to a difficult question: if one desired todo so, how should this be taught to budding engineers

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Reimagining Engineering Ethics

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Yousef Jalali, Virginia Tech ; Scott A. Civjan, University of Massachusetts Amherst

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Paper ID #30780Many Facets of Imagination: What Really Matters in Engineering EthicsInstruction?Mr. Yousef Jalali, Virginia Tech Yousef Jalali is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. He re- ceived a B.S. and M.S. in Chemical Engineering and M.Eng. in Energy Systems Engineering. His research interests include interaction between critical thinking, imagination, and ethical reasoning, interpersonal and interinstitutional collaboration, diversity, equity, and inclusion, systems thinking, and chemical en- gineering learning systems. Yousef taught chemical engineering courses for a few

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Reimagining Engineering Ethics

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Jessica Koehler, Wake Forest University; Olga Pierrakos, Wake Forest University ; Michael Lamb, Wake Forest University; Alana Demaske, Wake Forest University; Carlos Santos, Wake Forest University; Michael D. Gross, Wake Forest University; Dylan Franklin Brown, Wake Forest University

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engineering faculty found problem-solving, akin to criticalthinking, to be the single most important competency for engineers [39]. Critical thinking isassociated with many aspects of ABET Student Outcomes. Not only does it address problemsolving and analysis, but the process of argumentation cultivates communication skills that areessential to collaboration. Being self-critical keeps one open-minded to learn and solve problemsboth alone and in groups. Lastly, the process and spirit of inquiry is a necessary driver in self-directed, lifelong learning [19]. Despite its accepted importance, engineering graduatesconsistently fall short in critical thinking skills according to employers [29], [39], [40].According to a 2019 literature review, established

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Research on Engineering Ethics Education and Practice

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Rockwell Franklin Clancy III, University of Michigan-Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute; Charlemagne Manuel, University of Michigan Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute; Richard James Clancy, University of Colorado Boulder

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Investigation,” in Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, 2019.[11] J. Graham, J. Haidt, and B. A. Nosek, “Liberals and Conservatives Rely on Different Sets of Moral Foundations,” J. Pers. Soc. Psychol., vol. 96, no. 5, pp. 1029–1046, 2009.[12] J. Haidt, The Righteous Mind. New York: Vintage Press, 2012.[13] E. E. Buchtel et al., “Immorality East and West: Are Immoral Behaviors Especially Harmful, or Especially Uncivilized?,” Personal. Soc. Psychol. Bull., vol. 41, no. 10, pp. 1382–1394, 2015.[14] V. Dranseika, R. Berniūnas, and V. Silius, “Immorality and bu daode, unculturedness and bu wenming,” J. Cult. Cogn. Sci., vol. 2, no. 1–2, pp. 71–84, 2018.[15] J. D

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Ethical Design

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Amy Schroeder, University of Southern California

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be argued that they tend to emphasize therole of ethics in the life of the individual engineer rather than the ethical implications ofengineering as a profession, as a force that shapes and affects society. Given the role oftechnology in the modern world, it is crucial to bear in mind Herkert’s distinction between“microethics” and “macroethics.” [3] Macroethics, as Herkert defines it, is the study of the ethicsof the profession of engineering, of engineers as a whole. It seems self-evident that we mustinclude the macroethical view in ethics education, but this view is difficult to emphasize incertain pedagogical modalities. Many ethics pedagogies focus on the role of the individualengineer, particularly case studies that analyze issues such

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Ethical Reasoning and Decision Making

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Rockwell Franklin Clancy III, University of Michigan-Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute

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: Chile and United States,” in Engineering Ethics for a Globalized World, C. Murphy, P. Gardoni, H. Bashir, C. E. Harris, and E. Masad, Eds. Dordrecht: Springer, 2015, pp. 189–211.[9] J. Haidt, The Righteous Mind. New York: Vintage Press, 2012.[10] J. D. Greene, Moral Tribes: Emotion, Reason, and the Gap between Us and Them. New York: Penguin Books, 2014.[11] M. H. Bazerman and A. Tenbrunsel, Blind Spots: Why We Fail to Do What’s Right and What to Do about It. Princeton University Press, 2012.[12] J. Haidt and C. Joseph, “The Moral Mind: How Five Sets of Innate Intuitions Guide the Development of Many Culture-Specific Virtues, and Perhaps Even Modules,” in The Innate Mind, Vol. 3, P. Carruthers, S

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New Media for Ethics Education

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Joshua Gargac, University of Mount Union

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content.Unlike the majority of the engineering curriculum, professional ethics is neither calculation- nordesign-intensive. Covering this content through traditional lecturing and text-based readingassignments often fails to fully motivate this generation of tech-savvy students to learn to theirfull potential. Improvements to course design and content delivery can improve studentengagement [5-9]. These strategies include developing interactive course activities [6],incorporating multimedia resources [7-9], and integrating practical experiences into the deliveryof the course content [9]. Specifically, recent papers have suggested incorporating a multi-modalapproach to teach ethics using popular media [10].Bearing this in mind, a short ethics module was

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Innovating Ethics Curriculum and Instruction

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Rob Sleezer, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Rebecca A. Bates, Minnesota State University, Mankato

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isimportant because the participating student engineers connected both their academic learning andreal-world experiences to those of their peers and to the book. Another difficulty was helpingpeople clearly articulate their thoughts. Facilitating these discussions while staying politicallyneutral and also authentic can be challenging. It is important to maintain an open mind andembrace the learning experience with the rest of the participants. Recommendations for how toimplement classroom discussion for long or short works of fiction can be found in [29].ConclusionsThis paper presents a case for using fiction in ethics education, with supporting literature frommultiple fields. The case study examines the use of a particular work of fiction in the

