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William Jordan

Using Moral Theories to Help Engineers Make Ethical Decisions William Jordan, Bill Elmore and Stan Napper College of Engineering and Science Louisiana Tech University AbstractThere are a variety of ways engineering ethics can be taught in the university. One commonapproach is to use case studies. Engineers like to think of themselves as practical people, andexamining actual situations appeals to many engineers.In their popular book, Engineering Ethics: Concepts and Cases1, Harris, Pritchard, and Rabinsuse many real world case studies to illustrate the issues that are faced by engineers. Texas A &M

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Bill Elmore; Stan Napper

Using Moral Theories to Help Engineers Make Ethical Decisions William Jordan, Bill Elmore and Stan Napper College of Engineering and Science Louisiana Tech University AbstractThere are a variety of ways engineering ethics can be taught in the university. One commonapproach is to use case studies. Engineers like to think of themselves as practical people, andexamining actual situations appeals to many engineers.In their popular book, Engineering Ethics: Concepts and Cases1, Harris, Pritchard, and Rabinsuse many real world case studies to illustrate the issues that are faced by engineers. Texas A &M

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Raymond W. Flumerfelt; William Sherrill; Hamid Parsaei

;related academic support material (business and engineering) is integrated to meet themilestone needs. Every effort is made throughout the program to make the experience asrealistic possible (e.g., Boards of Directors are formed for each of the enterprises andfictitious funding is obtained from real investors). The thrust of the enterprise involves aspectrum of business organizational and operating issues that arise in a business withimportant engineering requirements. Other important issues that confront engineers whenoperating within the business environment are integrated into the cirricula. These issuesinclude such areas as, legal, ethical, environmental, safety and human resources. Beforethe conclusion of the second course, each team must

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2003 GSW

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Terrence L. Chambers; William E. Simon

, and volume that the consulting firms would not likely be interested inor adversely affected by the projects undertaken by the students6.A peripheral issue that might possibly be raised is the question of whether or not it is aviolation of engineering ethics to offer engineering services at discounted rates. Someengineers still think of this as “unfair competition,” and a violation of engineering ethics.Such is simply no longer the case. It is true that the code of ethics for the NationalSociety of Engineers (NSPE), and the codes of most of the other major engineeringsocieties, for many years contained one or more canons to the effect that, “The Engineerwill not compete unfairly with another engineer by attempting to obtain

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2003 GSW

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William E. Simon; Dr. Terrence. L Chambers

ethical responsibility;10. an ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in written communications;11. the broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global and societal context;12. a recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in, life-long learning;13. a knowledge of contemporary issues;14. an ability to use and apply modern engineering skills, techniques, and computational tools. Proceedings of the 2003 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference The University of Texas at Arlington Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering Education Table 2. Synchronization of Program

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Harold Smith; Madan Dubey; Pradeep Bhattacharya

ethical responsibility;10. an ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in written communications;11. the broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global and societal context;12. a recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in, life-long learning;13. a knowledge of contemporary issues;14. an ability to use and apply modern engineering skills, techniques, and computational tools. Proceedings of the 2003 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference The University of Texas at Arlington Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering Education Table 2. Synchronization of Program

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Jeanne M. Gerlach; Bill D. Carroll

Conference The University of Texas at Arlington Copyright ©2003, American Society for Engineering Education Table 1. Draft Standards for Engineering Certification1. The beginning engineering teacher possesses a working knowledge of engineering fundamentals.2. The beginning engineering teacher integrates math, science, engineering, and other knowledge to thesolution of engineering problems.3. The beginning engineering teacher manages classroom, field, and laboratory activities to ensure thesafety of all students.4. The beginning engineering teacher adheres to ethical requirements of the profession.5. The beginning engineering teacher identifies, evaluates, and utilizes new and

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2003 GSW

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Bonnie Boardman; Lynn Peterson

