Conference Session

Engineering Ethics III

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jason Borenstein, Georgia Tech; Matthew Drake, Duquesne University; Robert Kirkman, Georgia Institute of Technology; Julie Swann, Georgia Tech

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Engineering Ethics

schemata frame thesituations in which they find themselves. For example, one person may frame a gift-givingsituation as a potential conflict of interest while another frames it as a very nice perk of doingbusiness. Moral imagination takes on a more critical function when it leads people to reframethe situation, either by taking up another person’s point of view or by projecting narratives ofwhat might happen next. In this light, ethics education can be seen as increasing students’ stockof conceptual schemata and narrative possibilities, which would have the effect of making themmore sensitive to the ethical dimensions of everyday situations. Accordingly, one goal of ethics assessment could be to determine whether and whatforms of ethics

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics III

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jason Durfee, Eastern Washington University; William Loendorf, Eastern Washington University

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Engineering Ethics

codes.During all of this classroom discussion, actual work experiences are solicited from the students.Many of the students have previous or current job experiences and most of the students have, bythis point in their academic program, completed an internship. Experiences that the students havehad in these working environments provide a wealth of material for discussion. Additionally, theinstructor provides a few examples of his own, and also includes some of the classic examplesused to discuss ethical failures within the technology and engineering professions. This entirelesson is also a subset of a lifelong learning project each student in the capstone course mustcomplete. In this project the students create a ten-year career plan that involves

Conference Session

Graduate Ethics Education & Professional Codes

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nael Barakat, Grand Valley State University; Nadia Sunny, Grand Valley State University; Md Mehedi Hasan, Grand Valley State University

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Engineering Ethics

from her employer in 2009, 2011 and 2012 for successful project management. Her areas of work and research interest are device design and regulation on medical devices.Mr. Md Mehedi Hasan, Grand Valley State University I have been working as a research assistant in supply-demand planning of Lithium-ion batteries for electric drive vehicles while pursuing my MS in Product Design & Manufacturing Engineering in Grand Valley State University. I pursued my bachelor in Industrial & Production Engineering from Bangladesh Uni- versity of Engineering & Technology in 2012. My areas of interests are manufacturing processes, quality management, supply chain management etc

Conference Session

Ethics in different disciplines

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brock E. Barry, U.S. Military Academy; JoAnna C. Whitener, U.S. Military Academy, West Point

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Engineering Ethics

professionalism in the engineering curriculum. In particular, the nature of the relationshipbetween curriculum model used and outcomes on a nationally administered, engineering-specificstandardized examination was the focus of the study. The study’s population includedengineering students enrolled at nine southeastern public universities between October 1996 andApril 2005. The institutions are partners in the Multiple-Institution Database for InvestigatingEngineering Longitudinal Development (MIDFIELD) project. The curriculum models used bythe participating programs were identified and defined for the period of the study and aquantitative process was implemented to compare those models relative to performance on theethics and professionalism section of

Conference Session

Approaches to Teaching Ethics

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yilmaz Hatipkarasulu, University of Texas, San Antonio; Suat Gunhan, University of Texas, San Antonio

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Engineering Ethics

thatstudents can easily relate to. The example is built on a very simple question of whether thestudent would accept a job offer from a company under certain conditions.IntroductionEthics, social responsibility, and trust are critical issues for all professions in the builtenvironment including design, architecture, engineering and construction. Stakeholders ofbuilding construction projects recognize the importance of these issues through the creation ofthe codes of ethics and professional conduct. These codes are generally defined and enforcedthrough licensing organizations, professional societies or within individual companies or firms.For the built environment professions, the American Institute of Architect’s Code of Ethics andProfessional Conduct

Conference Session

Ethical Issues II: Academic Integrity and Student Development

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Narciso F. Macia P.E., Arizona State University, Polytechnic; Robert W. Nowlin, Retired

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Engineering Ethics

, which compares general engineeringprograms in the United States [2]. Examples of universities in this category include HarveyMudd, Swarthmore, Smith College and ASU Polytechnic. Many of these programs try to imparta classical education to their graduates, in a more focused manner that by simply requiring thestudents to take a set of courses in the humanities.At ASU Polytechnic offers a multidisciplinary engineering degree, in which students take thesame coursework during the first two years, and from then on, the student begins to pursue theirchosen area of concentration. In addition, every semester, the students take a three- to 4-semester-hour project course, where they work in teams to design products and solve realisticengineering problems

