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Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session 1

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bill D Carroll P.E., University of Texas, Arlington; Bob P. Weems, University of Texas, Arlington; Bahram Khalili, University of Texas, Arlington

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planning asillustrated below. Students study various topics related to the ethical and social impact ofcomputing technology and the responsibilities that engineers and computer scientists have inshaping this technology and its applications. More specifically, they explore contemporaryissues such as privacy, freedom of speech, intellectual property, crime, safety, human needs,innovation, entrepreneurship, and career planning. Students enhance their written and oralcommunications skills by completing assignments on these and other topics. Guest speakersfrom industry are scheduled throughout the course to give relevance to the topics being covered. Page

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Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session 4

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shiyu Liu, Pennsylvania State University; Sarah E Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Irene B. Mena, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Thomas A. Litzinger, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Kirsten S Hochstedt, Penn State University; Tricia Bertram Gallant, Rady School of Management, UC San Diego

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females and 4 males) developed and shared strategies forincorporating academic integrity into classroom activities and course assignments.The workshop, designed and facilitated by an expert in ethics education at a large public researchuniversity, aims to prepare faculty for infusing academic integrity and professional ethics intoundergraduate engineering courses. The workshop featured three aspects: 1) enhancingparticipants’ self-efficacy in teaching academic integrity and professional ethics; 2) facilitatingtheir development of instructional strategies for teaching integrity and ethics; and 3) supportingtheir classroom implementation of instructional plans. Table 1 presents the content of theworkshop. One month after the workshop, the

Conference Session

Integrating Social Justice in Engineering Science Courses

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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James L. Huff, Harding University

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. Page 26.866.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Humanizing Signals and Systems: A Reflective AccountAbstract:In this paper, I authentically and reflectively depict my journey as an engineering educatordelving in the challenge of integrating technical content of a continuous-time signals and systemsclass with the social, value-laden realities that encompass such concepts. I refer to this particularchallenge as humanizing the technical content of signals and systems. Specifically, I describe thesignals and systems course and how I structured content and assessment plans to create space forhuman values. Additionally, I critically examine how some barriers that worked against myefforts

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Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session 2

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joseph R. Herkert, Arizona State University; Frazier Benya, National Academy of Engineering; Karin Ellison, Arizona State University; Rachelle D. Hollander, National Academy of Engineering; Kelly Laas, Center for the Study of Ethics, Illinois Institute of Technology; Simil L Raghavan, National Academy of Engineering

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ofinterdisciplinary scholars who participate in and support the site and ethics education acrossscience and engineering. The OEC is working to be a unifying resource for staff at the NationalAcademies and has the potential to grow to become the source for ethics related content createdby the Academies. The EEL is proving to be a major resource internally for both the Center forthe Study of Ethics in the Professions and IIT itself, as faculty and students use it to find relevant Page 26.1560.4ethics resources for their teaching, research, and practice. For example, faculty can search theEEL to find example syllabi, lesson plans, case studies and relevant

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Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session 4

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bradley J. Brummel, University of Tulsa; Jeremy S. Daily P.E., University of Tulsa; Jason T Stauth, Dartmouth College

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written document also provides a basis for grading of the technical content.5. Plan for the assessment of learning objectives. Some of the learning objectives that are generated for these role plays can be assessed through standard grading procedures for labs or assignments. However, objectives that need to be assessed with coding of performance during the role plays or with self-report surveys. This may require some planning. We have used both paper and online surveying tools for the self-report surveys. We have also coded student performance in the role play by videotaping the deposition. Another option is to have the person role playing the lawyer to rate the engineering student’s performance after the role play. This

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Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session 4

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Edwin R. Schmeckpeper P.E., Norwich University; Ashley Ater Kranov, Washington State University; Steven W. Beyerlein, University of Idaho, Moscow; Patrick D. Pedrow P.E., Washington State University; Jay Patrick McCormack, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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within the ‘ethics’ section of a senior level “Professional Issues” course. Duringthe two years that the course instructors have been using the EPSA method, they have found theinterdisciplinary EPSA scenarios to generate more enthusiastic and higher level discussion thancase studies that focus solely on ethics. This paper describes the use of the different EPSAscenarios, the standardized questions which are used to prompt the student discussion, the EPSArubric, the EPSA Summary Score, the facilitation plan, and also describes how the EPSA methodcan be incorporated for use at both the classroom and program level. All material described inthe paper is included in the paper’s appendices.BackgroundEngineering programs often contain a senior level

