Conference Session

Engineering Ethics: Using Case Studies

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Didier Valdes, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez; Erika Jaramillo Giraldo, University of Puerto Rico; Jorge Ferrer, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez; William Frey, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez

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work with short, thinly structured scenarios, theycan refine these skills through practice in the realistic scenarios that well written cases candeliver. Thus, cases turn the ethics class into an ethics laboratory. More complex casesencourage students to practice different modes of structuring and framing complex situations.These framing and structuring activities have been identified by Werhane [8] and Johnson [9] askey elements to moral imagination. Finally, having students practice decision-making andproblem-solving through cases and scenarios and then having them explain and justify theirdecisions to teachers and peers starts the process of developing the virtue of responsibility.Cases represent the best pedagogical strategy for responding

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics V

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Ochs, Lehigh University; Lisa Getzler-Linn, Lehigh University; Margaret Huyck, Illinois Institute of Technology; Scott Schaffer, Purdue University; Mary Raber, Michigan Technology University

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, 2009IntroductionA four-university collaboration has received National Science Foundation (NSF) Course,Curriculum and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) funding for a three-year project with twoprimary goals: 1) to develop a database of reliable and valid measures for assessing attainmentof teamwork skills and ethical awareness in undergraduate students enrolled in multidisciplinaryproject based, design projects, and 2) to identify and describe ‘best practices’ from across theseinstitutions that improve the achievement of learning objectives and thereby increase programquality. Example learning objectives from one course are described as follows: “Studentsenrolled in these project courses will experience and demonstrate an understanding of ‘bestpractices’ in the

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics V

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Douglas Oliver, University of Toledo

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’, Journal of Business Ethics 39, 391–399.3 Douglas Oliver, Whistle-Blowing Engineer, Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice, Vol. 129, No. 4, October 2003, pp. 246-2564 Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, EIOC Report: Looking back at the August 2003 blackout. Available at http://eioc.pnl.gov/research/2003blackout.stm.5 US EPA Press Release, U.S. Announces Settlement of Landmark Clean Air Act Case Against Ohio Edison - Utility will spend $1.1 billion to reduce air pollution by 212,500 tons per year, March 18, 2003. Available at http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/b1ab9f485b098972852562e7004dc686/11e00336eca5561e85256fc8005 470fc!OpenDocument.6 See Table 11 of NRC Commission Document SECY-05-0192

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics: Using Case Studies

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy Skvarenina, Purdue University

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Business: A Summary of the Research Sponsored by the Ethics in Business Research Fund. Charlottesville, VA. Available at http://www.aicpa.org/download/ethics/Ethics_Business_Research_Fund-12.pdf4. Ethics Resource Center. 2007 National Business Ethics Survey. http://www.ethics.org/nbes2003/2003nbes_summary.html5. IEEE Spectrum, December 20026. Clancy, E. A., Quinn, P., and Miller, J.E. 2005. Assessment of a Case Study Laboratory to Increase Awareness of Ethical Issues in Engineering. IEEE Transactions on Education. Vol. 48, No. 2. Page 14.720.9 “Proceedings of the 2009 American Society for Engineering