Conference Session

Beyond Individual Ethics: Engineering in Context

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna Riley, Smith College

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

AC 2008-851: ETHICS IN CONTEXT, ETHICS IN ACTION: GETTING BEYONDTHE INDIVIDUAL PROFESSIONAL IN ENGINEERING ETHICS EDUCATIONDonna Riley, Smith College Page 13.570.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Ethics in Context, Ethics in Action: Getting beyond the individual professional in engineering ethics educationAbstractA number of authors have challenged engineering ethics educators to incorporate elements ofwhat may be called “macroethics,” “social ethics” or considerations related to the field of scienceand technology studies (STS) in engineering ethics curricula. To respond to this call effectivelyrequires reform of both content and

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division: Approaches to Ethics Education (Part 1)

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Cimino, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Jennifer Pascal, University of Connecticut; angad chadha, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Katrin Girgis, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Amal Khan, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Michelle Ortiz, New Jersey Institute of Technology

Paper ID #37996Talk (Engineering) Ethics to Me: Student GroupDiscussions about Ethical ScenariosRichard Tyler Cimino (Senior Lecturer) Dr. Richard T. Cimino is a Senior Lecturer in the Otto H. York Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering at New Jersey Institute of Technology. His research interests include the intersection of engineering ethics and process safety, and broadening inclusion in engineering, with a focus on the LGBTQ+ community.Jennifer Pascal (Assistant Professor in Residence)angad d chadha Angad Chadha hold a degree Bachelors Of Science from NJIT in Chemical Engineering and has a peak

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2005 GSW

Authors

M.K. Balasubramanya

Session T3D3 Engineering ethics as part of the core course in professional ethics M.K. Balasubramanya Department of Physical and Life Sciences College of Science and Technology Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi AbstractProfessional ethics is taught as a required general education (core) course in manyundergraduate programs. We describe a model for collaborative teaching of professionalethics by a team that consists of (1) philosophers and (2) science and technologyprofessionals. The model requires the

Conference Session

Critical Reflections on Engineering Ethics Education

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Rockwell Franklin Clancy III, Delft University of Technology; Andrea Gammon, Delft University of Technology

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

Paper ID #32601The Ultimate Goal of Ethics Education Should Be More Ethical BehaviorsDr. Rockwell Franklin Clancy III, Delft University of Technology Rockwell F. Clancy is a Lecture at Delft University of Technology. Before joining Delft, he was an As- sociate Teaching Professor in engineering ethics and philosophy at the University of Michigan-Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute and Research Fellow in the Institute of Social Cognition and Decision- making, both in Shanghai Jiao Tong University. His research and teaching interests include engineering ethics, moral psychology, philosophy of technology, Chinese

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2021 ASEE St. Lawrence Section Conference

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Richard L Wilson, Towson University

Paper ID #35360Anticipatory Ethics as a Method for Teaching Engineering EthicsProf. Richard L Wilson, Towson University Professor Richard Wilson currently teaches for the Computer Science and Philosophy departments at Towson University in Towson Maryland. He is a specialist in Practical and Applied Ethics and has taught courses in many areas of Practical ethics including Medical Ethics, BioEthics, Business Ethics, Media Ethics, Environmental Ethics, and well as Engineering Ethics and Computer Science Ethics. Most recently he designed the curriculum for 2 Universities Engineering Ethics and Computer Science Ethics Classes

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2018 Gulf Southwest Section Conference

Authors

Roman Taraban; William M. Marcy; Mark S. LaCour; Dashiell Pashley; Klara Keim

Do Engineering Students Learn Ethics From an Ethics Course? Roman Taraban, William M. Marcy, Mark S. LaCour, Dashiell Pashley, & Klara Keim Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX 79409 U.S.A. E-mail: roman.taraban@ttu.edu Abstract essay forms of interaction. In ethics courses, students may The goal of the present research is to develop machine- be required to participate in online discussions, post toassisted methods that can assist in the analysis of students’ blogs, and submit research papers. Students are asked towritten

Conference Session

Moral Development, Engineering Pedagogy and Ethics Instruction

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna Riley, Smith College; Ida Ngambeki, Smith College; Lionel Claris, Smith College

