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Innovating Ethics Curriculum and Instruction

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Rob Sleezer, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Rebecca A. Bates, Minnesota State University, Mankato

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Paper ID #29812Ethical Development Through the Use of Fiction in a Project BasedEngineering ProgramDr. Rob Sleezer, Minnesota State University, Mankato Rob Sleezer earned his Ph.D. in Microelectronics-Photonics from the University of Arkansas. He attended Oklahoma State University where he graduated with a B.S. in Computer Science and an M.S. and B.S. in Electrical Engineering. He is currently a faculty member at Twin Cities Engineering which is in the department of Integrated Engineering at Minnesota State University, Mankato.Dr. Rebecca A Bates, Minnesota State University, Mankato Rebecca A. Bates received the Ph.D. degree

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Innovating Ethics Curriculum and Instruction

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Elizabeth A. Debartolo, Rochester Institute of Technology; Wade L. Robison, Rochester Institute of Technology; Sarah Aileen Brownell, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Paper ID #30487WIP: A One-Page Ethical Checklist for EngineersDr. Elizabeth A. DeBartolo, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE) Elizabeth A. DeBartolo, PhD is the Director of the Multidisciplinary Senior Design Program at the Rochester Institute of Technology, where students from Biomedical, Computer, Electrical, Industrial, and Mechanical Engineering work together on multidisciplinary teams to complete their 2-semester design and build capstone projects. She received her graduate degree in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University and has worked at RIT since 2000.Prof. Wade L. Robison, Rochester Institute of

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Ethical Design

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Donald Winiecki, Boise State University; Lynn Catlin P.E., Boise State University; Harold Ackler, Boise State University

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-shelf engineering ethics textbooks, produce a mix of factors thatmay result in the common finding that students often become measurably ​less​ ethical as theyprogress through their undergraduate career ​[9], [10]​.In response to this, the College of Engineering at Boise State University is taking advantage ofsystemic curricular change efforts made possible by an NSF sponsored RED grant(Revolutionizing Engineering and Computer Science Departments) to its Department ofComputer Science ​[11]–[17]​, and adapting innovations from that project to other engineeringdepartments. This manuscript describes efforts in the ​Department of Mechanical and BiomedicalEngineering​ and ​Micron School of Materials Science and Engineering​. These efforts

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Amy Schroeder, University of Southern California

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technology, and readings in diverse canonical and non-canonical works of sciencefiction. This humanistic course concluded with a summative group project, which requiredstudents to draw upon all aspects of the diverse curriculum in order to fulfill assignment goals.The project, which was designed to activate both creative and critical thinking abilities, directedstudents to create utopian societies. In order to imagine visionary alternative societies, studentsemployed ethical principles, invoked themes and ideas from literature, and utilized new and evenspeculative technologies. In designing planned "perfect" communities, the students examined ourmost pressing social, scientific, and cultural challenges, responding to these problems byenvisioning new

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New Areas of Ethical Inquiry

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Minha R. Ha, York University; Joshua Racette, McMaster University; Shinya Nagasaki, McMaster University

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co-decision makers, instead of beingtreated as commoditized instruments [7] of the business machinery.Simultaneously, we pay attention to the engineers’ privileged position – e.g. as experts and high-income earners, with greater proximity to large-scale project decisions – and its role in the unequalinfluence relations engineers have with other knowledge disciplines and/or communitystakeholders. Engineers can be important mediators or gatekeepers for the input of diversestakeholders on the technology development (e.g. machine learning bias). Therefore, our workingvision for engineering ethics education is two-fold: (1) to empower students as moral agents whoeffectively negotiate for social and ethical responsibility in the technology

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Reimagining Engineering Ethics

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Jessica Koehler, Wake Forest University; Olga Pierrakos, Wake Forest University ; Michael Lamb, Wake Forest University; Alana Demaske, Wake Forest University; Carlos Santos, Wake Forest University; Michael D. Gross, Wake Forest University; Dylan Franklin Brown, Wake Forest University

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Paper ID #30371What Can We Learn from Character Education? A Literature Review ofFourProminent Virtues in Engineering EducationDr. Jessica Koehler, Wake Forest University Dr. Jessica Koehler is a Postdoctoral Assistant for the Wake Forest Department of Engineering supporting with the development and assessment of character and ethics education in the engineering program. Since 2015 until her current position at Wake Forest she worked as the Director of Research at a youth develop- ment non-profit, The Future Project, which has worked with tens of thousands of underserved high school students nationwide to support their

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Assessing Ethics Learning

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Jagadish Torlapati, Rowan University; Sarah K. Bauer, Rowan University; Cheng Zhu, Rowan University

