Paper ID #29160Mapping Concepts Engineering Students in China Use to Think about EthicsDr. Rockwell Franklin Clancy III, University of Michigan-Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute Rockwell F. Clancy is an Associate Teaching Professor in engineering ethics and philosophy at the Uni- versity of Michigan-Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute and Research Fellow in the Institute of Social Cognition and Decision-making, both in Shanghai Jiao Tong University. His research and teaching interests include engineering ethics, moral psychology, philosophy of technology, Chinese philosophy, and political philosophy
dilemmas.Students saw some of the predicted value of working with fiction to grapple with ethical issues,as one student wrote: The science fiction book helped depict issues by separation from reality. This allowed free discussion without threat or offence.The fourth theme was the focus the student engineers put on their futures. With regards tostatements about their own futures students tended to differentiate themselves on two axes. Oneaxis ranges from declarations about specific actions to general statements about ambiguousbehaviors. The other axis ranges from technologically specific to technologically ambiguous.Figure 1 shows typical responses for each of the quadrants. While the specific topic/specificaction quote may seem unreasonable or
philosophy, political philosophy, and science, technology, and society studies. Rockwell completed his PhD at Purdue University, West Lafayette, MA at the Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven, Belgium, and BA at Fordham University, New York.Dr. Joanna Ruth Sessford, The Sino-British College, USST Dr Joanna Sessford is an engineering lecturer at the Sino-British College, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology. She completed both her PhD and BEng at The University of Liverpool, UK. She was awarded a Graduate Certificate in Tertiary Teaching from Curtin University of Technology, Australia.Longfei An, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China Longfei An is currently a PhD student in Business Management (Media Management) from
Paper ID #10155Ethnography in Engineering Ethics Education: A Pedagogy for Transforma-tional ListeningDr. Yanna Lambrinidou, Virginia Tech Yanna Lambrinidou is a medical ethnographer and adjunct assistant professor in the Department of Sci- ence and Technology Studies (STS) at Virginia Tech. For the past 7 years, she has conducted research on the historic 2001-2004 Washington, DC lead-in-drinking-water contamination. This work exposed wrongdoing and unethical behavior on the part of local and federal government agencies. In 2010, Dr. Lambrinidou co-conceived the graduate level engineering ethics course ”Engineering
Paper ID #28301Developing and Applying Knowledge and Skills in Ethics and ProfessionalMorality: An Evidence-Based Practice PaperDr. Donald Winiecki, Boise State University Don Winiecki, Ed.D., Ph.D. is the ‘Professor of Ethics & Morality in Professional Practice‘ in the Boise State University, College of Engineering. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in ‘Foundational Values‘ and ‘Professional Ethics‘ in the Computer Science Department and Organizational Performance & Workplace Learning Department in the Boise State University College of Engineering. His research focuses on the attributes of technology
Paper ID #26997Resolving Moral Dilemmas Using the Creative Middle Way ApproachDr. Ashraf Ghaly P.E., Union College Ashraf Ghaly is Director of Engineering and Carl B. Jansen Professor of Engineering at Union College, Schenectady, NY. Published over 250 papers, technical notes, and reports. Supervised over 50 research studies. Registered PE in NYS. ASCE Fellow and Member of the Chi-Epsilon Civil Engineering Honor Society. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Resolving Moral Dilemmas Using the Creative Middle Way Approach Ashraf Ghaly, Ph.D., P.E., Professor
of the Technology and Society (T & S) Division and as the ASME district B leader. He also serves as the treasurer and secretary for the ASEE Engineering Ethics Dvision.Ms. Nadia Sunny, Grand Valley State University Nadia Sunny is pursuing a Master’s degree in Biomedical Engineering at Grand Valley State University, Michigan. She received her Bachelor’s in Chemical Engineering from Bangladesh University of En- gineering and Technology in 2004 and Master’s in Business Administration from Institute of Business Administration, Dhaka University in 2008. She has a diverse work experience in mechanical fabrication company, urea process plant, telecommunication equipment vendor and bank. She received excellence awards
Paper ID #33812Longitudinal Qualitative Case Study of One Engineering Student’sPerceptions of Ethics and Social Responsibility: Corvin’s StoryDr. Stephanie Claussen, San Francisco State University Stephanie Claussen is an Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering at San Francisco State Univer- sity. Previously, she spent eight years as a Teaching Professor in the Engineering, Design, and Society Di- vision and the Electrical Engineering Department at the Colorado School of Mines. She obtained her B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2005 and her M.S. and Ph.D. from