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Engineering Ethics

2006-256: THE ETHICS BLOG: STUDENTS MAKING CONNECTIONS AMONGETHICS, THERMODYNAMICS, AND LIFEDonna Riley, Smith College Donna Riley is Assistant Professor in the Picker Engineering Program at Smith College. Her work focuses on implementing liberative pedagogies in engineering education.Ida Ngambeki, Smith College Ida Ngambeki is a student at Smith College.Lionel Claris, Smith College Lionel Claris holds a master's degree in education from Smith College and currently teaches Spanish and French to elementary school students in Springfield, MA. He is a passionate advocate for new ways of thinking about learning, involved locally in the Holistic School Project of Amherst and the Re

Conference Session

Engineering Practice for a Moral World

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gene Moriarty, San Jose State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

2006-507: THE ETHICS ENGINE: A MATHEMATICAL APPROACH FORMOTIVATING ENGINEERING ETHICS DISCUSSIONGene Moriarty, San Jose State University Page 11.1288.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 The Ethics Engine: A Mathematical Approach for Motivating Engineering Ethics DiscussionAbstractI distinguish three kinds of engineering: Traditional Engineering of the past, ModernistEngineering of the present, and Focal Engineering of the future. I associate Virtue Ethics (VE)with the person who stands out in Traditional Engineering, Conceptual Ethics (CE) with theprocess which stands out in Modernist Engineering, and Material Ethics (ME) with the

Conference Session

Non-Canonical Canons of Engineering Ethics

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xiaofeng Tang, Penn State University; Dean Nieusma, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Divisions

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

Paper ID #12973Institutionalizing Ethics: Historical Debates surrounding IEEE’s 1974 Codeof EthicsDr. Xiaofeng Tang, Penn State University Xiaofeng Tang is a postdoctoral fellow in engineering ethics at Penn State University. He received his PhD in Science and Technology Studies from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.Dr. Dean Nieusma, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Dean Nieusma is Associate Professor in Science and Technology Studies and Director of the Programs in Design and Innovation at Rensselaer. Page 26.977.1

Conference Session

Ethical and Global Concerns

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Elizabeth A. Reddy, Colorado School of Mines; Stephen Campbell Rea, Colorado School of Mines; Qin Zhu, Colorado School of Mines

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Paper ID #29867Ethics by the Dose: Medical Treatment Metaphor for Ethics inEngineeringDr. Elizabeth A. Reddy, Colorado School of Mines Elizabeth Reddy is a Teaching Assistant Professor in the Division of Engineering, Design and Society at Colorado School of Mines. She is a social scientist, holding a PhD in cultural anthropology from the University of California at Irvine.Dr. Stephen Campbell Rea, Colorado School of Mines Dr. Stephen C. Rea is a cultural anthropologist whose research focuses on the implications of digital technologies and automated decision-making for labor and finance. He works as a Research Assistant

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

William Frey; Jose Cruz

Session 1520 Ethics and Empowerment: An Ethics Module for Introduction to Computers José A. Cruz, William J. Frey University of Puerto Rico at MayagüezI. IntroductionWe intend to explore a different dimension of practical and professional ethics, one that we cancharacterize as more positive. The dominant view of ethics is that it functions as a limit topower in that it establishes barriers beyond which we cannot go. (A colleague of our talks of laetica como un baden, ethics as a speed bump, an obstacle that we have to get around in

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary E. Sunderland, University of California, Berkeley; Joonhong Ahn, University of California, Berkeley; Cathryn Carson, University of California, Berkeley; William E. Kastenberg, University of California, Berkeley

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #6372Making Ethics Explicit: Relocating Ethics to the Core of Engineering Educa-tionDr. Mary E. Sunderland, University of California, Berkeley Dr. Mary Sunderland is a historian of science and technology. She studies the history and philosophy of engineering education as a way to better understand the changing societal role of the engineer. Her work on engineering ethics has appeared in Science and Engineering Ethics. She developed and teaches the course, Ethics, Engineering, and Society at the University of California Berkeley’s College of Engineering and is an instructor in UC Berkeley’s Minner Program in

Conference Session

Engineers in Toyland - Come and Play

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

William Carpenter

Session Number Teaching Engineering Ethics with The Engineering Ethics Challenge Game William C. Carpenter University of South Florida1. IntroductionMost engineers will agree that students should develop a sound grasp of engineeringethics so as to be able to handle ethical situations that arise in the workplace. IndeedABET 1, recognizing this need, has stipulated as a student outcome that graduates musthave an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility. Thus, most engineeringcurriculums have either a course on engineering ethics or have the subject of