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Non-Canonical Canons of Engineering Ethics

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Donna M Riley, Virginia Tech; Yanna Lambrinidou, Virginia Tech

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, all play a role in each case.Case 1: The Peace Bridge is an international border crossing for approximately 6million cars, trucks, and buses a year, connecting the City of Buffalo, NY to FortErie, Ontario over the Niagara River.24 It is owned and operated by the tax-exempt Buffalo and Fort Erie Public Bridge Authority (PBA), which draws itsrevenue primarily from toll charges, duty-free sales, and lease payments on itsproperty.25 For the past 7 years, PBA has been trying to implement a majorexpansion project that would widen the Bridge entry point into the US in order toimprove vehicle access to the 16-lane US customs plaza in the Lower West Side ofBuffalo. PBA’s plans have been met with fierce resistance from residents livingclose to the

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Peace, Conflict, and Sustainability: Addressing Global and Ethical Issues in Engineering Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert J Muscat, Global Peace Services USA; Angela R Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Donna M Riley, Virginia Tech; Rebecca A Bates, Minnesota State University, Mankato

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the settlement plan for land that would be newly openedby the project. Retaining the original designs of this major project might have helped avert thesubsequent political deterioration that spiraled into warfare.A rural development project in Rwanda that started in 1974 is another example of a missedopportunity that turned out instead to exacerbate tensions. In this case, the benefits (includingstructures, roads, and land access) were largely captured by local Hutus, excluding Tutsis. Thefinal result was judged by one Africa scholar to be “a great increase in inequality betweenregions, social classes, groups and individuals.”In two examples from Thailand, irrigation projects were constructed (in the 1950s-1970s) to winpopulation loyalty in a

Conference Session

Integrating Social Justice in Engineering Science Courses

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathryn Johnson, Colorado School of Mines; Jon A. Leydens, Colorado School of Mines; Barbara M. Moskal, Colorado School of Mines; Deborath Silva, Colorado School of Mines; Justin Stephen Fantasky, Colorado School of Mines

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students who aremajoring in electrical engineering (EE) or mechanical engineering (ME) at the target institutions.The research questions that frame this investigation are as follows: RQ1. What exposure to social justice concepts have students had in their university courses prior to taking our Introduction to Feedback Control Systems (IFCS) course, which is required for both EE and ME majors? RQ2. How do students report their perceptions of control systems classes that explicitly include engineering and social justice units compared to similar classes that do not include social justice? RQ3. How does targeted social justice instruction impact student plans to pursue additional control systems courses and student ability to

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Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session 3

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ryan C. Campbell, University of Washington; Ken Yasuhara, Center for Engineering Learning & Teaching, University of Washington; Denise Wilson, University of Washington

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Africa & Mozambique).† Problem statement adapted from [13]. export and is considered the amount of transfer to Canju. The value of this transfer at which the system is barely stable is the transient stability limit. South to North TTC is similarly calculated.b) Reports should recommend a North to South allowed TTC plan, and a South to North TTC plan at the CNI (Canju-Northwest Intertie) for each year in the given planning period.c) Reports should recommend options for extending the system into the eastern region that illustrate how environmental, social, and ethical considerations were taken into account. Note that the population of the eastern region is about half that of the west (38M vs 76M) and the [western

Conference Session

Assessing Social Responsibility & Sustainability

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathan E Canney PE, Seattle University; Angela R Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Mikhail Russu

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like this were very uncommon, however. This could point to a missing link withrespect to developing a professional sense of social responsibility in engineers that could drawfrom the existing HSS influences that students reported. One student actually discussed howtheir humanities class influenced them negatively with respect to their views of engineering,saying: “Mostly the humanities, the engineering classes I took made me realize how irrelevant my major (mechanical engineering) is to making a difference in the world. I don't plan on using my major for anything in the future- planning on shifting my career path to the humanities/social sciences.”This response came from a female, senior engineering student who

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Greg Rulifson, University of Colorado, Boulder; Angela R Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

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perhaps would plan to raise herchildren. Jocelyn’s SR development will be very interesting to follow, seeing if her futurefamilial concerns continue to be strong influences, or if other collegial experiences alsocontribute. Her expected Peace Corps experience after college, that she did discuss in the secondyear, will likely be life-changing.Sarah was characterized as a Type 2 student at the end of year 1 since she saw engineering as thebest way to improve society overall. In the first year interview, Sarah, a civil engineeringstudent at TU, described early on that she wanted to help people: “So I really want to…go andhelp people in South America to like, better themselves. So I’m working on it, that’s really mygoal.” She planned to use her

