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Understanding our Students & Ethical Development

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elizabeth A. McBride-Pluskwik, Iron Range Engineering, a program of Minnesota State University, Mankato; Puteri S. Megat Hamari, Minnesota State University, Mankato

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Paper ID #8883Ethical Reasoning Development in Project-based LearningDr. Elizabeth A McBride-Pluskwik, Iron Range Engineering, a program of Minnesota State University, Mankato Elizabeth leads the Business and Statistics competencies at Iron Range Engineering, a project-based en- gineering education program located in northern Minnesota. She served as Assistant Professor of Ac- counting at St. Ambrose University in Davenport, IA before joining IRE in 2012. Previously, she was the Controller for MSI Mold Builders in Cedar Rapids, IA, and an Auditor/Tax Accountant for McGladrey & Pullen, CPAs, in Cedar Rapids, IA. Her

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Evaluation of Ethical Development

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Qin Zhu, Purdue University; Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University; Megan Kenny Feister, Purdue University; Patrice Marie Buzzanell, Purdue University; William C. Oakes, Purdue University; Alan D. Mead, Illinois Institute of Technology

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Paper ID #10060The Development of an Instrument for Assessing Individual Ethical Decision-making in Project-based Design Teams: Integrating Quantitative and Quali-tative MethodsQin Zhu, Purdue University Qin Zhu is a PhD student in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. His main re- search interests include global/comparative/international engineering education, engineering education policy, and engineering ethics. He received his BS degree in material sciences and engineering and first PhD degree in philosophy of science and technology (engineering ethics) both from Dalian University of Technology

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Teaching Approaches for Ethics

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Raridon, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Rebecca A. Bates, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Deborah K. Nykanen P.E., Minnesota State University, Mankato; Marilyn C. Hart, Minnesota State University- Mankato; Winston Sealy, Minnesota State University, Mankato

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). Page 24.848.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Learning about Ethics in a Multidisciplinary ContextIntroductionIn conjunction with a National Science Foundation-sponsored scholarship program, we have amultidisciplinary peer mentoring support system for STEM students that addresses keyprofessional development areas, including ethics. The students receive financial support and anopportunity to develop academic, professional and life skills through a weekly scholars seminar.The seminar coursework is centered on semester-long investigative projects designed andcompleted by multidisciplinary teams. A small group of math, science and engineering facultyoversees the seminar and selection

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Evaluation of Ethical Development

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Jill L. May, Illinois Institute of Technology; Alan Mead, Illinois Institute of Technology; James Kemp Ellington, Illinois Institute of Technology

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Education, 2014 Ethical Climate in Interdisciplinary Teams: Development of the TECSAbstractOne way to empirically evaluate team ethics is through ethical climate, which is defined as theprocedures, policies, and practices in regard to moral or ethical concerns seen in the workplace.Peers and supervisors may influence individuals’ perceptions of ethics and moral situations,which will lead to a shared understanding of how the group should think about moral situations.The current researchers adapted the concept of ethical climate and brought it to interdisciplinarystudent teams. Teams on lengthy projects often face ethical problems, and the researchersdeveloped a tool to address some of the unique considerations for ethics in

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Graduate Ethics Education & Professional Codes

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard S. Stansbury, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach; Joshua Lloyd Olds, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach; Eric Joe Coyle, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

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c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Ethical Concerns of Unmanned and Autonomous Systems in Engineering ProgramsAbstract:Unmanned systems are entering educational curricula (both K–12 and post-secondary) becausethey capture student interest, provide multidisciplinary engineering opportunities, anddemonstrate many tangible science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)concepts. In collegiate engineering programs, unmanned systems are used both within thecurriculum (e.g. capstone design projects) and as part of co-curricular/extra-curricular activities(e.g. the Associate for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI)’s student designcompetitions). Graduate programs dedicated

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Teaching Approaches for Ethics

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gregory A. Rulifson, University of Colorado, Boulder; Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Whitney Thomas, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Challenges16-19. Whileethics instruction is common in first year engineering courses20-25, this instruction may notinclude social responsibility as a macroethical imperative. Some curricula with an ethics threadeducate students about macroethical issues in later years, such as a third-year course with ethicsintegration at Drexel26. Another way that engineering students may come to appreciate theimportance of social responsibility is via service-learning (S-L) courses, which is the basis forsome first year projects / design courses27-32.An emphasis on social responsibility within engineering may be significant beyond its intrinsicimportance to individuals and society. There may be important implications of SR for the

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Ethical Behavior in Academia and Beyond

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Adeel Khalid, Southern Polytechnic State University (ENG); Beth Stutzmann, RLC- Research Learning Community, Southern Polytechnic State University; Margaret Loraine Lowder, Southern Polytechnic State University; Mir M. Atiqullah, Kennesaw State University; Rajnish Singh, Southern Polytechnic State University; Craig A. Chin, Southern Polytechnic State University

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and other assessments. They also indicate some of the techniques their peers use insupervised (e.g. tests, quizzes, exams etc.) and un-supervised (e.g. homework, projects, labreports, online environment etc.) assessments. The survey also reveals whether students are morelikely to cheat in the major required courses or non-major elective courses etc. Some of thetechniques that deter students from cheating are also discussed.Literature Review:Academic misconduct has long been a problem on college campuses in the United States.Studies across the nation have consistently shown that a majority of undergraduate studentsacross various disciplines engage in some form of academic misconduct during their collegecareer [1, 2, 3, and 4].Various

