Conference Session

Engineering Ethics and Global Issues

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dawn Bikowski, Ohio University; Melissa Broeckelman, Ohio University

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Engineering Ethics

AC 2007-2114: AN EDUCATIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR NURTURING ACULTURE OF ACADEMIC HONESTYDawn Bikowski, Ohio University Dawn Bikowski is the Director of the Graduate Writing Program at Ohio University. She teaches engineering graduate students about academic honesty within the context of developing a set of writing skills. She is also a doctoral student in Educational Studies. Her research interests include issues related to academic honesty and how technology can best be used in education.Melissa Broeckelman, Ohio University Melissa Broeckelman is a doctoral student in Communication Studies at Ohio University and is also the Academic Honesty Advisor for the Russ College of Engineering and Technology

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

Pedagogy for Engineering Ethics InstructionAbstractGE 301- Principles of Engineering Practice is a required course for Valparaiso UniversityCollege of Engineering students. The course was revamped in Spring 2005 to betteremphasize engineering aspects of ethics, economics, sustainability, and sociopoliticalissues.As part of teaching ethics, students have traditionally been assigned an individuallywritten ethics paper. Since students were allowed to select their own cases, it was notuncommon for some students to select the same case. There was also limited discussionbetween students regarding the cases they chose, or how they would judge the behaviorsof engineers in these cases.Starting with the Spring 2005 Semester, ethics instruction increased

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

of case-based instruction and then discuss the use of case methodologies within various educationalcontexts. Connections are then made to its use in general ethics instruction, as well asspecifically engineering ethics instruction. Finally, we conclude the paper with a call for rigorouseducation research to compare the various methods of ethics instruction, including case-basedinstruction, and evaluate which methods are truly the most effective.Case-Based InstructionChristopher Columbus Langdell, who became the dean of Harvard Law School in 1870, has beencredited with the creation of the “case method” approach 1,2. He believed that the best way tostudy law is by examining actual legal situations (cases) and “that understanding, in turn

Conference Session

Teaching Ethics

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Waleed Abulfaraj, King Abdulaziz University; Mohamed Hassan, Alexandria University, Egypt

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

attitude which serves to dissipate the many misunderstandings that have bedeviled nuclear energy. 4. Importance of pursuit of research and development in the nuclear field 5. Cost must be comprehensive and integrate a social component and an ecological component 6. working environment, specifically including the remuneration due to the nuclear workers, must not be detrimental nor tend to reduce the incentive for a safety culture 7. Optimization of working conditions designed to minimize human failures detrimental to the safety of the installations, environmental protection and health of the workers and the public 8. Continuing education of the personnel working in nuclear installations and raising of their level