Conference Session

Non-Canonical Canons of Engineering Ethics

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna M Riley, Virginia Tech; Amy E. Slaton, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); Joseph R. Herkert, Arizona State University

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Diversity

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Engineering Ethics, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

choose not to undertakean engineering project in that time or place).While we might count it a victory for some of the non-canonical canons to move, in time, intothe accepted professional society codes, that is the not the primary purpose of creating thisalternative stream of ideals in engineering ethics. Rather we hope to illuminate the politicalnature of the process, the ways insider-outsider dynamics play out in professional societies, andthe contestation of what counts and does not count as engineering.IntroductionWhat are the processes by which professional societies develop Codes of Ethics, and how doesinstitutional power shape both processes and outcomes? Who counts as a moral agent? Who issubject to the code? Does the existence of a code

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session - Classroom Practices

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marilyn A. Dyrud, Oregon Institute of Technology

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Engineering Ethics

waterwheel with a conveyor belt that sweeps trash off the surface. Designed for usagein rivers, where it helps to prevent trash from entering the ocean, since 2014 it has removedabout 1.6 million pounds of debris [81]. However, it is limited to small areas; the GPGP wouldoverwhelm its capabilities.The Seabin Project: Like Mr. Trash Wheel, this device also has limited utility. It looks like agiant trashbin with a filter on top. Once submerged, an underwater pump suctions water throughthe top, and trash is pulled inside and drops into a catch bag, which is fine enough to filter outmicroplastics and oil. However, it too is very limited, collecting only about 1,000 pounds peryear [82]. It is also requires relatively high maintenance: emptying the catch

Conference Session

Research on Engineering Ethics Education and Practice

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

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

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Engineering Ethics

engineering education research interests focus on community engage- ment, service-based projects and examining whether an entrepreneurial mindset can be used to further engineering education innovations. He also does research on the development of sustainable materials management (SMM) strategies.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 of Mechanical Engineering at the College of Engineering and Applied Science. He holds a B.A. in psychology from Louisiana State University, an M.S. degree in industrial/organizational psychology and a Ph.D. degree in education, both from the University of Tennessee

Conference Session

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

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jani C. Ingram, Northern Arizona University; Angelina E. Castagno, Northern Arizona University; Ricky Camplain; Davona D Blackhorse, Northern Arizona University

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Diversity

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Engineering Ethics

American students to work with her as a Navajo principal investigator on the project and building an interdisciplinary, collaborative team of scientists with expertise in analytical chemistry, geoscience, cancer biology, and social sciences are also important to her research. She is a member of the Navajo Nation (born to the N´aneesht’ e´ zhi clan) and is involved in outreach activities for Native American students in undergraduate and graduate research. She is the principal investigator of the Partnership for Native American Cancer Prevention and the director of the Bridges to Baccalaureate program. She was named the 2018 recipient of the American Chemical Society Award for Encouraging Disadvantaged Students into

Conference Session

Teaching Ethics

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cynthia Finelli, University of Michigan; Trevor Harding, California Polytechnic State University; Donald Carpenter, Lawrence Technological University; Matthew Mayhew, New York University

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Engineering Ethics

educational initiatives on campus. Dr. Carpenter has conducted funded pedagogical research and development projects, has published numerous educational papers, and conducted faculty development workshops. He is an active member of the ERM Division of ASEE, and he received both the 2001 Apprentice Faculty Grant and the 2002 New Faculty Page 12.161.1 Fellow Award for contributions to engineering education. In 2006, the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA) named Dr. Carpenter a Kern Fellow for entrepreneurial education.Matthew Mayhew, New York University© American Society for

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

Page 14.60.2introduction to each philosophy. In Phase II, students are given a set of ethical issues andasked to address those issues as these philosophers might have done. For each issue, astudent would use one persona’s perspective, thinking as Aristotle about one issue and asBuddha about another. In Phase III, each student would write a paper for submission to aprofessional journal or conference.Once trained, tutors would be assigned as ethics consultants to undergraduate engineeringdesign teams. At Drexel, there are freshman and senior design projects. The tutors wouldwork with those teams on matters of ethical concern. Eventually, we hope to expand thisprogram to other disciplines within the curriculum.Introduction Recently, a

