Conference Session

Structural Education Topics in Architectural Engineering

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gouranga Banik, Tennessee State University

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

countries and between genders, with statistically significant differences betweenstudents from Japan, the United States, the United Kingdom, and South Africa (Whitely, 1999).Like other professions, lack of ethics or improper implementation of ethics is becomingwidespread problems among all professions including architecture, engineering and construction(AEC). It can be due to widespread availability of materials through web and/or lack ofunderstanding the importance of ethics as a professional responsibility (Banik, 2010). There canbe many reasons for student cheats including due to the poor preparation of faculty for the classand/or can be inadequate academic preparation of students. In a recent survey commissioned byKnowledge Ventures, an

Conference Session

Construction Education Topics in Architectural Engineering

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laura Elizabeth Leach, Western Kentucky University

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

personal ‘dream home’focused them on expressing their individual desires of prestige and success which was oftenmanifested in the design of an ostentatious home with no regard for engaging the community inwhich they placed the home. Samuel Mockbee was quoted from a conference held at PrincetonUniversity to say, “The practice of architecture… also requires active civic engagement. It is inour own self-interest to assert our ethical values and our talents as citizen architects.” [5] Theproject in its current state was clearly disengaging students from reality, culture, and the truerichness of designing to exist and engage within a project’s community. The students needed tobe taught the ethical values and influence they can have on the human