Engineering Ethics. His research and teaching interests include engineering ethics, moral psychology, philosophy of technology, Chinese philosophy, political philosophy, and contempo- rary European philosophy. Rockwell completed his PhD at Purdue University, West Lafayette, MA at the Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven, Belgium, and BA at Fordham University, New York.Dr. Horst Hohberger, University of Michigan - Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute Dr. Horst Hohberger is an Associate Teaching Professor for Mathematics at the UM-SJTU Joint Insti- tute (JI) and also serves as the Faculty Advisor for International Programs. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Potsdam, Germany in 2006. His research interests include
Paper ID #33863Let’s Play! Gamifying Engineering Ethics Education Through theDevelopment of Competitive and Collaborative ActivitiesProf. Michael F. Young, University of Connecticut Dr. Young (http://myoung.education.uconn.edu/) received his PhD from Vanderbilt University in Cogni- tive Psychology and directs UConn’s 2 Summers in Learning Technology program. He is the author of nine chapters on an ecological psychology approach to instructional design and has authored more than two dozen peer reviewed research papers. His work has appeared in many major journals including the Journal of Educational Computing Research
texts into classes.4.1 Course and MaterialsThe materials for analysis were drawn from a sophomore-level ethics course at a large publicResearch 1 (Carnegie classification) university. This course is required of most engineeringmajors. Ethical reasoning is developed through an introduction to ethical theories andcontemporary ethical issues in engineering, technology and society. Course materials andassignments consider intuitionism, which is a person’s intuitive reaction to ethical issues, threeethical theories – i.e., utilitarianism, respect for persons (Kantian deontology), and virtue ethics –and the National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE) code of ethics. Through a variety ofactivities and formats, students analyze and respond to
missing invarious codes, is macroethics which considers the “collective, social responsibility of theengineering profession and societal decisions about technology”.7 Issues such as security andpeace, social justice and social responsibility are often viewed as macroethical challenges.In addition, unless ethics education is provided by instructors in the social sciences, mostinstances of ethics instruction to engineering students minimizes the discussion of various ethicaltheories that could be used in the categorization of ethical situations. Though numerous theoriesexist, most ethical concerns can be categorized under the broad umbrellas of utilitarianism,deontology, and virtue. In short, utilitarianism represents a collection of theories where
it.MethodologyA Transportation Engineering Systems and Management course was taught in fall 2005 using thetraditional lecture method. The course is junior level core courses in the engineering curriculum. Page 25.836.4This course was used as the control group19. In fall 2010 an experimental group was taught withan ethics component that counted for 15% of the grade. The number of students in fall 2005 andfall 2010 were 15 and 18 respectively. The course was a junior level one. The course was arequired course for graduation in the technology program. The course needs sophomore levelmathematics as a prerequisite. 90% of the exam component needs the students
manygraduates working in the mining sites9, there is an urgent need to help engineering students learnto see the world through new eyes, those of their own Indigenous people. A further criticallyimportant reason for bringing in social and environmental issues has been an awareness thatfemale students are increasingly interested in technologies, which seem relevant and beneficial tosocieties10. As early as 1989 it was recognised that approaches which were more appealing towomen encouraged interaction, cooperation and trust, connected, holistic thought, joined feelingand thinking, and had an increased focus on social responsibility11.Social responsibility (often “corporate” social responsibility or CSR) is a term frequently used inthe current economic
, American Institute of Chem- ical Engineers, and Dance Marathon. She also works for the College of Engineering as a teaching assis- tant, student ambassador, and research assistant. After graduation, she hopes to attend graduate school to further her education. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 WIP: Piloting an Ethics Choose-Your-Own Adventure Activity in Early Engineering EducationAbstractEngineering requires designing, redesigning, and developing new technologies that can havelarge positive impacts on society. But engineering can also come with negative, oftenunforeseen, consequences, side effects, or by-products. Dynamite