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and Environmental Engineering at Rowan University. Dr. Bauer holds a doctoral degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of Virginia, Charlottesville. Dr. Bauer is the recipient of numerous awards and scholarships as a young professional. Her primary research interests are: water and wastewater treatment, renewable energy technologies, and pollution prevention. She has worked on a variety of educational projects to enhance environmental engineering education while at Rowan University. Dr. Bauer is an active member of ASEE and the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) and currently serves as the Faculty Advisor for Rowan’s Student Chapter of SWE.Prof. Cheng Zhu, Rowan University Dr. Cheng Zhu

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New Media for Ethics Education

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Allen R. White, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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. The project goals forthe YS have resulted in a design that is bold and innovative but that has proven to be a challengefor many parts of the company. The central conflict is that Suspension and Chassis groups havefound a dynamic instability in the vehicle handling that could result in a roll-over. This is ofparticular concern for the less-experienced drivers who are the target buyers. The other groupsare frustrated with the design changes and associated delays that have come with the completelynew design and an engineering team proposes a simple fix that is attractive but not all that itseems. The game mechanics create a significant challenge for the engineers that hope to preventpotential injuries.Simulation OverviewThe simulation is run in

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Ethical Design

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Scott A. Civjan, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Nicholas Tooker, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

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steel design project. 2) For loads calculated in the previous problem sets assume that a call from a field engineer tells you that the cladding dimensions changed and would affect your dead and wind loads approximately 1%. Work is complete so no additional fees for work are allowed, but project cost would be increased significantly by delays beyond the end of the day. State the stakeholders that are affected, what additional information you would like when making your decision, provide four options to address the issue on the phone call listing pros and cons of each, and justify your choice. 3) Read the university Academic Honesty Policy. Select one policy on “cheating”, “fabrication” or “other prohibited

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New Areas of Ethical Inquiry

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Karen C. Davis, Miami University

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Paper ID #29277Ethics in Data Science EducationDr. Karen C. Davis, Miami University Karen C. Davis is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Software Engineer- ing at Miami University. Her research interests include database design, query processing and optimiza- tion, data warehousing, and computing education. She has published more than 50 papers, most of which are co-authored with her students. She has advised over 100 senior design project students and more than 40 MS/PhD theses/projects in the area of database systems. She was awarded the ASEE Sharon Keillor Award for Women in Engineering

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New Areas of Ethical Inquiry

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Kenneth Stafford Sands II, Florida Gulf Coast University; Annie R. Pearce, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Denise Rutledge Simmons P.E., University of Florida; Min Jae Suh, Sam Houston State University; Christine Marie Fiori, Drexel University

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. She holds a B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in civil engineering and a graduate certificate in engineering education – all from Clemson University. She has over ten years of construction and civil engineering experience working for energy companies and as a project management consultant. Dr. Simmons has extensive experience leading and conducting multi-institutional, workforce-related re- search and outreach. She is a leader in research investigating the competencies professionals need to compete in and sustain the construction workforce. Dr. Simmons oversees the Simmons Research Lab (www.denisersimmons.com), which is home to a dynamic, interdisciplinary mix of graduate researchers and postdoctoral researchers who work

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Reimagining Engineering Ethics

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Luan Minh Nguyen, Iowa State University ; Cristina Poleacovschi, Iowa State University; Kasey M. Faust, University of Texas at Austin; Kate Padgett Walsh, Iowa State University; Scott Grant Feinstein; Cassandra Rutherford, Iowa State University

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to a ”culture of disengagement” from the ethical dimension of engineering work among students in the engineering profession. His Ph.D. project is funded by the NSF and is concerned with promoting and im- proving engineering students’ ethical behavior and sensitivity through on-campus student organizations. His academic interests include mental health, international development, human rights, and engineering ethics. Currently, his ambition is to work within an international organization such as UNESCO and to be an advocate for promoting science and technology as critical tools of sustainable development as well as to participate in the dialogue between scientists, policy-makers, and society. Luan enjoys traveling

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Assessing Ethics Learning

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David S. Greenburg, The Citadel; Robert J. Rabb P.E., The Citadel

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peacetime and combat experi- ence. Upon completion of active military service, Dr. Greenburg served in program leadership positions at Eagan McAllister Associates, and Science Applications International Corporation until he joined the faculty at the Citadel. Dr. Greenburg’s research interests include modeling project networks, technical decision making and leadership. Dr. Greenburg earned is BA in History at The Citadel (1981), Masters in Management from the Naval Postgraduate School (1994), and his PhD in Business Administration (Man- agement of Engineering and Technology) from Northcentral University (2010). He is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) by The Project Management Institute (PMI).Dr. Robert J

