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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Engineering Ethics

our characters good orbad.”2 Discussion of engineering ethics is not only beyond the scope of the course, but itwould not be appropriate as a majority of the course’s students are not engineers.To meet ABET criterion 3f, each engineering major has found it necessary to supplementthis classical ethics theory with additional instruction on professional ethics. In the past,this instruction was usually accomplished during several lectures within each major’ssenior capstone design course. Typically the lesson plans were discussions focused onthe Code of Ethics associated with each major’s professional society and the NationalSociety of Professional Engineers. However, depending upon the knowledge, interest oreven class time available to the

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics: Using Case Studies

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Loendorf, Eastern Washington University

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Engineering Ethics

and predicaments. As this studydiscovered, many students are not well enough prepared to encounter real world engineeringchallenges. Additional training and exercises are being planned to improve this aspect of theirengineering ethics education.This study also revealed that many students still make poor ethical decisions. This finding aloneindicates that more work needs to be done. The earlier and more frequently a student becomesexposed to engineering ethics, the better prepared they will be to meet the challenges of the realworld upon graduation. A single learning module incorporated into one course cannotaccomplish this. It takes repetitive exposures from a variety of engineering courses to accomplishthis objective.Conclusions

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division - WIP Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Soheil Fatehiboroujeni, Indiana-Purdue University; Atsushi Akera, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Donna M. Riley, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Alan Cheville, Bucknell University; Jennifer Karlin, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Sarah Appelhans, University at Albany; Thomas De Pree, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Engineering Ethics

, deans, and provosts). In particular, our subjects havedirect involvement and experience with planning, implementation, resource allocation, or consen-sus building in the local and/or national initiatives. This allows us to identify the discourse as wellas the structural conditions or consequences of governance in engineering education. Emergenceof engineering ethics in various contexts or, by the same merit, its absence in numerous others isof interest to us in this paper.The interviews were recorded (with proper informed consent and privacy protection protocols),transcribed, coded and analyzed, first with an exploratory, open coding 25 approach to identifyemerging themes. In the exploratory stage, a salient category that we named “why

Conference Session

Research on Engineering Ethics Education and Practice

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

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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Engineering Ethics

milk scandal as aprototypically unethical behavior. However, there might be other incidents similarly impactful tospecific national groups, for instance, the Deepwater Horizon/BP oil spill. Further, rather thanconceiving of unethical behaviors as ones by companies affecting people and the public, USparticipants might be more likely to conceive of unethical behaviors in terms of the intentions ofindividuals.[27] Interestingly, the term “justice” was not used to respond to either prompt –“rights,” “fair,” and “unfair” comprised only small nodes in the why network. Towards this end,the authors plan to explore website data using theories from moral psychology, for instance,Moral Foundations Theory (MFT) and the developmental stages/schema

Conference Session

Innovating Ethics Curriculum and Instruction

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

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

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Engineering Ethics

unlikely, it illustrates a concrete connection between thereading and the student’s planning. Figure 1. Student responses about planned future actions placed in quadrants reflecting specificity of topic vs specificity or ambiguity of proposed future action.The final theme was the diversity of topical themes. Emerging technology was a common themeand many of the entries included references to nanotechnology and artificial intelligence. Othertechnologies mentioned less frequently were autonomous vehicles and cybernetics. Relationshipswere also discussed at length with many student engineers focusing on friends and family.Several of the student engineers explicitly tied work-life balance to their relationships with theirfriends and

Conference Session

Ethics Integration in the Engineering Curriculum

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jenny Lo, Virginia Tech; Vinod Lohani, Virginia Tech; Jennifer Mullin, Virginia Tech

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Engineering Ethics

been explored to handle debris? c. What factors should be considered to determine order of debris removal? Whose (government, businesses, residences, etc.) debris should be removed first, second, third, etc. and why? 4. Contamination Issues a. Discuss types of contaminants (i.e., animal/human waste, fuel, etc.) and concerns with each type b. Describe current plans to deal with contamination and possible long term effects c. Should residences and buildings be constructed in areas where contamination may exist? 5. Rebuilding New Orleans a. Describe types of local industries in New Orleans and their relative importance on a national

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Martin S. High, Oklahoma State University; Scott D Gelfand, Oklahoma State University, Department of Philosophy; Ronald Steve Harrist Ph.D., Oklahoma State University; Shelia M. Kennison, Oklahoma State University