Conference Session

Assessing Social Responsibility & Sustainability

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Gannon, Montana State University; Ryan Anderson, Montana State University; Justin W Spengler, Montana State University; Carolyn Plumb, Montana State University

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educationprofessionals to improve delivery and assessment is ongoing, and processes to promotetransferability of research findings are under development.References: 1. American Society for Mechanical Engineering web site, accessed May 6, 2014: “Washington Policy Report May 2013.” 2. FEDERAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS (STEM) EDUCATION 5-YEAR STR ATEGIC PLAN, A Report from the Committee on STEM Education National Science and Technology Council, May 2013 3. National Academy of Engineering (2014), Making a World of Difference, National Academies Press. 4. National Academy of Engineering, Grand Challenges for Engineering, www.engineeringchallenges.org, updated 9/2013. 5. Johnson, Steven (2012). Future Perfect

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Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kirsten S Hochstedt, Penn State University; Sarah E Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Thomas A. Litzinger, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Tricia Bertram Gallant, University of California, San Diego; Robert G. Melton, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Shiyu Liu, Pennsylvania State University

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success. A new initiative at a large, Mid-Atlantic University to assist engineeringfaculty in creating classrooms of integrity provided the impetus for this study. Nine facultymembers from the College of Engineering at the University participated in the initiative toredesign their course in order to create and implement plans to enhance students’ understandingof academic integrity. Specific goals of the workshop included increasing the likelihood thatstudents will practice academic integrity and illustrating links between academic integrity andprofessional ethics.Using a pre/post assessment mechanism, this case study investigates how students in one facultyparticipant’s course understand academic integrity and its importance before and after the

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Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session 3

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

A. J. Hamlin, Michigan Technological University; Valorie Troesch, Michigan Technological University; Amber Kemppainen, Michigan Technological University; Jonathan T Riehl, Michigan Technological University; Douglas E. Oppliger P.E., Michigan Technological University; Mary A. Fraley, Michigan Technological University

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Technological University Ms. Kemppainen is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Engineering Fundamentals. Her research interests include the improvement of STEM education, ethics, and online/blended learning methods.Mr. Jonathan T Riehl, Michigan Technological University Jonathan Riehl is a Senior Lecturer in his sixth year in the Engineering Fundamentals Department at Michigan Technological University. He holds a BS and ME in Electrical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and an MS in Civil Engineering from Vanderbilt. His academic interests include engineering education as well as transportation and urban planning. He is currently finishing his doctorate in Civil Engineering.Mr. Douglas E. Oppliger P.E

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Integrating Social Justice in Engineering Science Courses

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Juan C. Lucena, Colorado School of Mines; Jon A. Leydens, Colorado School of Mines

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renderedvisible (e.g., “Given a -10 F night temperature, a 1500 calorie daily intake, and a 0.5 in thick coatworn by a homeless person, find the insulation material that will keep this person’s bodytemperature at 97 F throughout the night?”). Students could also identify alternate sources ofknowledge that would be useful to solving the larger homelessness problem “(e.g., social policy,urban planning, nutrition science, distributive economics)” [17]. Furthermore, they could identifywhat assumptions need to be challenged (e.g., what percentage of homeless people are adults vs.children, veterans vs. non-veterans, or how many actually own a coat that provides sufficientwarmth). Finally, students could contrast how their solutions would differ using only

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David A. Rogers P.E., North Dakota State University; Orlando R. Baiocchi, University of Washington, Tacoma; Paulo F Ribeiro, UNIFEI

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students gave a total of 277 responses or anaverage of 8.15 items per student. The number of student responses ran from 1 to 17 per student.The topics were selected from a low frequency of once to a high of 12 times with an average of2.50 selections per topic.If the authors were to analyze the technology and society course on their own based on thetextbooks and course content, they probably would not have done as thorough a job of selectingcontent items or topics as the 34 students did. The instructor in the course attempts to present thecourse in a conscientious manner, but the intent is not to spend the entire semester teachingethics. The course detailed plan includes many topics such as: 1. The Natural World 2. Application of

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Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session 1

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sara A. Atwood, Elizabethtown College; Brenda Read-Daily, Elizabethtown College

