Conference Session

Engineering Ethics: An Interdisciplinary Endeavor

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Herkert, Arizona State University Polytechnic; Jameson Wetmore, Arizona State University; Heather Canary, Arizona State University Polytechnic; Karin Ellison, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

graduate students still struggle tofind the most effective models for ensuring that their students internalize professional values andmake them part of their scientific and technical practices4,5,6. This paper will report on the firststage of a three year NSF-funded research project to develop and assess four differentinstructional models that introduce and educate science and engineering graduate students to themicroethical and macroethical issues in their work.Graduate education in science and engineering ethics has typically focused on responsibleconduct in research (RCR) issues and has had a microethical focus (although collectiveresponsibilities are sometimes explored). Topics such as public policy on stem cell research orthe societal