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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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assistance to the campus and community, and maintains the collec- tion in assigned subject areas. Her current research interests include information literacy instruction and assessment, the impact of student affect on learning, data literacy, and data management planning. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Training Graduate Engineering Students in EthicsAbstractThe Howard R. Hughes College of Engineering at the University of Nevada, Las Vegasembarked on providing ethics instruction to incoming graduate students in the form of amandatory workshop. The College has a diverse graduate student population, including asizable international component, who are enrolled in several M.S. and

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Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session 2

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joseph R. Herkert, Arizona State University; Frazier Benya, National Academy of Engineering; Karin Ellison, Arizona State University; Rachelle D. Hollander, National Academy of Engineering; Kelly Laas, Center for the Study of Ethics, Illinois Institute of Technology; Simil L Raghavan, National Academy of Engineering

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and ASU, she is leading enhancement of Life and Environmental Science ethics education materials for the Online Ethics Center as part of a National Science Foundation sponsored project to improve the site. In the School of Life Sciences, she teaches core graduate courses in Respon- sible Conduct of Research. Ellison also fosters graduate education at ASU through her positions as director of the Masters in Applied Page 26.1560.1 Ethics and the Professions, Biomedical and Health Ethics, executive director for the Biology and Society graduate programs, and a founding member of the university’s

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Engineering Ethics I

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Pradeep Bhattacharya, Southern University & A&M College

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Change To achieve excellence in engineering learning and instruction today’s engineersnot only need to acquire all the skills of the predecessors but have to understand manymore and in broader areas. Faculty’s weakness in engineering practice causes a sizeablebreach between the lessons taught in school and what employers and customers expectfrom graduating engineers. Engineers design and create products and processes toimprove safety, health and welfare of the public in the performance of their professionalduties. This definition was given by the Accreditation Board for Engineering andTechnology (ABET) to substantiate ethics and professionalism engineers have to have.However, in doing the first part, engineers should give paramount

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Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bill D Carroll P.E., University of Texas, Arlington; Bob P. Weems, University of Texas, Arlington; Bahram Khalili, University of Texas, Arlington

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Computer Science and Engineering to address further topics on responsibilities andexpectations for students in computing. The two-semester capstone senior design sequence(4316/4317) emphasizes an extended design experience in a team setting, but had the additionalresponsibility for delivering substantial knowledge and assessing student achievement on non-technical student outcomes.This situation often led to uneven coverage of the non-technical topics from semester to semesterdepending upon the instructor. Students also found it very challenging to balance betweenlearning the technical topics and soft topics simultaneously. The topics covered in theprofessional practices course provide a just-in-time coverage of the topics most needed at thisstage

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Ethics in different disciplines

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert M. Brooks, Temple University; Jyothsna K. S., St.Joseph's College, Bangalore, Department of English; Amithraj Amavasai

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;Vname=PQD24. Bruhn, J. G., Zajac, G., Al-Kazemi, A. A. and Prescott, L. D.. Jr. (2002). “Moral Positions and AcademicConduct”. The Journal of Higher Education, 73, 461-493.25. Sims, R. L. (1993). “The Relationship Between Academic Dishonesty and Unethical Business Practices”.Journal of Education for Business, 68, 207-211 in Frisque, D. A. , Lin, H. and Kolb, J. A. (2004). “PreparingProfessional to Face Ethical Challenges in Today’s Workplace: Review of The Literature, Implications For PI, andProposed Research Agenda.” Performance Improvement Quartery, 17, 28-45.26. Johansen, C. K. and Harris, D. E. (2000). “Teaching The Ethics of Biology”. The American Biology Teacher,62, 352-358.27. Luckowski, J. A. (1997). “A Virtue-centered Approach to

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Cross-cultural Sensitivity, Moral Imagination, and Diversity in Engineering Ethics Education

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Yousef Jalali, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Christian Matheis, Guilford College; Marc Edwards, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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. With opportunities to practiceat imagining how others experience the world, we can develop an ability to reason and makedecisions with substantive moral insight. That is, exercising and practicing with one’s moralimagination is vital to complex reasoning, since doing so places other forms of reasoning, suchas quantitative and applied problem-solving, in a specific relational context. Engineers need tosolve problems with robust insight into what it is people suffer, and what it means for them toknow that engineers consider their pain and suffering when engaging in design and othertechnical tasks. In 2019, we started developing teaching modules centered around moral imagination to cultivate sensitivity within reasoning and

