Conference Session

Non-Canonical Canons of Engineering Ethics

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna M Riley, Virginia Tech; Amy E. Slaton, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); Joseph R. Herkert, Arizona State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

the same effect as the proposed wording. But by arbitrarily excluding the concept ofsustainable development from the Code, the ASEE Board took a step backwards in the evolutionof contemporary engineering codes of ethics and missed an opportunity to underscore itsleadership role in the area of sustainable development that dates to 1999. Indeed, The Code iscurrently listed as only one of four “ASEE Board of Directors Statements” along with statementson Engineering Ethics Education, Diversity, and the aforementioned Statement on SustainableDevelopment Education.The removal of sustainable development from the code may seem like a mere matter ofbureaucratic consensus, with all the original potential for student engagements with