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!4. Communication(depending on what format you choose, and mitigated by creative stylistic choices) Written (short story, poem, scene from play) a. Conciseness (avoid wordiness – omit needless words) b. Clarity (no ambiguity – use definite, specific, and concrete language) c. Accuracy (what you are saying is correct) OR Plan, construct, and deliver an effective oral presentation. Creating slides/presentation (graphic novel/comic strip) a. Clear logical organization b. Readable graphics and text c. Good signal to noise ratio - omit needless ink, aesthetically pleasing Delivery (skit/song) a. Timing - within time allowed, appropriate pace

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Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session 1

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bijan Sepahpour, The College of New Jersey

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array of scenarios related to many different engineering fields. Each of themmore directly relates to a certain field and as a result, handled by a higher degree of interest fromthe participants majoring in that particular field. Although the cases are assigned to the groups,the groups have the liberty of choosing their own. Usually, however, they do approach thecoordinator to get his/her blessing for the proposed alternative case(s).The specific requirements set in the universal outline of the assignment are primarily there toprovide guidance for a comprehensive analysis. The outline of this exercise is enclosed in theappendices for your review. Each of the discipline-specific groups meets outside the seminartime to discuss, plan, and address

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Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session 2

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Melodie A. Selby PE, Walla Walla University

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knowledgeregarding its use.4 However, it is a general test and does not assess discipline-specific issues.16 There have been several attempts to develop engineering-specific tests to assess moraljudgment. At conferences in 2003 and 2004, initial results of a study to develop a test werereported.11,15 The reports seemed promising, but Barry and Ohland reported that the principalinvestigators were no longer working on the project and had no immediate plans to resume thestudy (p. 384).4 Davis and Feinerman developed a method of comparing ratios of pre- and post-tests Page 26.240.5developed by the instructor. This method allows instructors to customize

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Assessing Social Responsibility & Sustainability

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Justin L Hess, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Sarah Aileen Brownell, Rochester Institute of Technology; Richard A House, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Alexander T. Dale, Engineers for a Sustainable World

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bylocal and global collective action. We recognize that the next generation of leaders will be taskedto develop responses to a wide set of wicked problems in a socially and environmentallyappropriate manner. Some of the most prominent wicked problems in the immediate future willinclude sustainable urban planning, alleviating climate change, and feeding the world, to name afew. Emergent leaders, many of whom are currently students within and outside of engineering,will be central to realizing a more sustainable world for future generations. Our goal as authors isto inspire these future leaders (our students) to become motivated to and confident in respondingto these wicked problems in a manner that is socially appropriate and environmentally

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Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session 3

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ayush Gupta, University of Maryland, College Park; Andrew Elby, University of Maryland, College Park; Thomas M. Philip, University of California Los Angeles

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feel that including these additionallenses enables us to see more facets of the phenomenon than we would otherwise. Anotherreason to explicitly attend to these dimension, even while being unsure of our own footing onthese arguments, is that we feel not doing so would contribute to silencing (and hence,marginalizing) how gender, race, and public discourse play a role in the phenomenon we study ineducation research. In future work, we plan to collect demographic data which might help usrefine our claims. As initial explorations, the arguments presented in the paper are bound to haveinconsistencies and incompleteness. Acknowledging that, we humbly hope to pursue moredetailed analysis in future work.AcknowledgmentsWe thank the participants who

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Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session 2

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marilyn A. Dyrud, Oregon Institute of Technology

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process: the author must come upwith an idea, conduct experiments (depending on the field), sift through a small mountain ofinformation or data, develop a coherent plan, and, finally, write and revise until the author issatisfied that s/he has produced an original, perhaps even significant, contribution to the field.It is especially daunting for those who have spent their careers focusing on a narrow area. AsRosenweig and Schnitzer explain, “it takes creativity, time, and considerable effort to produceand publish a brand-new perspective,” especially when the author has already written about thetopic.46 It’s much easier to take something off the shelf, spruce it up a bit, and submit it to adifferent journal.But this smacks of “intellectual

Conference Session

Non-Canonical Canons of Engineering Ethics

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xiaofeng Tang, Penn State University; Dean Nieusma, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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, directly or indirectly, any gift, payment or service of more than nominal value to or from those having business relationships with their employers or clients; 5. Assist and advise their employer or clients in anticipating the possible consequences, direct and indirect, immediate or remote, of the projects, work or plans of which they have knowledge. ARTICLE IVEngineers shall, in fulfilling their responsibilities to the community: 1. Protect the safety, health and welfare of the public and speak out against abuses in these areas affecting the public interest; 2. Contribute professional advice, as appropriate, to civic, charitable or other non-profit organizations; 3. Seek to