Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division (ETHICS) Technical Session _Monday June 26, 11:00 - 12:30

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Frank A. Mazzola, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Siddhartha Roy, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Marc Edwards, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Washington. Dr. Edwards is currently a University Distinguished Professor, and teaches courses on engineering ethics and applied aquatic chemistry. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Engineering Ethics and the Public: Impact of a Graduate-Level Course on Students' Personal and Career Priorities and Values (2010-20)AbstractA graduate level three-credit elective course entitled “Engineering Ethics and the Public” has beenoffered by the Civil and Environmental Engineering department at Virginia Tech since 2010. Thecourse draws on high profile case studies, both past and unfolding, to examine real-world ethicaldilemmas that confront engineers and scientists in research, policy, and practice. Course

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division (ETHICS) Technical Session _ Monday June 26, 1:30 - 3:00

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marilyn A. Dyrud, Oregon Institute of Technology

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chemicalengineer, revealed what he knew about PFOA toxicity and corporate document shredding. Aself-described “company man,” Evers was responsible at DuPont for developing new uses forfood packaging coatings, earning $250 million for the company over the course of his career. Hiscomments were delivered at a press briefing arranged by the Environmental Working Group(EWG) and were accompanied by internal documents from DuPont; EWG later released them tothe EPA, the FDA, and the inspector general of HHS [38]. Although Evers worked for DuPontfor 22 years, he was no longer able to maintain silence: “my personal convictions do not allowme to not tell what I know. I've thought and prayed hard about this” [39]. Like manywhistleblowers, Evers waited until he left

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division (ETHICS) Technical Session _Monday June 26, 11:00 - 12:30

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rosalyn W. Berne, University of Virginia; William J Davis, University of Virginia; Kent A. Wayland, University of Virginia; Bryn Elizabeth Seabrook, University of Virginia; Caroline Crockett, University of Virginia

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Diversity

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forindividual engineers to prepare for their professional careers. The approachable writing style andreflective nature of the content make this text ideal for any level of engineering student, but it isparticularly salient for first- or second-year students.Giving Voice to Values (GVV)The GVV curriculum was pioneered by Mary Gentile, former professor with the University ofVirginia School of Business, for application in business. GVV takes an “action-orientedapproach” to values-driven leadership.11 We selected GVV for the Engineering Ethics coursebecause many graduating engineering students will one day step into leadership roles in businessorganizations. A significant body of GVV content is delivered by Gentile as pre-recordedmodules, developed for a

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division (ETHICS) Technical Session_Tuesday June 27, 1:30 - 3:00

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rockwell Franklin Clancy III, Colorado School of Mines; Qin Zhu, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Scott Streiner, University of Pittsburgh; Ryan Thorpe

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case studies,especially when combined with other often quantitative data, can uncover patterns that thequantitative data alone do not reveal (Achinstein et al., 2004). Case studies can also helpinterpret longitudinal data, making it a valuable method for studying educational trajectoriesof students (Lucas & Roth, 1996) or career trajectories of teachers (Johnson & Birkeland,2003). Case studies also allow researchers to make causal or explanatory inferences within aparticular case study or draw more generalized conclusions or comparisons between cases.This can be especially useful in educational contexts for evaluating programs or educationalreforms (Martin & Hand, 2009). Our research study aims to understand the relative

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division (ETHICS) Technical Session_Tuesday June 27, 9:15 - 10:45

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tori Wagner, University of Connecticut; Landon Bassett, University of Connecticut; Jennifer Pascal, University of Connecticut; Daniel D. Burkey, University of Connecticut; Scott Streiner, University of Pittsburgh

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social dynamics among the players may also shape their experiences andmotivations.Additionally, Mars! was designed to provide students with the opportunity to role-play a morecentral position in an engineering community, managing teams and directing centers that arebeyond the reach of first-year college student. The EERI often uses scenarios in which studentsmust decide whether or not to report a situation to a professor or team-lead. They take on a roleat the periphery of the engineering profession. Students, interns or other early-career engineersare more likely to only need to report ethics issues up the chain of command. By placing players’in the shoes of a head engineer in Mars!, they take a central role that requires them to beresponsible

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division (ETHICS) Technical Session_Tuesday June 27, 9:15 - 10:45

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jiaojiao Fu, Peking University