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Engineering Ethics

demonstrate why people act unethically. After a discussion of each video, each individualstudent is guided through a two-part exercise. The first part, developing a Personal InventoryReport, helps the student engage in self-reflection in order to determine what sorts of situationsthe student might find ethically challenging. In the second part of the exercise, the studentdevelops a personal plan (Adaptive-Strategies Report) addressing what strategies they might usein order to increase the likelihood that they will act ethically in challenging situations (that is, thesituations arrived at while developing the Personal Inventory Report). Page

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics and Justice

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dean Nieusma, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Engineering Ethics

move forward that future workshops are planned. 36Conceptual ContributionsThe final approach to engineering and social justice addressed here is the least tangible and yetthe most important from the perspective of research into engineering thinking and practice. It iswhat will be called, for lack of better terminology, “conceptual contributions,” or efforts toreconceptualize how engineering is understood and how it is practiced. In this category ofinterventions, we see engineering and social justice scholars inquiring deeply into theassumptions, structures, values, and practices of engineers. Particular attention is dedicated toidentifying different and problematic facets of the dominant worldview surroundingengineering—a view traditionally

Conference Session

Understanding Students' Authentic and Reflective Experiences of Ethics Education

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Luan M. Nguyen, Iowa State University of Science and Technology; Cristina Poleacovschi, Iowa State University of Science and Technology; Kasey M. Faust, University of Texas at Austin; Kate Padgett Walsh, Iowa State University of Science and Technology; Michaela Leigh LaPatin P.E., University of Texas at Austin; Scott Grant Feinstein; Cassandra Rutherford

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Engineering Ethics

inaccurate planning and the project may face resistance from somerefugees .This example illustrates a complicated and interdependent relationship betweentechnical and ethical aspects of engineering work [5]. In addition, it reveals the importance ofethics in engineering work and the need to focus on broad societal impacts in engineering ethicseducation [1]. Here, the lack of macroethical understanding of the context of the engineeringproject led to the engineers facing resistance from the refugees. Current engineering education tends to focus on technical aspect and issues internal toengineering practice (e.g., relationship between individual engineers, or between the engineersand their clients) [1]. Even though ethics is intrinsically part

Conference Session

New Areas of Ethical Inquiry

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Minha R. Ha, York University; Joshua Racette, McMaster University; Shinya Nagasaki, McMaster University

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Diversity

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Engineering Ethics

into perspective… safety… and societal deserve to be at least aware of what these aspects of this cannot be ignored.” societal aspects are.” 805: “… we should be knowledgeable about Responsibility for Impact & Public Needs the full impact of any work we partake in…” 701: “…it should be part of my job in designing… to take account the societal Responsibility for Impact & Public Needs impact of a design” 802: “… societal impact… Nuclear energy 703: “… engineers have a huge hand in systems are huge investments… planning societal

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session - Ethics Across Contexts

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Diversity

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Engineering Ethics

couldargue – Eastern philosophical traditions, as well as the work of early moral psychologists such as1 This is not to claim that the education of engineers would be the most important factor involvedin or main reason for such disasters. The decisions and actions of non-engineers also matter, aswell as policies by governments and industries. This research and paper contribute to a betterunderstanding of these as well, a point further explained below.Laurence Kohlberg, as well as more recent neo-Kohlbergians such as James Rest andcolleagues.[29]–[32] Although recent work in engineering ethics has identified problems with anexclusive focus on ethical reasoning – pulling on insights from theories of “planned behavior” [33]and positive psychology [34

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dean Nieusma, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Mitch Cieminski, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Diversity

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Engineering Ethics

participation in a student club] What are the professional dimensions of ethics in [your club]?} All of the programs our student group plans… I guess, the ethical part beforehand would be, ‘Is it ethical to, like, hold a scavenger hunt for the students of RPI during GM [spirit] week that has, like, these certain questions? Are all these questions OK to ask? Are they offending anyone?’ Or would it be depleting this entire organization’s resources and money to hold this scavenger hunt and give away all these big monetary prizes?’ (701, 48)Ethics experiences beyond coursework and extracurricular activities included a range ofinfrequently identified, but substantially elaborated issues—often sensitive ones. Two

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ryan C. Campbell, University of Washington; Ken Yasuhara, Center for Engineering Learning & Teaching, University of Washington; Denise Wilson, University of Washington

