Conference Session

Ethics in different disciplines

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Diana Bairaktarova, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Demetra Evangelou, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

engineering faculty do not accept enoughresponsibility for the teaching of engineering ethics.7 Engineering ethics courses are notmandatory and when offered through engineering schools are integrated through the curriculumin a variety of different forms. While the methods of ethics instruction and assessment are oftenleft to the discretion of the instructor, methods of curricular incorporation are mostly establishedat the institutional level. The predominant methods of curriculum incorporation include: requiredcourses within the discipline, elective courses outside the discipline, across-the-curriculum, andthe linking of ethics with society.8 As Ohland and Barry state: “applied ethics plays a critical rolein engineering, health, business, and law