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Critical Reflections on Engineering Ethics Education

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Carl Mitcham, Colorado School of Mines

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engineering in the positive sense as a necessarysolution to existential engineering in a negative sense is that risk creating engineers have anethical obligation to ensure risk reduction engineers will be around in the future to deal withunforeseen developments. Since engineering as a knowledge-based skill set is like everythingsubject to historical generation, corruption, and mutation, engineers need to be critical ofunreasonably long-term, large-scale design specifications. So far as I know, only philosopher ofengineering Michael Davis has attempted to address this professional responsibility, one thatcould contribute to reducing pressure on the engineering accelerator.In a recent article Davis begins with the observation that planning for future

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Engineering Ethics Division Poster Session: Neuroethics and Secondary STEM Classrooms

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Kristen Clapper Bergsman, University of Washington ; Sara Goering, University of Washington; Eric H. Chudler, University of Washington

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Center for Neurotechnology has beenoperating since 2012 with summer cohorts ranging in size from two to seven teachers. Theprogram accepts middle and high school STEM teachers (grades six through twelve) from localpublic and independent schools. Most often, science teachers apply to the program from life andphysical sciences disciplines, but several teachers representing computer science andmathematics disciplines have also participated. Teachers receive a stipend for participation in theseven-week program. For additional details on program design, see [17]. Note that the RETprogram in 2020 and the planned program for 2021 have been adapted to be a fully remoteexperience given the constraints imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic.The RET program

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Ethics Integration in Engineering Design

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Brooke Odle, Hope College; Greg Bassett, Hope College

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engineering-focusedproblems. One challenge in developing a collaborative and integrative model for engineeringcomputing students is identifying an appropriate means to relate ethical content to technicalapplications that are germane to the introductory computing concepts taught in the course.Science fiction has emerged as an effective means to teach ethics to students in English [4],computer science [2], [5], [6] and engineering [2], [7] courses.Inspired by the success of science fiction applications to ethics and integrative collaborativemodels for ethics in existing computing courses, this work presents a preliminary lesson plan,developed by an engineering professor and a philosophy professor at an undergraduate liberalarts institution, to

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Innovative, Engaging Pedagogies for Engineering Ethics Education

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Samuel Aaron Snyder, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Diana Bairaktarova, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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-structuredinterviews with around 20 faculty across the university. The interviews included discussions of thepedagogy’s faculty used within their newly designed courses, who faculty interacted with and howthey gained the ethical and intercultural competencies, and the challenges faculty faced inredesigning the courses. Preliminary results have found that some of the more common challengesthat faculty are facing is the lack of institutional guidance and resources, the lack of support fromother faculty, and a lack of time to implement the required changes. Moving forward, we plan toexpand this study to reinterview faculty as the program progresses and faculty learn more abouthow to teach in online settings. 1. Introduction Ethical and global

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Ethics Integration in Engineering Design

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Jessica R. Edelson, Duke University; Micalyn Struble, Duke University; Reya Magan, Duke University; Ann Saterbak, Duke University

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activity about the ethics of product testing. Then, students design testing plans for their project that are both effective and consider related ethical questions.4. Game of Life Cycle. Students engage in a Life Cycle carnival game in which teams rotate through five stations of activities. These stations have been designed to teach and to encourage thoughtful discussions about the ethical and environmental implications of the materials that students used in their design solution.Achievement of these goals was measured using an IRB-approved pre/post study, whichrecognized that each student would enter the course at a different point of ethical awareness.The assessment questionnaire was based on a combination of the Moral

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Moral Development and Ethics Assessment in Engineering

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Rockwell Franklin Clancy III, Delft University of Technology