Paper ID #23163Learner Types: A Means to Expand the Definition of Diversity and to Re-design Ethics ModulesDr. Rider W Foley, University of Virginia Dr. Rider W. Foley is an assistant professor in the science, technology & society program in the De- partment of Engineering and Society at the University of Virginia. He is the principal investigator at University of Virginia on the ’4C Project’ on Cultivating Cultures of Ethical STEM education with col- leagues from Notre Dame, Xavier University and St. Mary’s College. He is also the co-leader of the ’Nano and the City’ thematic research cluster for the Center for
EPICS Program and an Associate Professor and a founding faculty member of the Department of Engineering Education at Purdue University with courtesy appointments in Mechanical Engineering and of Curriculum and Instruction. He is a co-recipient the NEA’s Bernard M. Gordon Prize for Innovation in Engineering and Technology Education, the Campus Compact Thomas Ehrlich Faculty Award for Service-Learning; the NSPE’s Educational Excellence Award. Page 15.763.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Designing Ethics Curriculum: Teaching and Assessing Moral
Paper ID #17414Assessing a Scaffolded, Interactive, and Reflective Analysis Framework forDeveloping Ethical Reasoning in Engineering StudentsDr. Lorraine G. Kisselburgh, Purdue University, West Lafayette Lorraine Kisselburgh (Ph.D., Purdue University) examines organizing and communicative practices in sociotechnical contexts, particularly collaboration in engineering design teams, spatial and material in- fluences on organizing, and gendered practices in technological settings. She has backgrounds in com- munication, human performance, and computer science, and over twenty years experience designing and supporting
Paper ID #16905Integrating Ethical Considerations In DesignDr. Megan Kenny Feister, Purdue University, West Lafayette Megan is a postdoctoral researcher in EPICS at Purdue University with a Ph.D. in Organizational Commu- nication from the Brian Lamb School of Communication from Purdue University. Her research focuses on design, organizational identity, identification and socialization, team communication, innovation, and technology. She is currently working on an NSF grant examining ethical reasoning and decision-making in engineering project teams, and examining the relationship between teams and individuals in engineer
2006-1358: ETHICS - A TOUGH CHOICEBrian Houston, University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown BRIAN L. HOUSTON is an Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering Technology at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown and Managing Partner of Roundtable Engineering Solutions, LLC. Prior to academia, he worked as a Senior Design Engineer in the petrochemical industry and is licensed in several states. He received a B.A. from Northwestern University in 1986, and a B.S./M.S. in Civil Engineering from Oklahoma State University in 1997/99. Page 11.599.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006
and appreciation of one’s self in the world and of world issues), and • Global civic engagement (active engagement with local, regional, national and global community issues).2Instruction in engineering ethics contains elements of all three dimensions in globalcitizenship. Ladd3 subdivided engineering ethics into microethics and macroethics.Microethics considers individuals and internal relations of the engineering profession.Macroethics pays more attention to larger societal problems and values the collective socialresponsibility of the profession in making decisions about technology relevant to the good ofsociety.4 Most of the current teaching in engineering ethics has focused on microethics.5 Asa result, this educational focus
Paper ID #18520Work-in-Progress: A ’Cards Against Humanity’-style Card Game for In-creasing Engineering Students’ Awareness of Ethical Issues in the ProfessionProf. Daniel D. Burkey, University of Connecticut Daniel Burkey is the Associate Dean of Undergraduate Programs and Associate Professor-in-Residence in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Connecticut. He re- ceived his B.S. in chemical engineering from Lehigh University in 1998, and his M.S.C.E.P and Ph.D. in chemical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2000 and 2003, respectively. His primary
Paper ID #27491Work-in-Progress: Preliminary Results from a Survey of Moral FoundationsAcross Engineering SubdisciplinesDr. Jonathan Beever, University of Central Florida Jonathan Beever is Assistant Professor of Philosophy and faculty with the Texts & Technology Program at The University of Central Florida. He has held postdoctoral positions with Penn State’s Rock Ethics Institute and with Purdue University’s Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering before joining UCF. Jonathan works and publishes on questions of ethics, science, and representation. He teaches a wide variety of undergraduate and graduate courses on