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New Media for Ethics Education

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Allen R. White, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Paper ID #31173A Simulation for Exploring Ethical Situations that Arise fromConflicting Product GoalsProf. Allen R. White, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Allen White is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Chemistry at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and an Adjunct Professor of Chemistry at Indiana University, Bloomington. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 A Simulation System for Exploring Ethical Situations that Arise from Conflicting Engineering Team Goals Allen R. White

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Ethical Design

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Donald Winiecki, Boise State University; Lynn Catlin P.E., Boise State University; Harold Ackler, Boise State University

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they are not in a position to make design or implementation decisions thatcould have the sort of monumental effects illustrated in textbook cases. With this in mind, it isunsurprising that students sometimes protest that engineering ethics courses are a distractionfrom their priority to improve technical skills because they believe — for better or worse — thatit is those technical skills alone which will make them employable and make them a successfulengineer ​[9]​.Finally, it is common to find that engineering ethics is concentrated in a single course at thesophomore level in an otherwise very tightly packed technical curriculum. While other facultyare not officially discouraged from incorporating ethics into their curricula, the fact that3

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Innovating Ethics Curriculum and Instruction

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Andrew Katz, Virginia Tech; Umair Shakir, Virginia Tech

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is consistently on the higher end of the required and offered course spectrum. This isimportant to keep in mind when researching and working within engineering education –different disciplines have their own cultures and mores [32]. Second, even in the face ofinstitutional isomorphisms – the phenomenon of institutions in different contexts having similarstructures, like program requirements [33] – there are still pockets of innovation. We know thisfrom NSF publications on exemplars of engineering ethics education [7]. Publications like thatand studies like this one raise the question about what it takes to achieve these patches of higherethics presence in engineering education. Thinking about answers to this question from both astructural

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Innovating Ethics Curriculum and Instruction

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Elizabeth A. Debartolo, Rochester Institute of Technology; Wade L. Robison, Rochester Institute of Technology; Sarah Aileen Brownell, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Paper ID #30487WIP: A One-Page Ethical Checklist for EngineersDr. Elizabeth A. DeBartolo, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE) Elizabeth A. DeBartolo, PhD is the Director of the Multidisciplinary Senior Design Program at the Rochester Institute of Technology, where students from Biomedical, Computer, Electrical, Industrial, and Mechanical Engineering work together on multidisciplinary teams to complete their 2-semester design and build capstone projects. She received her graduate degree in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University and has worked at RIT since 2000.Prof. Wade L. Robison, Rochester Institute of

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Ethical Reasoning and Decision Making

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Natalie C.T. Van Tyne P.E., Virginia Tech

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Paper ID #29206WIP: How Should We Decide? The Application of Ethical Reasoning toDecision Making in Difficult CasesMrs. Natalie C.T. Van Tyne P.E., Virginia Tech Natalie Van Tyne is an Associate Professor of Practice at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univer- sity, where she teaches first year engineering design as a foundation courses for Virginia Tech’s under- graduate engineering degree programs. She holds bachelors and masters degrees from Rutgers University, Lehigh University and Colorado School of Mines, and studies best practices in pedagogy, reflective learn- ing and critical thinking as aids to enhanced

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New Media for Ethics Education

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Valerie H. Summet, Rollins College; Rebecca A. Bates, Minnesota State University, Mankato

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Paper ID #29719Science Fiction as an Entry Point for Ethical Frameworks in Engineeringand Computer Science EducationDr. Valerie H. Summet, Rollins College Dr. Valerie Summet is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Rollins College, a liberal-arts school located in Winter Park, FL. Her research interests include human-computer interaction and CS education. She earned a BS in Computer Science from Duke University and an MS and PhD in Computer Science from the Georgia Institute of Technology.Prof. Rebecca A Bates, Minnesota State University, Mankato Rebecca A. Bates received the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering

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Ethical Design

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Scott A. Civjan, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Nicholas Tooker, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

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Paper ID #19886. Annual Meeting of ASEE.[11] Liang, V., Jesensky, Z. Moore III, M. Rogers, J. F., Pfiefer, G. and Billiar, K. (2016).Teaching engineering students how to recognize and analyze ethical scenarios. ASEE AnnualConference Paper ID#16117.[12] Newburry, B. (2004) The Dilemma of Ethics in Engineering Education. Science andEngineering Ethics. V10. Pp. 343-351.[13] Clancy III, R. F., Seessford, J. R, An, L. and Ge, Y. (2017). Which factors are correlatedwith engineering students’ expectations of ethical issues? ASEE Annual meeting Paper ID#18716.[14] McGinn, R. (2013). ‘Mind the gaps’: An empirical approach to engineering ethics, 1997-2001. Science and Engineering Ethics. 9. Pp. 517-542.[15] Paul, R. and Elder, L. (2009a) Critical

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Research on Engineering Ethics Education and Practice

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Madeline Polmear, University of Florida; Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado Boulder; Nathan E. Canney, CYS Structural Engineers Inc.; Chris Swan, Tufts University; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado Boulder

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thebroader context, and systems thinking and by tapping into students’ value, interest, andautonomy. With the hydraulic fracturing intervention, granting students the autonomy to conducttheir own research and guide peer collaboration fostered interest and engagement. Situating theactivity in the broader context of engineering in society helped students appreciate theirprofessional responsibility and understand the role of engineering in a systems perspective.The focus group analysis also indicated that the impact of an intervention is partially dependenton the context in which it is embedded. Engineering educators should be mindful of the coursecharacteristics (elective or compulsory and placement in the broader degree program) andstudent