Conference Session

Innovative Approaches to Ethics Instruction

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Paper ID #15871On the Integration of Ethical, Legal, and Societal Issues into a Computer Sci-ence Senior Design Capstone ProgramDr. Shawn Bowers, Gonzaga University Dr. Bowers is the Chair and an Associate Professor of Computer Science within the School of Engineering and Applied Science at Gonzaga University. He graduated with a PhD in Computer Science from the OGI School of Science and Engineering at OHSU. He was a postdoctoral researcher at the San Diego Supercomputer Center at UCSD and an Associate Project Scientist at the UC Davis Genome Center prior to joining the faculty at Gonzaga. His research interests are in the

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Innovative, Engaging Pedagogies for Engineering Ethics Education

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Michael F. Young, University of Connecticut; Landon Bassett, University of Connecticut; Daniel D. Burkey, University of Connecticut; Scott Duplicate Streiner, Rowan University; Joshua Bourne Reed

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impactseach player dynamically and on-the-fly, based on each player’s unique goals and intentions duringplay, rather than averaging across the broad impacts that game mechanics have on student learning.Lastly, a review by Bodnar, Anastasio, Enszer, and Burkey, [16] focused specifically onengineering disciplines in the 2000-2015 time frame, illustrated that game-based instruction inengineering generally had positive impacts on student outcomes, both attitudes and knowledge.Thus, it can be taken that game-based educational tools, when designed and implementedstrategically, can produce significant cognitive and attitudinal gains for some students, in somecontent areas, and in some learning contexts. And it is therefore best understood from a

Conference Session

Engaging Ethics in Teams and Communities

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xiaofeng Tang, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Eduardo Mendieta, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Thomas A. Litzinger, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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University, University Park Thomas A. Litzinger is Director of the Leonhard Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Education and a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Penn State. His work in engineering education involves curricular reform, teaching and learning innovations, assessment, and faculty development. Dr. Litzinger has more than 50 publications related to engineering education including lead authorship of an invited article in the 100th Anniversary issue of JEE and for an invited chapter on translation of research to practice for the first edition of the Cambridge Handbook of Engineering Education Research. He serves as an Associate Editor for Advances in Engineering Education and on the Advisory Board for

Conference Session

Assessing Social Responsibility & Sustainability

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark H Minster, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Richard A House, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Patricia Brackin P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Corey M. Taylor, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Sustainability in Higher Education, vol. 5, no. 3, pp. 239-50, 2004..27. N. Lourdel, N. Gondran, V. Laforest and C. Brodhag, " Introduction of Sustainable Development in Engineers’ Curricula: Problematic and Evaluation Methods," International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 254-64, 2005.28. Zoltowski, C. B., Oakes, W. C., & Cardella, M. E. (2012). Students' ways of experiencing human-centered design. Journal of Engineering Education, 101(1), 28-59.29. UNESCO, "Education for Sustainable Development: Concepts.," No Date.30. L. Elton and B. Johnston, Assessment in Universities: A Critical Review of Research, York: Higher Education Academy, 2002.31. D. Erwin, Assessing Student Learning and

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Innovative Approaches to Ethics Instruction

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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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Paper ID #15856Using the Engineering and Science Issues Test (ESIT) for Ethics InstructionMs. Alison J. Kerr, The University of Tulsa Alison Kerr is a graduate student at The University of Tulsa. She is pursuing a doctoral degree in Industrial-Organizational Psychology. Her research interests include training development and evaluation as explored across a variety of academic disciplines and organizational settings. She is currently assist- ing on a number of training projects aimed at developing engineering students on relevant non-technical professional skills including ethical practice and presentation.Prof. Bradley J

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Graduate Ethics Education & Professional Codes

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Craig Hanks, Texas State University, San Marcos; Dominick Esperanza Fazarro, The University of Texas at Tyler; Jitendra S. Tate, Texas State University, San Marcos; Walt Trybula, Texas State University & Trybula Foundation, Inc.; Robert J.C. McLean, Texas State University

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research lab will serve as the training site on health and safety issues of nanomaterials. Dr. Tate is a mechanical engineer by training and has 16-plus years of academic and two years of industry experience. His research areas include developing, manufacturing; and characterizing the high-performance polymeric nanocomposites for rocket ablatives, fire-retardant interior structures of mass transit and aircraft, lighter and damage-tolerant wind turbine blades, and replacement of traditional composites using bio-based materials. He has mentored under- graduate African-American students under NASA-PAIR at NC A&T University, an HBCU, and Hispanic students under H-LSAMP at Texas State. He is a member of AIAA, ASME, ACMA