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New Areas of Ethical Inquiry

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Joseph Benin, U.S. Coast Guard Academy; William Randall, U.S. Coast Guard Academy

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, research and presentations, and a final project, students learnedabout, explored, and sought to discern the ethical implications of cybersecurity within thecontext of society, especially as it pertains to military and law enforcement. Student feedbackvalidated that the course challenged them, offered them an opportunity to present their views,and extended what they had learned in their classic ethics class into the cyber domain. Basedupon lessons learned, adjustments are being made for the second offering of this course in orderto improve the flow and delivery of the class and the evaluation criteria. Changes are also beingmade to account for the increased class size from single to double digits.1. IntroductionAs engineering and technology become

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New Media for Ethics Education

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Joshua Gargac, University of Mount Union

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Paper ID #31052Let’s get ethical: Incorporating ”The Office” and engaging practicesinto an ethics module for capstone studentsDr. Joshua Gargac, University of Mount Union Joshua Gargac is an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Mount Union in Alliance, OH, where he advises the mechanical engineering senior capstone projects and SAE Baja team. In addition, Dr. Gargac teaches first-year engineering courses, computer-aided design, kinematics and dynamics of machinery, design of machine elements, and manufacturing science. He received his BSME from Ohio Northern University and a PhD in

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Assessing Ethics Learning

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Peter Wesley Odom, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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risk. Item 1: “Don’t you have a duty to complete the project given to Conventional you whether you like it or not?” Item 2: “Is your action consistent with your discipline’s professional code?” Conventional Scenario 2 — “Racing Car” 2 Items Flagged The student team has designed a racing car that enables children with Scenario disabilities to experience driving without actually being in control. Summary Some parents ask you to lie to their child to solidify the illusion. Item 1: “Do your actions respect

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Innovating Ethics Curriculum and Instruction

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Katy Luchini-Colbry, Michigan State University; Melissa McDaniels, Michigan State University

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leadership team of the Center for the Improvement of Mentored Experiences in Research at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. In her role as CIMER Investigator, she is leading a project as a part of the APS’s NSF INCLUDES Inclusive Graduate Education Network (IGEN). From 2014-2019 she also served as Co-Director of the NIH-supported National Research Men- toring Network’s Master Facilitator Initiative. From 2008-2012, McDaniels served as Director of Michi- gan State University’s NSF ADVANCE Grant where she spearheaded the institution’s efforts to diversify the faculty in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) fields. In this role she was responsible for the development and implementation of MSU’s new

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Innovating Ethics Curriculum and Instruction

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Andrew Katz, Virginia Tech; Umair Shakir, Virginia Tech

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their minds, less important) content [16],[18]. Therefore, an alternative mode of integration, ethics across the curriculum (EAC), is beingadopted at several US universities, (e.g., University of Texas at Austin [19], The University ofMichigan [20] and Illinois Institute of Technology [21]). In the EAC approach, ethics is introduced to students in various technical courses duringfour-year undergraduate studies. During the second and third years, ethics are being discussed inconnection with the subject matter of technical course, and ethics discussion continues into acapstone design project in the senior year by considering the societal implications of a designproject[14], [22]. Continuous exposure to ethical content during the

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Research on Engineering Ethics Education and Practice

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Dayoung Kim, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Justin L. Hess, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Nicholas D. Fila, Iowa State University

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project intends to address that concern by first exploring the variousways that engineers experience ethics in practice and then analyzing what influences thatvariation in experiences [6], [7]. In the first phase of the project, we utilized phenomenographyto develop a comprehensive framework, grounded in the lived experiences of engineers, thatdescribes variation in ways of experiencing engineering ethics. This study pertains to theproject’s second phase, wherein our objective is to identify factors that potentially influencedchanges in ways of experiencing ethics. Hence, while the first phase focused on ways ofexperiencing ethics, this second phase focuses on changes in ways of experiencing ethics. Weuse the term change broadly to refer to any

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Research on Engineering Ethics Education and Practice

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Madeline Polmear, University of Florida; Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado Boulder; Nathan E. Canney, CYS Structural Engineers Inc.; Chris Swan, Tufts University; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado Boulder

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engineering education research interests focus on community engage- ment, service-based projects and examining whether an entrepreneurial mindset can be used to further engineering education innovations. He also does research on the development of sustainable materials management (SMM) strategies.Dr. Daniel Knight, University of Colorado Boulder Daniel W. Knight is the Program Assessment and Research Associate at Design Center (DC) Colorado in CU’s Department of Mechanical Engineering at the College of Engineering and Applied Science. He holds a B.A. in psychology from Louisiana State University, an M.S. degree in industrial/organizational psychology and a Ph.D. degree in education, both from the University of Tennessee

