Conference Session

Graduate Ethics Education & Professional Codes

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yanna Lambrinidou, Virginia Tech; William Joseph Rhoads, Virginia Tech; Siddhartha Roy, Virginia Tech; Erin Heaney, Clean Air: Organizing for Health and Justice; Glenn Andrew Ratajczak, Clean Air Coalition of Western New York; Jennifer Holly Ratajczak, Clean Air Coalition of Western New York

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Engineering Ethics

,discoveries, and products is crucial for ethical practice. It contends that listening canfacilitate transformational engagement between engineers and the public by a)challenging stereotypes on both sides, b) foregrounding the technical and ethicalrelevance of diverse knowledges, c) exposing relationships of structural inequality thatprivilege technical expertise, and d) replacing such relationships with partnerships oftrust that generate meaningful and effective solutions.Transformational listening lies at the heart of a graduate engineering ethics course atVirginia Tech and future online teaching modules, funded by the National ScienceFoundation (NSF). The goal is for students to experience the cognitive leap thatethnographic research methods can

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

Page 24.1291.2include social justice; a consideration of the distribution of advantages and disadvantages insociety.4-6. The extent to which engineering students view the profession of engineering througha lens of SR with consideration of social justice is unclear.The Association of American Colleges & Universities (AAC&U)7 includes SR among theiressential learning outcomes for all college students, noting as sub-elements within this learningoutcome ethical reasoning and action, as well as civic knowledge and engagement. They alsostate: “in a democratic society, the goal must be to extend opportunity and excellence toeveryone, and not just to a fortunate minority.” 8 Toward meeting these aims, the AAC&Usupported the initiative Core