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psychologically realisttheories of ethics, concerned with how people actually think about matters of right and wrongrather than merely how they should [48], [49]. For example, as a pluralist theory of ethicalreasoning, MFT helps to explain how different, competing goods can conflict, resulting in thekinds of conflicts of interests that are central to engineering ethics and other forms ofprofessional ethics [1]–[3].Planned analyses and hypothesesIn this study, MFQ and ESIT scores were treated as outcome variables, and education anddemographic information – such as gender, age, and field of study – were treated as inputvariables. Since relatively few studies have used the ESIT [17], [32], [50] – and only one hasused the ESIT in conjunction with the MFQ [33

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Innovative, Engaging Pedagogies for Engineering Ethics Education

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Jennifer Fiegel, University of Iowa; Beth Rundlett, University of Iowa; A. Allen Bradley Jr., The University of Iowa; Katelyn Rose Murhammer, University of Iowa

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ethics game.Future DevelopmentsThe interactive choose-your-own-path ethics game engaged undergraduate students with ethicaldecision making that had consequences larger than originally anticipated and that were affectedby external influences. We plan to adopt several modifications and to include additional studentcohorts to increase the number of participants in future iterations of the game.The simulation will continue to be implemented in both courses already described. We will betraining faculty that run additional discussion sections of the first-year engineering designcourse, which will quickly expand game use. A complete course drop-in package will bedeveloped for faculty to easily employ in their classes. The ESIT will again be administer

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Cross-cultural Sensitivity, Moral Imagination, and Diversity in Engineering Ethics Education

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Yousef Jalali, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Christian Matheis, Guilford College; Marc Edwards, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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- “Story of Self”- technical knowledge - Moral theory personal reflection- Identify skills, other than technical proficiency, that are - Citizen science for good and bad - Final project necessary for competent practice in engineering and science - Responsible conduct of practice - Reading quizzes- Describe the kind of engineer/scientist you aspire to become - Engineers and scientists informing public- Develop a comprehensive plan to identify ethical dilemmas in policy real-world cases as well as processes by which to determine - Engineers and scientists under pressure to preferable solutions to these dilemmas

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Moral Development and Ethics Assessment in Engineering

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Michaela Leigh LaPatin P.E., University of Texas at Austin; Cristina Poleacovschi, Iowa State University; Kate Padgett Walsh, Iowa State University of Science and Technology; Scott Grant Feinstein; Cassandra Rutherford, Iowa State University; Luan Minh Nguyen, Iowa State University ; Kasey M. Faust, University of Texas at Austin; Liam Verses, University of Texas at Austin

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including gentrification and food deserts; the impact of policies and regulations on the built environment; understanding the impact of institutional elements on projects; and modeling of public perceptions. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Paper ID #34350Liam Verses, University of Texas at Austin Liam Verses is pursuing a BS in Environmental Engineering and a BA in Plan II Honors at The Uni- versity of Texas at Austin. His current research focuses on macroethics in undergraduate engineering programs. His other academic interests include water and

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Understanding Students' Authentic and Reflective Experiences of Ethics Education

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Luan M. Nguyen, Iowa State University of Science and Technology; Cristina Poleacovschi, Iowa State University of Science and Technology; Kasey M. Faust, University of Texas at Austin; Kate Padgett Walsh, Iowa State University of Science and Technology; Michaela Leigh LaPatin P.E., University of Texas at Austin; Scott Grant Feinstein; Cassandra Rutherford

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inaccurate planning and the project may face resistance from somerefugees .This example illustrates a complicated and interdependent relationship betweentechnical and ethical aspects of engineering work [5]. In addition, it reveals the importance ofethics in engineering work and the need to focus on broad societal impacts in engineering ethicseducation [1]. Here, the lack of macroethical understanding of the context of the engineeringproject led to the engineers facing resistance from the refugees. Current engineering education tends to focus on technical aspect and issues internal toengineering practice (e.g., relationship between individual engineers, or between the engineersand their clients) [1]. Even though ethics is intrinsically part

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Industrial, Professional, and Practical Contexts of Engineering Ethics

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Yilmaz Hatipkarasulu, University of Texas at San Antonio