Conference Session

New Horizons in Academic Integrity

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Trevor Harding, Kettering University; Cynthia Finelli, University of Michigan; Donald Carpenter, Lawrence Technological University

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Engineering Ethics

variables found in both the academic andprofessional settings that influence particular individuals’ decisions to engage in unethicalbehavior.To understand what motivates a student’s decision to engage in unethical behavior in college andthe connection between this behavior and future unethical behavior in professional practice, theauthors undertook the Work Experience Study (WES) as part of a larger research project. TheWES was designed as an exploratory study to provide insight into students’ decision makingprocesses in instances where they had previously been tempted to engage in unethical behaviorsin college and workplace settings. In short, WES is meant to investigate the usefulness ofseveral important variables involved in students’ ethical

Conference Session

Engaging Ethics, Internationally

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Qin Zhu, Colorado School of Mines; Brent K Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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Diversity

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Engineering Ethics

to make soundjudgments about the credentials of a person with whom this professional shares a specialrelationship by considering but not being “distracted” by such a relationship. As Confucianistshave argued, “juxian bu biqin (selecting virtuous people does not avoid relatives).”Second, scholars in engineering management tend to emphasize cultural differences inimplementing and managing specific engineering projects. A vast majority of their theories andmethods are often drawn from the literature in international business and management. Forinstance, Wang and Thompson compare cultural differences in business ethics in Europe, US,and Asia.13 They have found that business organizations (e.g., companies) have variedunderstandings of: (1) moral

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session - Ethics in the First Year

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gunter Bombaerts; Karolina Doulougeri, Eindhoven University of Technology

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Engineering Ethics

History and Ethics of Technology).Dr. Karolina Doulougeri, Eindhoven University of Technology Dr. Karolina Doulougeri is a post-doctoral research fellow in the Technological University of Eindhoven. Her research focuses on engineering students’ motivation and deep learning strategies, coaching in design based learning and educational redesign of engineering courses. She received her PhD in Organizational Psychology from the University of Macedonia, in Greece. She has worked in several international research projects focusing on students and employees’ well- being, professional development and performance. Her work has been published in peer reviewed journals and presented in several international conferences

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shiyu Liu, Pennsylvania State University; Sarah E Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Irene B. Mena, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Thomas A. Litzinger, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Kirsten S Hochstedt, Penn State University; Tricia Bertram Gallant, Rady School of Management, UC San Diego

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Engineering Ethics

Instructional Support in the Leonhard Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Education at Penn State. She holds a doctoral degree in educational psychology emphasizing applied measurement and testing. In her position, Sarah is responsible for developing instructional support programs for faculty, providing evaluation support for educational proposals and projects, and working with faculty to publish educational research. Her research interests primarily involve creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship education.Irene B. Mena, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Irene B. Mena has a B.S. and M.S. in industrial engineering, and a Ph.D. in engineering education. Her research interests include first-year engineering

Conference Session

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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Diversity

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Engineering Ethics

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

Conference Session

Awareness, Expectations, and Recognition of Ethics

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Isabel Hilliger, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; Andrés Strello, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; Francisca Castro, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; Mar Pérez-Sanagustín, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

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Engineering Ethics

level are. Around methodologies of teaching ethical codes, there aredifferent teaching approaches discussed in literature. The most relevant is case-based teaching toencourage students to apply ethical codes in courses of their later years9. Other authors suggestthat ethical teaching can be linked with team methodologies around project design12. Thiscollective approach facilitates the assessment of the understanding of important norms anddecision making processes, which could be a difficult aspect to assess individually. In spite of the differences that may exist among disciplines or countries, all engineeringethical codes share certain core values. These values are: contributing to the human well-being,the responsibility of the

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session - Ethics Across Contexts

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gokhan Egilmez, University of New Haven; Phillip A. Viscomi, University of New Haven ; Maria-Isabel Carnasciali, University of New Haven

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Diversity

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Engineering Ethics

since the engineering workforceembodies multi-disciplinary, multi-national project and multi-culturally diverse teams. Today, most of theproducts and services that affect our lives arise from sophisticated processes utilizing engineering design,complex problem solving, and teamwork. In this context, engineers make, or are involved in, manydecision-making situations where effective engineering ethics education is essential in the direct and ripple-effects of their decision process. According to a recent study, more than half of the colleges (59%) in theU.S. where engineering is taught were found to have adopted educational goals related to ethical reasoning[6].In terms of ethical development, which is the total process of teaching the knowledge