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Engineering Ethics

Africa & Mozambique).† Problem statement adapted from [13]. export and is considered the amount of transfer to Canju. The value of this transfer at which the system is barely stable is the transient stability limit. South to North TTC is similarly calculated.b) Reports should recommend a North to South allowed TTC plan, and a South to North TTC plan at the CNI (Canju-Northwest Intertie) for each year in the given planning period.c) Reports should recommend options for extending the system into the eastern region that illustrate how environmental, social, and ethical considerations were taken into account. Note that the population of the eastern region is about half that of the west (38M vs 76M) and the [western

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

based on on-line course learning system and cited references Resource as listed on Course Management System Consulted Cited ASCE What Went Wrong Why, 92 pg report21; pdf (listed first) 13 9 28 ASCE Lessons of Katrina 2015 Ethics Commentary ; link 6 2 Baillie Catalano Eng Society Social Justice – ethics; Ch4 Hurricane 8 1 Katrina and the flooding of New Orleans29; pdf Fields Disaster Planning Post Katrina – Wicked Problem,30 8 pg; pdf √ 11 5 22 House of

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Danielle Corple, Purdue University, West Lafayette; David H. Torres, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Katharine E. Miller; Megan Kenny Feister, California State University, Channel Islands; Patrice Marie Buzzanell, University of South Florida

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Engineering Ethics

to willfully forgo their own design ideas in order to incorporate userfeedback and seek to design a product that truly met their needs.For example, in this phase, the one team’s original plans to provide benefits to their user werechallenged by the users’ feedback, putting their interest in beneficence in tension with userautonomy. This team set out to develop assistive technology for a toddler with a disability namedRyan. The team conducted research and brainstormed ideas, identifying several potential devicesthey thought could assist Ryan in feeding himself. However, after meeting with Ryan parents,Tina shares how their team’s conceptual design ideas changed: R: Um, I think initially, like the first week or two, we brainstormed all

Conference Session

Assessing Social Responsibility & Sustainability

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathan E Canney PE, Seattle University; Angela R Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Mikhail Russu

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods, Engineering Ethics, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

like this were very uncommon, however. This could point to a missing link withrespect to developing a professional sense of social responsibility in engineers that could drawfrom the existing HSS influences that students reported. One student actually discussed howtheir humanities class influenced them negatively with respect to their views of engineering,saying: “Mostly the humanities, the engineering classes I took made me realize how irrelevant my major (mechanical engineering) is to making a difference in the world. I don't plan on using my major for anything in the future- planning on shifting my career path to the humanities/social sciences.”This response came from a female, senior engineering student who

Conference Session

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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Engineering Ethics

WI programrequires that one of the three designated WI courses be in a course outside of the student’s major,ensuring that students’ writing experiences are not excessively focused upon only one format orstyle. Background Drexel University is strongly committed to co-operative education and this naturallyleads to a five year undergraduate program: freshmen; sophomore; pre-junior; junior and senioryears. Six month co-operative education experiences typically occur in the sophomore, pre-junior and junior years alternating with six months on campus attending classes. The School ofBiomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems, where we plan to pilot this ethicsprogram, is a separate academic unit from the College of

Conference Session

Faculty Views of Ethics

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Katz, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; David B. Knight, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Diversity

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Engineering Ethics

diagram illustrates the confluence of factors that can affectan academic plan’s design, which includes faculty members – the unit of analysis for the presentwork. Figure 1. Academic Plan Model from Lattuca and Stark17.* *Figure used with author’s permission via personal correspondence. Starting with the observation that some faculty teach engineering ethics in their courseswhile others do not19, one question arises: what is the difference between groups of facultymembers in how they conceptualize engineering ethics education? If we could better characterizethe conceptual frameworks around the perceptions, beliefs, and attitudes that engineering facultyharbor toward ethics education, then we could

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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Diversity

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Engineering Ethics

course.Assessment 3. Pre/post Scenario AnalysisAdditionally, students were given a scenario involving the use of a potentially hazardouschemical used in a medical product. The pre-test, issued in the beginning of the first termof “Humanitarian Engineering Past and Present,” asked them how they would respondgiven the issues embedded in the scenario – environmental racism, following governmentregulations/company policy, dealing with multiple perspectives, and possiblewhistleblowing. In the post-test, which was delivered at the end of the second term, theywere asked to review and critique their pre-test responses.Pre-test responses typically just re-stated the problem and did not provide a detailedaction plan. In their post-test critique of their earlier