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improvement, personnel turnover reduction, cost reduction, and profit improvement, as well as intangible outcome change, such as customer satisfaction improvement and employee morale growth. When applied to higher education, the evaluation of the Result Level refers to the career success of graduates, the admission rate of higher level learning, the service society, the social reputation of colleges and universities, etc., which can be explicitly realized through the questionnaire of graduates, the evaluation of employing departments, the recognition degree of services, etc. According to the definition of the Result Level in the Kirkpatrick's evaluation model, the evaluation of the Result Level of engineering ethics education should be expressed as

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division (ETHICS) Technical Session_Monday June 26, 3:15 - 4:45

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shreya Kumar, University of Notre Dame; Megan Levis, University of Notre Dame

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in Japan and Malaysia and found that greaterethics integration in engineering curriculum correlated more positively to students attitudetowards ethics and their educational objectives for ethics being attained. We observed similaradvantages to having greater ethics exposure in our curriculum.Students found that the access to engineering-related ethics education within the engineeringcurriculum was limited, and the existing philosophy and ethics courses were interesting andexposed them to thought-provoking material. Still, students struggled to relate their philosophyand theology education to their careers in the engineering industry. In our work, we have foundthat dialogue drives expanding of the mind. A lot of the discussion, even on

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division (ETHICS) Technical Session _ Monday June 26, 1:30 - 3:00

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gary P. Halada, Stony Brook University

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Diversity

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diversity and inclusivity as not an“added-on” soft skill requirement with limited relevance to their career goals, but as an essentialconsideration in real-world problems engineers must solve. In light of these considerations, wehave approached this challenge by restructuring an existing course which already had beensuccessfully structured to address engineering ethics concepts central to the nature and causes ofengineering failure, by expanding the course via the logical integration of case studies and otheractivities focused on the impact of diversity and inclusivity (or rather the lack thereof) on failuresin development, deployment and use of technology.Effective design or redesign of a course is not a simple matter – in fact, redesign of an

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division (ETHICS) Technical Session_Monday June 26, 3:15 - 4:45

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald P. Uhlig, National University; Shatha Jawad Jawad, National University; Bhaskar Sinha, National University; Pradip Peter Dey; Mohammad N. Amin, National University

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perspective of Utilitarianism [21], unacknowledged use of an AI tool such asChatGPT to write essays, answer exam questions, write discussion board posts, or to completemany existing types of assignments, is cheating. From the perspective of individualUtilitarianism, students are cheating themselves because use of these tools may prevent studentsfrom learning the skills they need to succeed in their careers. From the perspective of universalUtilitarianism, society is being cheated out of having experts with the technical skills societyneeds to address many critical future issues and problems. Additional ethical implications ofcheating in assignments for credit may include harmful impacts on honest students who maycompete for grade-point-average (GPA

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division (ETHICS) Technical Session_Tuesday June 27, 1:30 - 3:00

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jessica Koehler, Wake Forest University; Olga Pierrakos, Wake Forest University; Adetoun Yeaman, Wake Forest University

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. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023Character Development in the Engineering Classroom: An Exploratory, Mixed-Methods Investigation of Student PerspectivesI. IntroductionEthics education is an undisputedly essential part of engineering education. Society, industry,universities, and accreditation demand that engineering students be better educated to handle themany ethical situations that professional practice will require of our graduates. Whileengineering educators continue to explore how to most effectively prepare students for complexand nuanced ethical decision-making in their professional careers [1] – [8], traditionalapproaches to engineering ethics education have been largely limited to ethical reasoning guidedby

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division (ETHICS) Technical Session _Monday June 26, 11:00 - 12:30

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ashish Hingle, George Mason University; Aditya Johri, George Mason University

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Distinguished Chair in ICT at Aalto University, Finland (2021). He is a past recipient of the NSF Early Career Award (2009) and received the University Teaching Excellence Award (2002) and Mentoring Excellence Award (2022) for undergraduate research at George Mason University. His edited volume International Handbook of Engineering Education Research (IHEER) will be published by Routledge in 2023. He was awarded a Ph.D. in Learning Sciences & Technology Design (2007) from Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA. More information is available at: http://mason.gmu.edu/˜johri ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Recognizing Principles of AI Ethics through a Role-Play Case Study on