Conference Session

Assessing Social Responsibility & Sustainability

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Justin L Hess, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Sarah Aileen Brownell, Rochester Institute of Technology; Richard A House, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Alexander T. Dale, Engineers for a Sustainable World

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human centered design, participatory development, and design for development themes. She was a co- founder of the non-profit Sustainable Organic Integrated Livelihoods (SOIL) which promotes ecological sanitation in Haiti.Dr. Richard A House, Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyDr. Alexander T. Dale, Engineers for a Sustainable World Alexander Dale is the Executive Director of Engineers for a Sustainable World (ESW) and an adjunct faculty member at the University of Pittsburgh. His academic background is in energy and water policy, life-cycle assessment, and sustainable design. As one of the re-founders of ESW, he has focused on expanding educational opportunities as well as new engagement for faculty and professionals

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Moral Development and Ethics Assessment in Engineering

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado Boulder; Jake Walker Lewis, University of Colorado Boulder; Madeline Polmear, University of Florida; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado Boulder; Chris Swan, Tufts University

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college impacted their ethical knowledge, reasoning, and/or behavior? RQ2. How and why do engineering alumni perceive that extracurricular activities during college impacted their ethical knowledge, reasoning, and/or behavior?MethodsTo answer the two research questions, this research used a mixed method approach, combiningquantitative data from survey items with qualitative information from semi-structured interviews.The research reported in this paper was embedded within a larger study [5]. This research wasreviewed by an Institutional Review Board (IRB) for human subjects research and deemedexempt (Protocol #15-0326).A survey instrument was developed to answer RQ1, using many of the best practices suggestedin [39]. The survey

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Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Engineering (CEAE). She has served as the Associate Chair for Undergraduate Education in the CEAE Department, as well as the ABET assessment coordinator. Professor Bielefeldt was also the faculty director of the Sustainable By Design Residential Academic Program, a living- learning community where interdisciplinary students learn about and practice sustainability. Bielefeldt is also a licensed P.E. Professor Bielefeldt’s research interests in engineering education include service- learning, sustainable engineering, social responsibility, ethics, and diversity.Dr. Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder Daniel W. Knight is the Program Assessment and Research Associate at Design Center (DC) Colorado in CU’s Department

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Engineering Ethics - Courses and Curricula

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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research program. The research questions associated with the first-step in the researchprogram were best suited for qualitative methods of discovery. In turn, the findings of the firststep of this research program helped to inform and shape the research question related to thesecond step. The second-step research question was best suited for quantitative methods ofdiscovery.No testable theories related to ethics curriculum incorporation methods are known to presentlyexist. Thus, this research was conducted in an emergent manner that allows for the possibledevelopment of a curriculum-related theory as a result of the study. In addition, the investigationhas been designed with a pragmatic approach to addressing the research questions. As a result

Conference Session

Engaging Ethics, Internationally

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xiaofeng Tang, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Wei Zhang, Zhejiang University; Shuxin Yang, Chinese society for engineer education(CSEE)

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leading countries in engineering education will serve as a starting point for across-national conversation about the opportunities, strategies, and best practices foreducating ethically committed global engineers. We start our analysis by reviewing the history of engineering ethics education in theUS and China. Following that, we examine major theoretical debates that illustrate thecore questions, concepts, and approaches that attract American and Chinese engineeringethicists’ attention. Next we compare some exemplar curricular and instructionalstrategies adopted by educators in each country to facilitate engineering students’ ethicslearning. Findings of this comparative study suggest that engineering ethics education in Chinaand the US

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Industrial, Professional, and Practical Contexts of Engineering Ethics

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Dayoung Kim, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Shiloh James Howland, Brigham Young University; Brent K. Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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engineering students [1], ethical situations also surface inmany other settings. In our own research on engineering student perceptions of ethics and socialresponsibility, we found that many engineering interns and co-ops reported encountering ethicalissues or dilemmas in the workplace [2]. This finding counters a common perception – oftenperpetuated by the prevalence of “big disaster” case studies in engineering ethics education – thatethical issues surface relatively rarely for most technical professionals. As Kline has argued,there is a continuing need to “move beyond this concern with what might be called ‘disasterethics’ to study the ethical and social aspects of everyday engineering practice” [3, p. 14].Aligned with Kline’s recommendation, the