Conference Session

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

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

C.J. Witherell, Grand Valley State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics Division (ETHICS)

Paper ID #39625Ethical Implications of COBOT ImplementationC.J. Witherell, Grand Valley State University CJ Witherell is a graduate student studying Product Design and Manufacturing Engineering at Grand Valley State University. Their undergraduate minor in philosophy inspired them to promote deep thinking, ethical reasoning, compassion, diversity, and equity-focused design within the engineering field. As the 2022 Wisner Engineering Fellow, they are developing a new product for Gentex Corporation in Zeeland, Michigan. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Ethical

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ASEE-NE 2022

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Uma Balaji, Fairfield University; Isaac Macwan, Fairfield University

Paper ID #36101Embedding Environmental Ethics in Engineering CoursesDr. Uma Balaji, Fairfield University Dr. Uma Balaji received her Ph. D from University of Victoria, B.C., Canada in Electrical Engineering. She was a Canadian Common Wealth Scholar. Her research focused in novel modelling techniques to de- sign components for wireless and satellite applications. Some of the components designed and fabricated by her include RF power amplifiers, antennas and filters. Another area of her research and teaching inter- est is Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC). Prior to joining Fairfield, she is a recipient of the University

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division: Approaches to Ethics Education (Part 1)

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth McDonald, United States Military Academy

Paper ID #36603Virtue in Engineering Ethics EducationKenneth McDonald Dr. Kenneth McDonald is a Professor of Engineering Management, Department of Systems Engineering, West Point. His academic focus is on capacity development, planning, and consequence management. He also studies engineering ethics and how it applies in today’s complex world. Dr. McDonald has authored and co-authored over 50 technical publications to include book chapters and refereed publications on infrastructure, capacity development, geotechnical engineering, engineering management, value modeling and ethics. He is also co-author of the recently

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2019 CIEC

Authors

Raymond Floyd

Session ETD 465 Is It Ethical To Lie? Raymond Floyd IEEE Life Senior MemberAbstractWhen asked the question, “Is it ethical to lie?”, most people will respond with comments suchas, “No, it is immoral to lie!”, or “No, I wouldn’t lie!”, and so forth. In the first response, theresponder is reflecting on their moral upbringing, but not necessarily the ethical position of thequestion being asked. In the second response, they probably just did. The problem facing suchresponses is that the person responding is mixing two different concepts

Conference Session

Teaching Ethics II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Freeman, Valparaiso University; Peter Johnson, Valparaiso University; Kenneth Leitch, Valparaiso University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

AC 2007-2565: IMPROVED PEDAGOGY FOR ETHICS INSTRUCTIONRichard Freeman, Valparaiso University Richard Freeman is an Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Valparaiso University. Professor Freeman joined the department in 2003. He has taught GE301 four semesters and was part of the ad hoc Committee formed to address curriculum changes in GE301. Professor Freeman is the Chair of IEEE’s Calumet Section in Northwest Indiana.Peter Johnson, Valparaiso UniversityKenneth Leitch, Valparaiso University Page 12.847.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Improved

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Jon E. Freckleton

Session 2563 CASE STUDIES IN ENGINEERING ETHICS Jon E. Freckleton, P.E. Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, New York 14623ABSTRACT The case studies presented in this paper are based on 22 years of experience at two majorUS companies, four years on active duty in the military, and 11 years of teaching. Cases arepresented first as the situation, with the results of action taken in a later section so that they canbe used for discussion with students. These occurred over a career that started as a new collegehire and

Conference Session

Civil Engineering in the Classroom

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stanley Rolfe, University of Kansas; Francis Thomas, University of Kansas-Lawrence

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

2006-281: CEAE DEPARTMENT ETHICS ACROSS THE CURRICULUMStanley Rolfe, University of KansasFrancis Thomas, University of Kansas-Lawrence Page 11.314.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 CEAE Department Ethics Across the CurriculumAbstractEngineering ethics is an extremely important part of the education of all engineers includingCivil, Environmental and Architectural Engineers. Although personal ethics are the foundationfor engineering ethics, personal ethics generally are developed prior to the time students arrive atthe University and, for a variety of reasons, are not discussed as part of engineering

Conference Session

Innovative Approaches to Ethics Instruction

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohamed B. Trabia, University of Nevada - Las Vegas; Julie A. Longo, University of Nevada - Las Vegas; Susan Wainscott, University of Nevada - Las Vegas