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Samuel Aaron Snyder, Virginia Tech; Indhira María Hasbún, Virginia Tech; Jessica Deters, Virginia Tech; Diana Bairaktarova, Virginia Tech

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Diversity

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Engineering Ethics

. The CFA allows us to analyze the fit of the individual items from thesurvey to the prescribed factors within the given models. The model used was used to explainhow PTO, SOC and BFP all played a role in predicting ethical awareness. To increase thestrength of the study, some questions were created to measure the opposite of the intendedvariable. For example, one of the questions measuring the personal subfactor from the spheres ofcontrol is, “I usually do not set goals because I have a hard time following through on them,” iscounterbalanced by the question “Once I make plans, I am almost certain to make them work.”Because of this difference, many of the scales had to be reverse coded to fit into the models forconfirmatory factor analysis

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marilyn A. Dyrud, Oregon Institute of Technology

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Engineering Ethics

Strecker Forest, a 31-house development adjacent to the heavily contaminatedCallahan property was planned in the late 1990s (Grover Callahan was one of Bliss’ drivers anddumped waste on his own property). Despite assurances that the area was “clean as a whistle,”potential residents were understandably concerned, as prior to cleanup a nearby ravine was“filled 15 feet deep with rusty barrels” [69]. Since 2008, the EPA has returned twice to the areafor additional cleanup, removing “hundreds of waste drums and thousands of tons ofcontaminated soil.” In the most recent cleanup, 2015, the EPA removed 1,545 tons of dioxin-laced soil [70]. In spite of residents’ concerns and required additional cleanups, the EPA recentlyremoved the Callahan property from

Conference Session

Engineering Social and Human Ethical Impacts

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark L. Bourgeois, University of Notre Dame

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Diversity

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Engineering Ethics

remainder of the summer to further developtheir project plans, or fulfill any prior research commitments they may have. When the academicyear starts, SRR convenes occasional meetings, approximately 5 times per term. In the fall term,these generally consist of further instruction and outside speakers. For example, at the firstmeeting in fall Dr. Bourgeois provided a workshop on Design Thinking aimed at developingprojects in SRR. Other talks included sessions on writing for a general audience given by Dr.Jessica Baron, Communications Coordinator and Director of Media and Engagement for theHistory of Science Society; a talk on working in the public policy space by Dr. MelindaGormley, then a AAAS fellow at EPA; and a talk by a member of the Templeton

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Greg Rulifson, University of Colorado, Boulder; Angela R Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Diversity

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Engineering Ethics

perhaps would plan to raise herchildren. Jocelyn’s SR development will be very interesting to follow, seeing if her futurefamilial concerns continue to be strong influences, or if other collegial experiences alsocontribute. Her expected Peace Corps experience after college, that she did discuss in the secondyear, will likely be life-changing.Sarah was characterized as a Type 2 student at the end of year 1 since she saw engineering as thebest way to improve society overall. In the first year interview, Sarah, a civil engineeringstudent at TU, described early on that she wanted to help people: “So I really want to…go andhelp people in South America to like, better themselves. So I’m working on it, that’s really mygoal.” She planned to use her

Conference Session

Ethical Design

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

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

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Engineering Ethics

working on theinstrumentation in order to complete it on time.What should John do? Choose TWO of the following: a. Have Rob sign a special waiver releasing the firm from liability b. Have everyone return back to the office and plan for a return outing the next weekend c. Have the remaining team members do what they can to complete the instrumentation, while Rob waits in the vehicle d. Have Rob work on something that has a very limited chance of doing him any harm e. Have Rob be fully involved in the instrumentation, even though he doesn’t have his hard hat, since the hard hat isn’t really needed f. Call the office and see if someone can bring a hard hat to the site later in the day

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics II

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rose Marra, University of Missouri; Demei Shen, University of Missouri; David Jonassen, University of Missouri; Jenny Lo, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Vinod Lohani, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Engineering Ethics

natural product of the learning process, and one of themost commonly used cognitive strategies to promote students’ thinking21, 22. A question reflectsthe level of thought entailed to answer it and therefore they can be ranked23. Questioning iseffective in facilitating thinking21. Various studies showed that questions were effective foreliciting metacognition in terms of planning and reflection in web-based learningenvironments24, and that questions were effective in fostering ill-structured problem solving Page 13.622.4processes20, 25. Additionally, problem solving is influenced by various factors including cognitive andmetacognitive