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Ethical Behavior in Academia and Beyond

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Edward J. Eckel, Western Michigan University

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toanything authored/co-authored by the thesis/dissertation authors (articles, book chapters orpublicly posted thesis/dissertation copies), since such “self-plagiarism” was outside the scope ofthis project. In addition, it quickly became apparent after data collection began that verbatim textmatches of seven words were so generic that it could not be reliably established that these wereindeed appropriated. Hence, for the purpose of this study, only text matches that were eightwords in length or longer were counted as copied. This means that theses and dissertations thatonly had copied phrases seven words or less in length were coded as having no copied strings.Finally, since this study focused on textual copying, copied figures or charts were also

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Graduate Ethics Education & Professional Codes

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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James Craig Hanks, Texas State University, San Marcos; Dominick Esperanza Fazarro, The University of Texas at Tyler; Jitendra S. Tate, Texas State University, San Marcos; Walt Trybula, Texas State University & Trybula Foundation, Inc.; Robert J.C. McLean, Texas State University

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students to deal responsibly with technological change inconditions of uncertainty.4) Our ProjectUnder a grant from NSF, we are developing, implementing, and assessing two modular coursesthat include societal, ethical, environmental, health, and safety issues related to nanotechnologyfor undergraduates in engineering and engineering technology. The work is being conducted by ahighly interdisciplinary team of faculty who bring to the project expertise from mechanicalengineering, manufacturing engineering, civil engineering, electrical engineering, industrialeducation and technology, physics, biology, philosophy, and ethics. The team also has hands-onexperience in industrial research management. Not only is our project multidisciplinary, it ismulti

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Evaluation of Ethical Development

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Science Foundation. As part of this validation study, the team ofresearchers has applied EPSA to test groups of students at Norwich University, the University ofIdaho, and Washington State University. A faculty member from Norwich University who ispart of the project team introduced other Norwich University faculty to the EPSA method. Thispaper describes how the EPSA scenarios and the EPSA rubric are being implemented in the“Ethics” section of a senior level “Professional Issues”.EPSA Customization at Norwich UniversityIn the Fall 2013 semester the EPSA Method was incorporated into two sections of NorwichUniversity’s EG450-Professional Issues. The EPSA method was utilized during two classperiods each followed by an all-hands review. In the first

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Graduate Ethics Education & Professional Codes

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Nael Barakat, Grand Valley State University; Nadia Sunny, Grand Valley State University; Md Mehedi Hasan, Grand Valley State University

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from her employer in 2009, 2011 and 2012 for successful project management. Her areas of work and research interest are device design and regulation on medical devices.Mr. Md Mehedi Hasan, Grand Valley State University I have been working as a research assistant in supply-demand planning of Lithium-ion batteries for electric drive vehicles while pursuing my MS in Product Design & Manufacturing Engineering in Grand Valley State University. I pursued my bachelor in Industrial & Production Engineering from Bangladesh Uni- versity of Engineering & Technology in 2012. My areas of interests are manufacturing processes, quality management, supply chain management etc

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Understanding our Students & Ethical Development

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Denise Wilson, University of Washington; Mee Joo Kim, University of Washington-Seattle; Rebecca A. Bates, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Elizabeth Burpee

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report an increasing writtencommunication workload over time.33 If supervised properly, Wheeler and McDonald reportthat writing allows students to develop and use critical thinking skills.34 While engineeringprograms typically incorporate ill-defined problems for capstone projects—another recognized Page 24.674.4tool for developing critical thinking, writing for reflection will also help develop skills forproblem identification, analysis, metacognition and the formation of value judgements.30,35Snyder & Snyder suggest essay questions rather than simple recall to encourage criticalthinking.25In addition to promoting the development of

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Ethical Behavior in Academia and Beyond

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marilyn A. Dyrud, Oregon Institute of Technology

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, the peerreviewers who comment on the suitability of manuscripts for publication, the journals readersand the scientific community, the owners/publishers of the journals, and the public as a whole.”47A further problem is posed by journals that republish materials that have already appeared inother venues. In 2010, two new journals published by Scientific Research Publishing, Journal ofModern Physics and Psychology, simply reprinted articles for their inaugural issues, includingone that had received a prestigious award.48 Duplicate publication can make the literatureassociated with a particular field seem more abundant than it actually is and may affect fundingfor projects, especially from external sources.Ethical ConceptsAt heart, the issues

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Graduate Ethics Education & Professional Codes

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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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Ethics and the Pub- lic.” She is co-PI on a National Science Foundation (NSF) research and education project developing an ethnographic approach to engineering ethics education.Mr. William Joseph Rhoads, Virginia Tech William Rhoads is a PhD student in Civil & Environmental Engineering at Virginia Tech working with Dr. Marc Edwards and Dr. Amy Pruden. His research focuses on various aspects of opportunistic pathogens in potable and hot water plumbing systems and implications of green buildings on public health. William is currently the vice-president of a joint American Water Works Association and Water Environment Federation graduate student group and is the recipient of the Via Doctoral Fellowship.Mr. Siddhartha