. Each of the department specific courses likely has a research component.Library staff are often tasked to familiarize the students with the resources available at UTA.While more than willing to do this multiple times per semester, it is an unnecessary burden,when the information could be presented fewer times if the classes were coordinated among thedepartments. Library personnel are not the only ones affected by the non-coordination. Topicssuch as engineering ethics, technical writing skills, and using the Microsoft Office suite arerepeated through most departmental offerings. Experts on these common topics are also oftentapped for multiple lectures throughout the semester.Students who never switch departments could also be adversely affected

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2003 GSW

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Amir Karimi

to design and conduct experiments to analyze and interpret experimental dataC-2 to use modern engineering tools, software, and laboratory instrumentationC-3 to communicate effectively through written, oral, and graphical presentationsStudent Outcomes for Objective D: Students will be introduced to the following issues throughtheir undergraduate education in this department and will gain:D-1 an ability to work in teams to solve multi-faceted problemsD-2 an ability to understand and contribute to the challenges of a rapidly changing societyD-3 an understanding of ethical and societal responsibilities of professional engineersD-4 an understanding of the need for lifelong learning and continuing professional educationThe department

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Robert Lindsay Wells; Alan Morris; Christine E. Hailey

two-year and four-yearprograms. All partners would better understand the relationship of science, math andengineering in the common engineering curriculum.Introduction to EngineeringOne product of the workshops will be to create a more common experience in introduction toengineering courses. Common course content would be developed covering such topics as ethics,communication skills, and design.As one example, consider the freshman design experience. Students in the introductoryengineering course at a four-year school will typically have a team-based design experience.However, two-year schools often do not have a similar experience in their introductoryengineering courses. This leaves students transferring from a two-year college at a

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2003 GSW

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Ronald E. Barr; Thomas J. Krueger; Ted A Aanstoos

professional manner. (b) 5. Ability to use modern computer tools in mechanical engineering. (k) 6. Ability to communicate in written, oral and graphical forms. (g) 7. Ability to work in teams and apply interpersonal skills in engineering contexts. (d) 8. Ability and desire to lay a foundation for continued learning beyond the baccalaureate degree. (i) 9. Awareness of professional issues in engineering practice, including ethical responsibility, safety, the creative enterprise, and loyalty and commitment to the profession. (f) 10. Awareness of contemporary issues in engineering practice, including economic, social, political, and environmental issues and global impact. (h,j) * Mapping of ME program outcomes to the ABET

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Richard Bannerot; Ross Kastor

. This paper describes thechanges in the course content and philosophy as a result of this review. These changeshave resulted from a decision to remove most of the course “content” and focus on a very“hands-on” approach (on the instructors’ part) to managing and encouraginginterdisciplinary teams working on interdisciplinary projects. Previously the courseintroduced a variety of design related topics: the design process, oral and writtencommunications, risk analysis, ISO 9000, engineering ethics, statistics, optimization,present value analysis, and neural networks. Capstone ExperiencesAn excellent overview of engineering capstone courses in the United States is found inReference 1. Capstone design courses in

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Ronald E. Barr; Marcus G. Marcus G.; Anthony Petrosino; Lawrence D. Abraham; Tejas Karande; Bijal Patel

3.14 learning beyond the baccalaureate degree. (i) 9. Awareness of professional issues in engineering practice, 2.32 including ethical responsibility, the creative enterprise, and loyalty and commitment to the profession. (f) 10. Awareness of contemporary issues in engineering 2.29 practice, including economic, social, political, and environmental issues and global impact. (h,j) * Mapping of ME program outcomes to the ABET prescribed a through k outcomes.12 Proceedings of the 2003 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference The University of Texas at Arlington Copyright 2003, American Society for Engineering

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Jerry K. Keska

The University of Texas at Arlington Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationa plethora of relatively easy-to-access scientific (and pseudoscientific) information on theInternet, create a situation requiring the need for intense involvement of processknowledgeable faculty in the teaching process. This includes defining rigorous criteria forevaluation of quality resources before use in a learning and application process. Due to thebroad spectrum of materials available on the net and their ready accessibility, there is also theever-present danger of plagiarism. This therefore requires that the instructor explain to studentsthe ethical and judicial repercussions, which hopefully will guide students to self