Conference Session

Engineering Ethics IV

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Cottrell, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

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Engineering Ethics

AC 2008-1616: INTEGRATING ENGINEERING ETHICS EDUCATION INTO AMULTI-DISCIPLINARY SEMINAR COURSE: MAKING THE “SOFT”OUTCOMES RELEVANTDavid Cottrell, University of North Carolina at Charlotte DR. DAVID S. COTTRELL is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Technology, University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1978 and retired in 2000 after more than 22 years of service with the US Army Corps of Engineers. Studies at Texas A&M University resulted in an MS Degree in Civil Engineering in 1987 and a PhD in 1995. He is a registered Professional Engineer and has taught courses in statics, dynamics, mechanics of materials, graphic

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics II

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher Papadopoulos; Andrew Hable, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

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Engineering Ethics

million practicingengineers are actively employed in the United States, representing approximately 1.1% ofthe overall workforce. Over 3 million citizens have engineering degrees. Table 1. General Population and Employment Data Number Normalized by Normalized by Category (1000’s) US Population Total Employed US Population (2006 est.) [37] 299,398 100.0 Degree-aged (2006 est.) [37] 212,354 70.9 College Degreed Individuals (2003) [39] 40,621 13.6 US Workforce* (2006 est.) [36] 132,605

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

, J. G. (1987). Knowledge acquisition for application: cognitive flexibility and transfer in complex content domains. In B. K. Britton & S. M. Glynn (Eds.) Executive control processes in reading. Hilsdale, NJ.12. McKnight, C., Dillon, A. & Richardson, J. (1996) User centered design of hypertext and hypermedia for education, in Jonassen, David H., Eds. Handbook of Research on Educational Communications and Technology, pages pp. 622-633. New York: Macmillan.13. Jacobson, M. J. & Spiro, R. D. (1995). Hypertext learning environments, cognitive flexibility, and the transfer of complex knowledge: An empirical investigation. Journal of educational Computing Research, 12 (4), p. 301-333.14. Jonassen, D. (1997

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics I

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

M.P. Sharma, University of Wyoming; Robert W. Peters, University of Alabama at Birmingham

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Engineering Ethics

are teaching courses in the sustainability area. We have identified universities from 15 states and the 3Page 13.115.4 District of Columbia which are teaching college level courses in the area of sustainability. The project team is checking on the web and using various databases to determine the courses listed on the university “books” as being taught in their departments, with the goal being to develop a questionnaire/survey to be sent to the department head and engineering dean to identify (a) how frequently these courses are taught, number of students who took these classes, etc., and (b) a copy of the course syllabus and information on the textbook(s) used. This

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

discussions began and their format. The paper will also review the advantages ofthese lunches, including reduced workload for instructors and the integration of ethicsinto the curriculum without displacing discipline-specific engineering topics. Finally,possible applications of USCGA’s experience to other programs are discussed. Page 13.1161.3BackgroundThe USCGA is one of four federal service academies and as such is focused on theacademic, military and physical development of young men and women as leaders inservice to our nation. USCGA provides the U. S. Coast Guard (USCG) withapproximately 190 new Coast Guard officers each year. Upon graduation from

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics I

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George Catalano, State University of New York-Binghamton

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Engineering Ethics

abilities of therich, the middle class or the poor?Another important question is raised by the flooding in New Orleans. Through theconstruction of levees and various shipping canals, much of the coastline is washingaway, leaving the city and the residents of south Louisiana in a much more precariouscondition. Louisiana is losing her coastal land (both wetlands and flatlands) at acatastrophic rate. The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers estimates that the present rate ofcoastal land loss is 25 square miles a year. The U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service places thatfigure even higher at about 34 square miles a year. The latter number is based onmeasuring the loss in coastal land area between 1978 and 1990. What are theresponsibilities of engineers and

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics III

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Birmingham, Grove City College

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Engineering Ethics

intelligence,” 1950 Mind, Vol. 59, pp. 433-460.3. Cope, David, THe computers and musical style. Madison, WI : A-R Editions, 1991.4. Hart, David B. John Paul II and the Ethics of the Body. The New Atlantis (Summer 2005):65-82.5. Floridi, Luciano and J. W. Flanders. “On the Morality of Artificial Agents.” Minds andMachine 14 (2004): 349-379.6. Kaling, Mindy. The Office "Ben Franklin", Episode Number 42. [perf.] Randall Einhorn.February 1, 2007.7. Kant, Immanuel. Grounding of the Metaphysics of Morals. Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing,1993.8. May, William. Pope John Paul II and Bioethic: Bodily Life and Integral to the Human Person.Undated Manuscript available at www.catholicsocialscientists.org.9. Norvig, S. Russell and P, Artificial intelligence: A

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics IV

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Norma Mattei, University of New Orleans

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Engineering Ethics

13.312.11Figure 3 Percentage of students who define behavior as “not cheating”, by class designation Page 13.312.12Figure 4 Percentage of students who self-report cheating behavior, by class designationReferences[1] McCabe, D. and L. Trevino; 1997, “Individual and contextual influences on academic dishonesty – A multi-campus investigation”, Res. In Higher Ed., Vol.38, 379-396.[2] Passow, H.; M. Mayhew; C. Finley, T. Harding, and D. Carpenter, 2006, “Factors influencing engineering students’ decision to cheat by type of assessment,” Research in Higher Ed., Vol. 47, #6, 643-684.[3] Carpenter, D.; T. Harding; C. Finley; S Montgomery; and Passow, H.; 2006

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

issue.III. Results As of this writing, we are in the early stages of analyzing the data from our first runs ofTESSE. We here present our current grasp of the results and their significance, but note thatthere is significant work to be done.* The principal texts for ETP was Engineering Ethics: Concepts and Cases (3rd edition) by Charles E. Harris, Jr.,Michael S. Pritchard, and Michael J. Rabins and Creative Problem-Solving in Ethics by Anthony Weston. Page 13.1270.5† The principal texts for the MT course were The Elements of Moral Philosophy by James Rachels (5th edition), andThe Right Thing to Do by James Rachels (4th edition

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics II

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Travis Rieder, University of South Carolina

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Engineering Ethics

least two reasons.The Problem of CaricatureThe first point that I want to make is that a quick look at the “three dominant branches ofethical theory” is almost always a caricature. The typical reading list includes primary orsecondary source material from Aristotle for virtue ethics, Jeremy Bentham or J. S. Millfor utilitarianism, and Immanuel Kant for deontology. However, these thinkers are quitecomplex in their thinking, with the result that what is able to be summarized in one ortwo classes is almost certainly misleading. In addition, it is difficult to understand themotivations of such historically removed philosophers, with the result that one oftentakes their views to be ridiculous and easily dismissed. For instance, Aristotleinfamously

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics III

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Jordan, Baylor University

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Engineering Ethics

Wakefield, J.K., Implementing a Service LearningEngineering Project in East Africa, presented at the Gulf Southwest Regional Meeting of A.S.E.E., South PadreIsland, TX, March 2007. In CD based Proceedings (no page numbers). Page 13.1330.164 Jordan, W., Parker, H., Eppink, J., Hemmen, S., McGhee, R., and Eberhardt, M., Building Bridges for a BetterFuture: “Bridging the Gap”, presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Scientific Affiliation, Edinburgh,U.K., August 2007. Page 13.1330.17

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics IV

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Niewoehner, U.S. Naval Academy

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Engineering Ethics