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Outside the Classroom

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Traci Nathans-Kelly, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Sandra Courter, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Kevin Anderson, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Christine Nicometo, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Thomas McGlamery, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Engineering Ethics

options: ≠ On the job Page 15.709.3 ≠ On the job-professional development ≠ Grad school ≠ Co-op or internship ≠ Undergrad lecture ≠ Undergrad project/lab ≠ K-12 ≠ Other ≠ N/ALater in the survey, respondents were asked to describe a notable work event that gives a gooddescription of what it means to be an engineer. As a follow-up to their narrative answer, theywere asked to identify the skills/attributes most important to that notable work event.Second, practicing engineers were interviewed by trained student research assistants who hadbeen prepared with human-subjects training and instructed on good interviewing

Conference Session

Novel Methods in Engineering Ethics

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marilyn Dyrud, Oregon Institute of Technology

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Engineering Ethics

, due to our inability to project how we will interact withnew technology or decisions. Typically, these consequences are negative, “unpleasantly ratherthan pleasantly surprising,” as Edward Tenner suggests,2 ranging from the trivial andinconvenient (Wii addicts who accidentally throw their remotes through television screens due tosweaty hands) to the potentially life-threatening (the arms race that ensued from the ManhattanProject). Because they are unpredictable, unintended consequences naturally flow from virtuallyevery invention, action, and decision that we make.3This paper examines the phenomenon of unintended consequences, focusing on definitions,types, a case study, contemporary examples, and offers pedagogical suggestions for exploring

Conference Session

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

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

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

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Diversity

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Engineering Ethics

and group projects, and case studies within four major units of inquiry: 1) Learning to Listen, 2) Responsible Conduct of Research, 3) Responsible Conduct of Practice, 4) Witnessing Wrongdoing and the Obligation to Prevent Harm. A major motivation in developing this course was to prioritize listening as a core component of engineering practice and to consider the perspectives of non-experts (i.e., non-engineers, non- scientists, non-architects, etc.) in conventional decision-making processes [1], [2]. The course provides practices in and reflection on empathetic and in-depth listening. Some of the major questions that guide the

Conference Session

Understanding Students' Authentic and Reflective Experiences of Ethics Education

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Landon Bassett, University of Connecticut; Jennifer Pascal, University of Connecticut; Richard Tyler Cimino, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Kevin D. Dahm, Rowan University; Daniel D. Burkey, University of Connecticut; Scott Duplicate Streiner, Rowan University

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Engineering Ethics

assessing individual ethical decision-making in project-baseddesign teams: Integrating quantitative and qualitative methods,” in 121st ASEE Annual Conference& Exposition, Indianapolis, IN, USA, June 15-18, 2014, [Online]. Available:https://peer.asee.org/23130.[11] L. Kohlberg, R. H. Hersh, “Stages of moral development,” Theory Pract., vol. 16, pp.53-59,Apr. 1977.[12] M. Sindelar, L. Shuman, M. Besterfield-Sacre, R. Miller, C. Mitcham, B. Olds, R. Pinkus,and H. Wolfe. “Assessing Engineering Students' Abilities to Resolve Ethical Dilemmas,” inProceedings, 33rd ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, Boulder, Colorado, USA,November 5-8, 2003.[13] L. Kisselburgh, J. L. Hess, C. B. Zoltowski, J. Beever, A. O. Brightman, “Assessing ascaffolded

Conference Session

Engineering and Sustainability

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brock Barry, Purdue University; Aman Yadav, Purdue University

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Engineering Ethics

, this provides us with a good starting point to thinkabout how cases can be effectively integrated in engineering ethics as an instructional method.ConclusionWhile case-based instruction is clearly the most commonly employed method of ethicsinstruction in the engineering curriculum, it is by no means the only method. Other methods ofintegrating ethics into the engineering curriculum include the use of external course work (e.g.,philosophy classes), service-learning projects, team-based senior design course work, and theacross the curriculum approach (integration of ethics in multiple courses throughout theacademic career). However, we know little about whether or not the use of case studies is betterthan the other methods of ethics