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David K. Ware; David J. Ahlgren, Trinity College; Harvey F. Silverman, Brown University

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Engineering Ethics

: A large manufacturing company sends a team ofseveral people to Turkey, to visit several Turkish companies that are potential suppliers of low-cost, high quality parts. The team consists of a financial analyst, a purchasing specialist, and amanufacturing engineer, so that the relative merits of each potential supplier can be evaluatedfrom the perspective of each of these professionals. After visiting the last of the Turkishcompanies, and on the planned day of departure for the U.S., a huge snow storm arrives on thescene, shutting down all area airports, and filling up all hotels in the area with stranded travelers.The company team calls many hotels looking for rooms, but finds none available. The presidentof the last-visited Turkish company

Conference Session

Panel: A Conversation About Ethics Education and Resources

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rebecca A. Bates, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Taft H. Broome Jr., Howard University; Legand L. Burge Jr., Tuskegee University; Rachelle Hollander, National Academy of Engineering; Michael C. Loui, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Engineering Ethics

' Council (EDC) Public Policy Committee. In 2005 Dean Burge was elected to a first 2-year term on the ASEE Engineering Deans Council Executive Board, and re-elected in 2007. Hechairs the EDC Committee on Diversity, is a member of the 2007 ASEE Engineering DeansInstitute (EDI) Colloquium Planning Committee, and a member of the current EDC K-12Engineering Task Force.Rachelle Hollander directs the National Academy of Engineering’s Center for EngineeringEthics and Society (CEES). CEES manages the NAE Online Ethics Center(www.onlineethics.org). For many years Dr. Hollander directed the science and engineeringethics activities at the National Science Foundation. In 2006, Dr. Hollander received theOlmsted Award “for innovative contributions to the liberal

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Outside the Classroom

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dominic Halsmer, Oral Roberts University; Elliott Butay, Oral Roberts University; Ben Hase, Oral Roberts University; Sean McDonough, Oral Roberts University; Taylor Tryon, Oral Roberts University; Joshua Weed, Oral Roberts University

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Engineering Ethics

professional preparation programs have content that can help students become aware of, and examine, their own mental models, beliefs and values, metaphysical assumptions, and future plans and aspirations. But this content will not generate that awareness and enable that examination unless it is accompanied by appropriate pedagogical strategies. Most important, both the curricula and teaching practices need to be accompanied by teachers who are themselves authentic, who are open and candid, [and] who share their own searching, their own concerns, and their own struggles, past and present.”11However, not much is offered in terms of how an engineering curriculum might bespecifically upgraded in this regard

Conference Session

Industrial, Professional, and Practical Contexts of Engineering Ethics

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Yilmaz Hatipkarasulu, University of Texas at San Antonio

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Engineering Ethics

, and avoiding situational analysis are also very important for theoverall argument.In the example presented in this paper, the students are challenged to handle a business conflictthat requires them to report to their managers with an action plan. The decision-making modelfollows a modified version of the structure proposed by Hatipkarasulu and Gunhan for a job offerscenario [17]. The decision-making process has three major stages: the event (noted as "theoffer/challenge" by Hatipkarasulu and Gunhan [17]), the dilemma, and the decision. Thismodified model can be adapted for different scenarios and can be extended for furtherdiscussions.THE SCENARIO AND FRAMEWORKUsing the modified model, the example in this paper is built on a straightforward

Conference Session

Moral Development, Engineering Pedagogy and Ethics Instruction

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christan Whysong, Virginia Tech; Jenny Lo, Virginia Tech; Kumar Mallikarjunan, Virginia Tech

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Engineering Ethics

through a spiral themed curriculum so it will beessential to orchestrate an assessment plan for future evaluation. The proposed assessment plancurrently includes an analysis of focus group interviews, online surveys, online discussions,classroom discussions, and electronic portfolio entries. For the last two years, the Department ofEngineering Education has started to collect data regarding student perceptions of engineering Page 11.735.8ethics training in the freshman year; these studies will be expanded to include BSE students intheir upperclassman years.Future workFuture work includes piloting the preliminary case studies and assessing the