Conference Session

Ethics and Technology

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christa Walck, Michigan Technological University; Jacqueline E. Huntoon, Michigan Technological University; Jim R. Baker, Michigan Technological University; Jean S. DeClerck, Michigan Technological University; Nora Allred, Michigan Technological University

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Engineering Ethics

engineering.Jean S. DeClerck, Michigan Technological University Jean Straw DeClerck has supported two National Science Foundation (NSF) grants through the design, facilitation, and ongoing improvement of ethics education instruction to science and engineering students. She is an Engaged Learning and Integrated Technology Specialist at Michigan Technological University’s Van Pelt and Opie Library. Her undergraduate studies included technical communication and mechanical engineering coursework, and she will complete her master’s of science degree in rhetorical and tech- nical communications at Michigan Tech in early 2012. Her current interests include engaged learning environments, mentorship, and the rhetorical aspects of

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Diversity

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Engineering Ethics

-engineers. Different perspectives and teaching approachesfor ESI were evident among these groups, and this range of experiences could ultimatelyenhance students’ ethical reasoning abilities, impact their attitudes, and effect their behaviors.It appears that one could not expect to achieve adequate education on ESI within a single course.A single course simply cannot cover the breadth of important microethics and macroethics topicsand reach reasonable levels of cognitive and affective depth. Integrating ESI across a range ofcourses in a deliberate manner can reinforce and build on ideas. Including ESI across thecurriculum has been advocated as an effective way to foster ethical development in an alreadydense technical curriculum [23, 24]. One

Conference Session

Teaching Approaches for Ethics

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregory A. Rulifson, University of Colorado, Boulder; Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Whitney Thomas, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Engineering Ethics

(ASCE), American Society of MechanicalEngineers (ASME), and others. This framing of engineering codes of ethics begins to expandfrom microethical issues into larger macroethical issues such as sustainability and socialresponsibility. Social responsibility (SR) has been defined as “an ethical theory that an entity, beit an organization or individual, has an obligation to act to benefit society at large.” 2 In thecontext of engineering, Vanasupa et al.3 define SR as “the responsibility of engineers to carefullyevaluate the full range of broader impacts of their designs on the health, safety and welfare of thepublic and the environment.” Some have suggested that engineering ethics education should

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edwin R. Schmeckpeper P.E., Norwich University; Ashley Ater Kranov, Washington State University; Steven W. Beyerlein, University of Idaho, Moscow; Patrick D. Pedrow P.E., Washington State University; Jay Patrick McCormack, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Engineering Ethics

of potentialsolutions on different contexts, they then can determine where and when in the curriculum toimprove teaching and learning of the outcomes.The EPSA Summary score provides a composite score based upon all of the dimensions in theEPSA Rubric. This composite score provides an easy means to compare results between groupsof students, or between current and prior groups of students, and may be used for classroompurposes as well as program purposes.The flexibility of the EPSA Method allows it to be readily adapted for use in courses at all levelsin the curriculum. The course instructor plans on using the EPSA method in subsequent years asa means to assess the ABET Professional skills at the program level.At Norwich University, the

Conference Session

Research on Engineering Ethics Education and Practice

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Greg Rulifson P.E., U.S. Agency for International Development; Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado Boulder

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Diversity

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Engineering Ethics

grade just because the engineering schools tend to be smaller and classes are only offered one semester especially if your higher up in the department. So if I would’ve taken a semester off it would mean taking a year off school… the sports medicine said I was getting better and that he thought that taking a leave of absence would be a premature decision….Miranda’s discussion brings in the structural aspects of engineering curriculum and courses thatmade her hesitant to withdraw from the semester after her injury. She goes on to discuss somelevel of continuing challenges in the following term: …moving into the spring semester, I was still a little nervous and I was getting headaches still very frequently. I had an appointment with