Conference Session

Technology and Design in Engaging and Analyzing Ethics

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marilyn A. Dyrud, Oregon Institute of Technology

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Engineering Ethics

progress has been questioned, as has the notion that technology itself isvalue-free.According to philosopher Eric Katz, “Perhaps the oldest commonplace about the nature oftechnology is that technological artifacts are inherently neutral or value-free. Humans createtechnological objects for a specific range of purposes, but the actual use of the technology issubject to the intentions of the user.”5 A serious debate crystallized after the explosion of theatomic bomb, an action that psychologically leveled Manhattan Project civilian director J. RobertOppenheimer and stunned others involved in its creation; Monsanto’s Charles Thomas, forexample, expressed grave concern after the Trinity test: “It is safe to say that nothing as terriblehas been made by

Conference Session

Ethical Reasoning and Responsibility

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Nathan E. Canney, Seattle University

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Engineering Ethics

. In one case, the ethical dilemmas causedhim to leave engineering entirely for a career in family therapy. This quote from his interviewillustrates the issue: …there's a fundamental incompatibility that's being for profit and being for the public good… and so there were a few situations where I was asked to do things that I thought were unethical, and I kind of asked around to other people in the field who had been in similar situations where, like, the major client would say like, ‘Oh, we don't think that these laws are accurate. Can you go back and, like, make these changes or...’ …or one of my project managers actually he told me to kind of bury some of the findings that we came up with in text rather

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alireza Bolhari, Islamic Azad University, Tehran; Azadeh Bolhari P.E., Angelo State University

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Diversity

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Engineering Ethics

behavior is higher when one (an agent) perceives that other peoplewould recognize his or her behavior with lower possibility. The following formulademonstrates the equation: CUB≈ 𝑓([𝑃(𝑃𝐷𝑥 )]) where: CUB: Conducting Unethical Behavior Formula 1 P: Possibility PD: Perceived Disclosure of behavior xTo further clarify the mentioned theory, imagine Dr. Jefferson2, a general practitioner, whoworks in the Ministry of Health Affairs. Since the beginning of the project he has beenengaged with the business analysts team in development of a Fraud Detection System (FDS)as a "business person" to clarify system

Conference Session

Reimagining Engineering Ethics

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Grant A. Fore, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Justin L. Hess, Purdue University; Andrew Katz, Virginia Tech

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Diversity

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Engineering Ethics

, particularly at the post-secondary level?If Dewey [21] is correct in asserting that all experience becomes through continuity andinteraction, then education must tend to these elements. How do educators choose strategically tobuild upon student experiences over time? How do educators assemble the right environment,comprising subjects and objects that, through interaction, lead to the greatest positive growth?Here, I am most interested in the second question. In agreement with Dewey, the significance ofthe experience is going to depend upon how well students are grounded in a shared “socialenterprise.” This is not the kind of enterprise that one should associate with business orentrepreneurialism. It is, rather, enterprise as a complex project or

Conference Session

Ethics Integration in Engineering Design

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Irini Spyridakis, University of Washington

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Engineering Ethics

multitude of disciplines can employ this assignment if their disciplines areinvolved in the sustainable design of products and packages. Beyond helping students exploresustainable and ethical concerns surrounding product packaging, this module also helps studentsstart thinking about how to become change agents moving toward a more ethical and sustainablefuture.The module and letter report described here are part of a required 5-credit junior levelcommunication, design, and engineering core course offered in the Department of HumanCentered Design & Engineering in the College of Engineering at the University of Washington.The course is offered twice yearly to 40 students maximum per course. The course usesparticipatory learning and project-based

Conference Session

Teaching Ethics II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Freeman, Valparaiso University; Peter Johnson, Valparaiso University; Kenneth Leitch, Valparaiso University

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Engineering Ethics

,share and teach one another. Interpersonal and small group skills are the social skillsrequired for people to interact. Group processing is the element that gives students timeto discuss how well they are achieving their goals. These elements help to discouragegroup members from not participating by making each team member accountable to thegroup. While cooperative learning and cooperative teams are thought of as semester-longactivities and groups, cooperative teams can be used for short-term projects like the ethicsassignment.During the Spring 2005 semester, students were assigned the group paper assignment. Page 12.847.6To prevent students from