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, and avoiding situational analysis are also very important for theoverall argument.In the example presented in this paper, the students are challenged to handle a business conflictthat requires them to report to their managers with an action plan. The decision-making modelfollows a modified version of the structure proposed by Hatipkarasulu and Gunhan for a job offerscenario [17]. The decision-making process has three major stages: the event (noted as "theoffer/challenge" by Hatipkarasulu and Gunhan [17]), the dilemma, and the decision. Thismodified model can be adapted for different scenarios and can be extended for furtherdiscussions.THE SCENARIO AND FRAMEWORKUsing the modified model, the example in this paper is built on a straightforward

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Critical Reflections on Engineering Ethics Education

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Claire Lynne McCullough P.E., High Point University; Svetlana Chesser, Auburn University; Brian J. O'Leary, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga; Bart L. Weathington, WECO Solutions

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a nontraditional route into academe by spending several years working as a management consul- tant planning, designing, and delivering organizational performance solutions and helping organizations American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Paper ID #34179meet human resource challenges. Continuing this trend, his current research and consulting interests arebroadly focused on the application of psychological knowledge to real world issues. Specifically, he isinterested in issues regarding employee selection, development, and compensation as well as the impactof changes in

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Ethics Integration in Engineering Design

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Irini Spyridakis, University of Washington

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, and Sustainable and Ethical Packaging LetterReportThis module consists of multiple activities that occur over a three-week period: four low-stakesactivities and the graded Sustainable and Ethical Packaging Letter Report. The low stakesactivities seek to prepare students for a successful experience with the graded assignment. Themodule is inclusive of different learning styles and includes the following activities: 1. Guided written analyses of two videos concerning planned obsolescence, and environmental and human health, followed by class discussion of student analyses. 2. A journal reflection in which students reflect on three articles about inequities and sustainable design practices. Students also reflect on a third

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Critical Reflections on Engineering Ethics Education

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Jake Walker Lewis; Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado Boulder

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teaching students about ethics, in that theymust be familiar and comfortable around each other. Separate from teachers being uncomfortableregarding ethics, students must be able to trust each other to where they can openly addressethical issues in a group environment. This obstacle is a challenge as Olivia describes how thiscan be addressed by promoting student interaction in advance of an ethical discussion.Lack of Content: Implementing EESI may be obstructed due to a lack of material a teacher caneasily utilize. An example of this obstacle was described by Jeff, who is an engineering teacher: I think that maybe the barrier would be having, at least for me, good material to use… I just make my own lesson plans... And I think that if I had

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Understanding Students' Authentic and Reflective Experiences of Ethics Education

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Stephanie Claussen, San Francisco State University; Shiloh James Howland, Brigham Young University; Swetha Nittala, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Brent K. Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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at a different pointin time. We surmise that research on engineering ethics and social responsibility may neverresult in a single unifying theory due to the complexity of the questions being asked and of theparticipants being studied.ConclusionThis paper uses single-case analysis to understand one student’s experiences and perspectives,including when those perspectives (and the student’s corresponding description of them) follow apath that is difficult to characterize. In future work, we plan to expand this analysis to includeadditional cases. While we are not aiming for generalizable results (which the case study methodis not intended to provide), we hope that adding additional cases to our findings will allow us tocompare across cases and

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Moral Development and Ethics Assessment in Engineering

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Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado Boulder; Jake Walker Lewis, University of Colorado Boulder; Madeline Polmear, University of Florida; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado Boulder; Chris Swan, Tufts University

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anindividual into conducting a post-mortem”, p. 5), retrospective (examining an experience andreaching reasoned conclusions), and prospective (planning to learn before an experience). It isexpected that the ethical development that may occur when students participate in extracurricularactivities is due to intuitive, incidental, or retrospective approaches. The logic in this study is thatthe on-the-job experiences of engineering alumni provide a ‘jolt’ that causes them to reflect anddraw upon the ethical reasoning that they may have developed during college extracurricularactivities.Research QuestionsTwo research questions were explored in this study: RQ1. To what extent do engineering alumni perceive that extracurricular activities during