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Engineering Ethics - Courses and Curricula

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald McEachron, Drexel University; Sheila Vaidya, Drexel University; Stacey Ake, Drexel University

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aspects and further development ofthe student trainee’s own ethical system. The trainee will be required to investigate and analyzean issue of his or own choice and submit an abstract or presentation proposal to a professionaljournal in ethics or to a conference. The on-the-job aspect will involve the trainees acting asethics consultants to senior design teams. Each senior design team is required to analyze theethical implications of their product or process design and the trainee/tutor will engage thestudents on those teams in generating the best possible analysis. The student design teams willthen rate the trainee/consultants on their impact. This allows for the faculty to review theperformance of each trainee/tutor in a more controlled

Conference Session

Ethical Reasoning and Responsibility

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lorraine G. Kisselburgh, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Justin L. Hess, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jonathan Beever, University of Central Florida; Andrew O. Brightman, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Network. Jonathan works and publishes at the intersection of environmental ethics and bioethics, focusing on questions of ethics, science, and representation. He teaches a wide variety of undergraduate and graduate courses on related topics.Dr. Andrew O. Brightman, Purdue University, West Lafayette Andrew O. Brightman serves as Assistant Head for Academic Affairs and Associate Professor of Engi- neering Practice in the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering. His research background is in cellular biochemistry, tissue engineering, and engineering ethics. He is committed to developing effective peda- gogies for ethical reasoning and engineering design. c American Society for Engineering

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xiaofeng Tang, Ohio State University; Jeffrey M. Catchmark, Pennsylvania State University; Eduardo Mendieta; Thomas A. Litzinger, Pennsylvania State University

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Rock Ethics Institute where he is involved with ethics education and research on ethical leadership and decision-making and ethical organizational management.Eduardo Mendieta Eduardo Mendieta is professor of philosophy and acting director of the Rock Ethics Institute at Penn State UniversityDr. Thomas A. Litzinger, Pennsylvania State University Thomas A. Litzinger is Director of the Leonhard Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Education and a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Penn State. His work in engineering education involves curricular reform, teaching and learning innovations, assessment, and faculty development. Dr. Litzinger has more than 50 publications related to engineering education

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel J. Biezad P.E., California Polytechnic State University

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Philosophical History for EngineersAbstract Ethics education in the engineering curriculum is required by ABET. This paper presents anunconventional approach to meeting this requirement as surveyed and tested in the aerospaceengineering department of California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, with theintention of having a lasting impact on engineering graduates throughout their working career.All professions have common codes of competence, integrity, and intended good will towardshumanity. Often these codes presume internal regulation and constraint to guard against humannature’s self-serving inclinations and proclivities. Here, in addition to relying on studentexposure to and knowledge of a particular

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Poster Session: Neuroethics and Secondary STEM Classrooms

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Kristen Clapper Bergsman, University of Washington ; Sara Goering, University of Washington; Eric H. Chudler, University of Washington

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Paper ID #33737Partnerships and Pedagogies for Introducing Neuroethics to SecondarySTEM Classrooms [Poster]Dr. Kristen Clapper Bergsman, University of Washington Kristen Clapper Bergsman is a learning scientist, STEM program manager, and curriculum designer. She is the Engineering Education Research Manager at the Center for Neurotechnology at the University of Washington and the Curriculum Design Project Lead at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. Dr. Bergsman owns Laughing Crow Curriculum, a consulting firm offering support in STEM curriculum design and publication. Previously, she was a graduate researcher at the

Conference Session

Interactive Approaches to Ethics

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leslie Dodson, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; David DiBiasio, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Paula Quinn, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; John Bergendahl, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Kristin Boudreau, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Glenn Gaudette, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; John M. Sullivan Jr, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Curtis Abel, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Gaudette, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Glenn R. Gaudette, PhD, is a Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. His research, which is supported by the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation, aims to develop a treatment for the millions of Americans suffering from myocardial infarction and other cardiovascular diseases. In May of 2012, he co-founded a company based on some of the pioneering technology developed in his laboratory. Prof. Gaudette also teaches biomedical engineering design and innovation, biomechanics and physiology. He promotes the development of the entrepreneurial mindset in his students through support provided by the Kern Family Foundation

