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Ethical Reasoning and Responsibility

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lorraine G. Kisselburgh, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Justin L. Hess, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jonathan Beever, University of Central Florida; Andrew O. Brightman, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Paper ID #17414Assessing a Scaffolded, Interactive, and Reflective Analysis Framework forDeveloping Ethical Reasoning in Engineering StudentsDr. Lorraine G. Kisselburgh, Purdue University, West Lafayette Lorraine Kisselburgh (Ph.D., Purdue University) examines organizing and communicative practices in sociotechnical contexts, particularly collaboration in engineering design teams, spatial and material in- fluences on organizing, and gendered practices in technological settings. She has backgrounds in com- munication, human performance, and computer science, and over twenty years experience designing and supporting

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Innovative Approaches to Ethics Instruction

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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George D. Catalano, Binghamton University

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, successfully accomplish and reflect upon an activityreferred to as a compassion practicum. The compassion practicum sought to begin thedevelopment of a critical consciousness in students. Students’ projects fall into two categories:(1) a service learning type project which must in some way improve the quality of life of othersand involves a minimum of 15 hours of actual service; and (2) a guided, extensive visit of ananimal rescue society farm in which students confront animals typically used in biomedicalresearch projects and reflect on the entire experience.IntroductionBiomedical engineering is the application of engineering principles and techniques to medicine.It combines expertise in engineering with expertise in medicine and human biology to

Conference Session

Socio-Technical Issues in Engineering

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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George D. Catalano, Binghamton University

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Paper ID #14502Engineering Education: Moving toward a Contemplative Service ParadigmDr. George D. Catalano, Binghamton University Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Binghamton University Previously member of the faculty at U.S. Military Academy and Louisiana State University. Two time Fullbright Scholar – Italy and Germany. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Ten Steps for Improving Critical and Reflective Thinking Skills in the Engineering Classroom: Moving towards a Contemplative Paradigm AbstractThe present work seeks to develop and implement

Conference Session

Socio-Technical Issues in Engineering

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Megan Kenny Feister, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Patrice Marie Buzzanell, Purdue University, West Lafayette; David H. Torres, Purdue University

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human users of such design.10This approach is reflected in the design process model the program uses and teaches to itsstudents, shown in Figure 1. Figure 1: Program Design Process (EPICS, 2010) We use a communication lens to explore the influence of this design approach onstudents’ engagement in their design work. This project contends that a communication lens isnot only appropriate, but is needed to provide insight into the study of ethics in the engineeringeducation context. Ethics is a subjective and fluid concept, which we argue does not exist inisolation, but rather is communicatively constructed through language and discussion withinproject teams. Just as interdisciplinary identities are negotiated and

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Ethics Instruction in Context: Civil and Construction Engineering and Engineering Technology

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Colin M. Gray, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Luciana Debs, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Marisa Exter, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Terri S. Krause, Purdue University

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from variousethnicities and cultural backgrounds also reflects my very shelteredness in this corner ofcampus. I don’t...there are no international students who take theater. So I don’t engage in thosestudents very often here on campus. So I think we can’t necessarily put that on the studentseither.” He continued, noting that the students did a reasonable amount of research, but that the“biggest barrier for them right now would be for those people to actually test those things.”This theme was strongly reinforced when a cross-cultural group of panelists were invited toattend and critique the students’ final presentations. Panelists remarked several times that theyknew people from the targeted regions on campus, and wondered why none of the

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Ethics Instruction in Context: Civil and Construction Engineering and Engineering Technology

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

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unfolded. Although theresponses varied, most students did an excellent job on this discussion. The in-class discussionlikely helped the students with their responses to this question. Overall, most students appeared to have devoted thoughtful consideration to the assignment.This was reflected in the strong grades received by the majority of the students: 63% of thestudents received an A (>90%) and 26% of the students received a B (80-90%); there was only asingle student who earned a C (70-80%) and one who received an F (50%). In order to encouragethe students to more fully explore these complex issues, they were instructed on four of the sixquestions that their answers should exceed a full page in length (single-spaced, 12-point font).Thus

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Ethical Reasoning and Responsibility

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Debra S. Fuentes, Brigham Young University; Gregg Morris Warnick, Brigham Young University; Brent K. Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Randall Davies, Brigham Young Unversity

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Innovative Approaches to Ethics Instruction

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alison J. Kerr, The University of Tulsa; Bradley J. Brummel, The University of Tulsa; Jeremy S. Daily P.E., The University of Tulsa

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material are thoseof the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.Bibliography1. Brummel, B. J., & Daily, J. S. (2014). Developing engineering ethics through expert witness role plays.Proceedings of the American Society of Engineering Education Conference 2014.2. Brummel, B. J., Daily, J. S., Stauth, J. T. (2015). Guidelines for constructing expert witness role plays forengineering ethics. Proceedings of the American Society of Engineering Education Conference 2015.3. LeClair, D. T., & Ferrell, L. (2000). Innovation in experiential business ethics training. Journal of BusinessEthics, 23(3), 313-322.4. Newberry, B. (2004). The dilemma of ethics in engineering education. Science and Engineering