Sustainable Water Technology and Design, classes in the Civil & Environmental Engineering Depart- ment and the Swanson School of Engineering First-Year program. He works directly with K-12 initiatives and outreach programs including Constellation Energy Inventor Labs, ReMake Learning Network, and INVESTING Now. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Perceptions of Academic Integrity of Students in a First-Year Engineering ProgramAbstractGiven the increasing efficiency and expanding functionality of communications technology, andthe degree to which students use these technologies to connect and/or access course materials, itis important to update our
Paper ID #30620Assessment of the Impact of Civil Engineering Design Problems forPromoting Ethical DecisionsDr. Jagadish Torlapati, Rowan University Dr. Jagadish Torlapati is currently a Lecturer at the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at Rowan University in Glassboro. His primary areas of interest are environmental and water resources engineering. Prior to his role at Rowan University, he was a post-doctoral researcher at New Jersey Institute of Technology where he worked on Exxon Valdez and BP oil spills.Dr. Sarah K. Bauer, Rowan University Dr. Sarah Bauer is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil
Paper ID #21429The Ethical Judgement Processes of Students in Computing: Implications forProfessional DevelopmentMr. Amir Hedayati Mehdiabadi, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Amir Hedayati is a PhD Candidate in Human Resource Development at College of Education at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He received his B.S. in Computer Engineering from Sharif University of Technology in 2008 and his M.B.A. from University of Tehran in 2011. He has presented his research in past years at multiple conferences including American Evaluation Association, International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, and Academy of
scientists, especiallythose that will be working with data about people and with automated techniques that can haveconsequences on people's lives” [4, p. 20]. Similar to the curriculum defined by IDSSP [3], theyrecommend that students study failures as well as successful case studies. The report alsoincludes a link to a list of university courses on ethics and technology and other resources [5].The ethical topics raised in the report can be summarized in two categories: 1. educational training: curriculum and research programs; define code of ethics, and 2. current events/case studies: success and disaster stories.2.5 National Academies of Science/Engineering/Medicine (NASEM)The US National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM
engineering ethics is reinforced by theway that micro-ethics are taught to engineers. For example the Fundamentals of EngineeringExam offers multiple choice ethics questions suggesting that ethics problems can be solved in ananalytical fashion like other engineering problems. This worldview is problematic for learningmacro-ethics where there is often no single, precise “right answer” and where the power todecide what is right or wrong lies in the broader society. This worldview left unchallengedlargely precludes critical thought and reflective judgment regarding macro-ethics because itshores up the paradigm that “technology is neutral” and this leads inexperienced engineers tobelieve that engineering principles can be applied in abstraction and
insight into the ethical problems theywill encounter as professional and a framework for making ethical decisions.Conclusions (1) Statistical analysis demonstrated that students who were instructed explicitly in ethics are more aware of ethical questions in engineering. (2) There is value in teaching ethics to the students. (3) The authors plan to extend this strategy to two other courses over the next three years. The method presented in this study may be used at other institutions with appropriate modifications in order to prepare the students for the ethical dilemmas they will encounter when they enter engineering practice.Bibliography1. Rosentrater and Balamuralikrishna, “Ethics for industrial technology
the Director of the Weidman Center for Global Leadership and Associate Teaching Professor of Engineering Leadership within the Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering and Technology at Brigham Young University (BYU). His research and teaching interests include leadership, global agility, globalization, project management, ethics, and manufacturing processes. Gregg has lived in numerous locations within the USA and Europe and has worked in many places including North America, South America, Europe, Asia, and Africa. Prior to joining BYU, Gregg worked for Becton Dickinson, a Global Medical Technology fortune 500 Company in various engineering and leadership positions. Gregg is cur- rently the program chair/chair elect