Conference Session

Ethical Behavior in Academia and Beyond

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marilyn A. Dyrud, Oregon Institute of Technology

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authors cited their affiliation as the Center for Research inApplied Phrenology; the acronym CRAP, a dead giveaway, was apparently overlooked by themanuscript editor. To their delight, a few weeks later they received a notice of acceptance, basedon a rigorous peer review process, and a bill for $800, with directions to send payment to a postoffice box in the United Arab Emirates.2The incident created a whirlwind of commentary in the blogosphere and is but one of severalrecent, deliberate hoaxes aimed at online journals, particularly open access (also dubbed“predatory”) journals. But it also raises important questions in regards to the integrity ofpublished research in STEM-related fields and the ethics of editors and publishers who resort tolying

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics III

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Godfrey, U.S. Coast Guard Academy; Todd Taylor, U.S. Coast Guard Academy; Corinna Fleischmann, U.S. Coast Guard Academy; Daniel Pickles, U.S. Coast Guard Academy

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-boats on board for the number of passengers and crew? Did the TITANIC’s owners? Why or why not? 2. Would your answer change if you found out (hypothetically) that the TITANIC’s owners pressured the British Board of Trade’s decision not to increase the number of lifeboats? 3. How do you think that the belief that the TITANIC was unsinkable (i.e., the engineers had designed the ship as safe as the technology allowed) impact this ethical responsibility? 4. How would you convince your boss of the need to exceed the legal requirements for a design – especially if there were substantial costs associated with the redesign? 5. This is a case where the code of ethics forces the engineer to “overdesign

Conference Session

Reimagining Engineering Ethics

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Luan Minh Nguyen, Iowa State University ; Cristina Poleacovschi, Iowa State University; Kasey M. Faust, University of Texas at Austin; Kate Padgett Walsh, Iowa State University; Scott Grant Feinstein; Cassandra Rutherford, Iowa State University

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Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and a Ph.D. from Northwestern University. Her research focuses on ethics and the history of ethics, including the ethics of debt and finance, as well as the scholarship of teaching and learning.Dr. Scott Grant Feinstein Dr. Scott Feinstein is an expert in research design and comparative and identity politics.Dr. Cassandra Rutherford, Iowa State University Dr. Cassandra Rutherford is an assistant professor in the Department of Civil, Constructions and Envi- ronmental Engineering. Her research focuses on geotechnical engineering and engineering education. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020Conceptualizing a Theory of Ethical Behavior in

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Engineering Ethics Issues Part One

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig Titus, Purdue University; Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Margaret Huyck, Illinois Institute of Technology; William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jill L. May, Illinois Institute of Technology

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contributes to the ethical climate of the team is asimportant a skill as that engineer’s ability to make ethical decisions individually. As educators,then, we must have tools to measure both of these skill sets in pre-professional engineers. Propermeasurement allows educators to design appropriate educational interventions and to track thegrowth of students as they learn. Measurement data also would allow for further research intowhat effects, if any, individual ethical reasoning skills might have on a team’s ethical climate, or Page 22.1436.3vice versa. Past research has suggested a direct impact of team ethical climate on individualethical reason

Conference Session

Assessing Ethics Learning

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

David S. Greenburg, The Citadel; Robert J. Rabb P.E., The Citadel

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decision making as a core element of the engineeringcurriculum and the need for it to remain at the forefront of curriculum design. This study seeks toprovide insights into the research question of whether the use of an integrated leadership andethics training program can improve an engineering student’s ability to make ethical engineeringdecisions as measured by the National Society of Professional Engineers Code of ethics practiceexam. A group of five scenarios and 25 True/False questions based on the NSPE Code of Ethicswere used to measure the ability of students to identify and make decisions that adhere to a setstandard of ethical and professional conduct relating to the practice of engineering. Scenarioswere developed around situations that

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

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George C. Wang, East Carolina University; John St James Stewart Buckeridge, RMIT University

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costs of our builtenvironment. Impacts during manufacture, transport, installation use, winning and disposal ofconstruction materials can be significant, yet often invisible.Various construction material selection and specification remains a challenging, sometimes evencontentious issue. Many designers experience difficulty understanding the full extent ofenvironmental and human health impacts of building materials as they are not easily quantified.Complete and accurate information is elusive. Life-cycle assessment, a thorough accounting ofenvironmental and human health impacts of a material, is the best tool for truly evaluatingmaterials.The benefits of globalization for the construction industry are clear, but the cross impact