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Reimagining Engineering Ethics

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Grant A. Fore, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Justin L. Hess, Purdue University; Andrew Katz, Virginia Tech

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, particularly at the post-secondary level?If Dewey [21] is correct in asserting that all experience becomes through continuity andinteraction, then education must tend to these elements. How do educators choose strategically tobuild upon student experiences over time? How do educators assemble the right environment,comprising subjects and objects that, through interaction, lead to the greatest positive growth?Here, I am most interested in the second question. In agreement with Dewey, the significance ofthe experience is going to depend upon how well students are grounded in a shared “socialenterprise.” This is not the kind of enterprise that one should associate with business orentrepreneurialism. It is, rather, enterprise as a complex project or

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Reimagining Engineering Ethics

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Yousef Jalali, Virginia Tech ; Scott A. Civjan, University of Massachusetts Amherst

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context (such as atschool) can stretch the imagination capacity of a student. Further assignments includedprofessional decisions that would have impacts on different stakeholders or scheduling ofconstruction projects. Finally, brief scenarios were provided of data being given to the student touse in their design (from a different discipline, from a different collaborating company, fromanother team member within their company). The students were asked whether they wouldblindly use the data in their analysis, and if that would be affected by how similar the data was topast projects, as well as who they believed would be liable if their design ultimately resulted in afailure due to errors in that data. Through imagination exercises that progress

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Research on Engineering Ethics Education and Practice

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Greg Rulifson P.E., U.S. Agency for International Development; Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado Boulder

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schools, are responding to theseserious issues with training, task forces, student groups, counseling services, and concertedattempts to shift the culture towards openness and accountability [30]. Further, there areprograms that actually center social justice, community engagement, and humility regardingprivilege and power are growing. Some examples include the Colorado School of Mines, MercerUniversity, Oregon State University, and Villanova University [31]–[34]. These not onlydemonstrate care for people and the environment impacted by engineering projects, but alsoencourages students to care for each other.An Ethic of Care may provide a framework through which engineering faculty and staff atuniversities can improve their cultures to be more

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Assessing Ethics Learning

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Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Madeline Polmear, University of Florida; Chris Swan, Tufts University; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado Boulder; Nathan E. Canney

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University. He has additional appointments in the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life and the Center for Engineering Education and Outreach at Tufts. His current engineering education research interests focus on community engage- ment, service-based projects and examining whether an entrepreneurial mindset can be used to further engineering education innovations. He also does research on the development of sustainable materials management (SMM) strategies.Dr. Daniel Knight, University of Colorado Boulder Daniel W. Knight is the Program Assessment and Research Associate at Design Center (DC) Colorado in CU’s Department of Mechanical Engineering at the College of Engineering and Applied Science. He holds a B.A. in

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New Media for Ethics Education

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Valerie H. Summet, Rollins College; Rebecca A. Bates, Minnesota State University, Mankato

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Mexico: ASEE Conferences, June 2001. [Online]. Available: https://peer.asee.org/9710 [Accessed: Apr. 30, 2020][15] E. Burton, J. Goldsmith, and N. Mattei, “How to teach computer ethics through science fiction,” Commun. ACM, vol. 61, no. 8, p. 54–64, Jul. 2018. [Online]. Available: https://doi.org/10.1145/3154485[16] R. A. Bates, “AI & SciFi: Teaching writing, history, technology, literature, and ethics,” in 2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition. Vancouver, BC: ASEE Conferences, June 2011. [Online]. Available: https://peer.asee.org/17433 [Accessed: Jan. 26, 2020][17] R. Sleezer and R. A. Bates, “Ethical development through the use of fiction in a project based engineering program,” in 2020 ASEE Annual Conference

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Ethical Reasoning and Decision Making

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Rockwell Franklin Clancy III, University of Michigan-Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute

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engineering ethics: Assessment of its influence on moral reasoning skills,” J. Eng. Educ., vol. 87, no. 1, pp. 29–34, 1998.[6] J. Henrich, S. J. Heine, and A. Norenzayan, “The Weirdest People in the World?,” Behav. Brain Sci., vol. 33, no. 2–3, pp. 61–83, 2010.[7] Q. Zhu, C. B. Zoltowski, M. K. Feister, P. M. Buzzanell, W. Oakes, and A. Mead, “The development of an instrument for assessing individual ethical decision-making in project-based design teams: Integrating quantitative and qualitative methods,” in Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, 2014.[8] R. I. Murrugarra and W. A. Wallace, “A Cross Cultural Comparison of Engineering Ethics Education