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

Longo joined UNLV’s Howard R. Hughes College of Engineering as their Technical Writer in Oc- tober 2010. Her primary responsibilities include helping faculty prepare papers for publication as well as technical reports to funding agencies, and presenting workshops on technical writing as well as ethics in engineering. She has a B.S. in Biology from Rutgers University and an M.S. in Systems Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania. Mrs. Longo has worked in Technical Communications for most of her career. In 1976, she was a Senior Editor in Life Sciences on the first editorial board for an Elsevier subsidiary, Academic American En- cyclopedia, known today as New Grolier. For almost 15 years, she worked at

Conference Session

Socio-Technical Issues in Engineering

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

Paper ID #16905Integrating Ethical Considerations In DesignDr. Megan Kenny Feister, Purdue University, West Lafayette Megan is a postdoctoral researcher in EPICS at Purdue University with a Ph.D. in Organizational Commu- nication from the Brian Lamb School of Communication from Purdue University. Her research focuses on design, organizational identity, identification and socialization, team communication, innovation, and technology. She is currently working on an NSF grant examining ethical reasoning and decision-making in engineering project teams, and examining the relationship between teams and individuals in engineer

Conference Session

Interactive Approaches to Ethics

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig E. Beal, Bucknell University; James G. Orbison Ph.D., P.E., Bucknell University

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

Paper ID #18430An Interactive Professional Ethics Case SimulationProf. Craig E. Beal, Bucknell University Craig E. Beal earned a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Bucknell University in 2005 and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University in 2007 and 2011. Dr. Beal is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Bucknell University and was the Jane W. Griffith Faculty Fellow from 2012-2015. Dr. Beal’s teaching interests include system dynamics and control, mechanical design, mechatronics and robotics, and first year introductory engineering. His research is focused on the

Conference Session

New Areas of Ethical Inquiry

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Karen C. Davis, Miami University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

Education in 2016. Dr. Davis received a B.S. degree in Computer Science from Loyola University, New Orleans in 1985 and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Louisiana, Lafayette in 1987 and 1990, respectively. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Ethics in Data Science EducationAbstractThere is a growing recognition of the importance of ethics education in data science programs.Recent news stories about data breaches and algorithmic biases indicate that big data projectsraise ethical concerns with the potential to inflict harm on a wide societal or global scale. In thispaper, we address three main research questions: (1) what curricular

Conference Session

Computing and Information Technology Division Technical Session 7

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Radana Dvorak, University of Portland; Heather Dillon, University of Portland; Nicole Ralston, University of Portland; Jeffrey Matthew Welch, University of Portland

Tagged Divisions

Computing and Information Technology

Paper ID #28935Exploring Ethical Hacking from Multiple ViewpointsDr. Radana Dvorak, University of Portland Dr. Dvorak received her Ph.D. in computer science from the University of London, Queen Mary College, and Master’s degree in AI from the University of Sussex. Dr. Dvorak has been working in IT, higher education, academic industry and program development for over 25 years. She has served as a researcher, university professor and dean in the US, UK, and the Cayman Islands. Currently, Dr. Dvorak is the Director of the University of Portland Shiley School of Engineering Bachelor of Computer Science Post- Baccalaureate

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Potpourri

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Heather E. Dillon, University of Portland; Jeffrey Matthew Welch, University of Portland; Nicole Ralston, University of Portland; Rebecca D. Levison, University of Portland

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Creating an Engineering Action Plan for EthicsAbstractThe purpose of this research was to develop a classroom project module that supported studentsin developing an action plan for ethics. The module connects ABET criteria related to ethics andevolving research in ethics in other disciplines. The module was implemented in the context of alarger project in a junior level heat transfer course. A student survey was developed andmeasured student perceptions of learning objectives. Students reported they found the activitieshelpful for building the skill of ethics action planning, particularly the ability to explore multiplesolution paths. The results indicate this type of action

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2017 Gulf Southwest Section Conference

Authors

Steve Watkins

2017 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Section Annual Conference Hypothetical Cases in Engineering Ethics Steve E. Watkins Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, Missouri USA and United States Air Force Academy, Colorado USAAbstractAn important educational subject for engineering students is engineering ethics. Commoninstructional objectives are to develop knowledge of ethical principles, e.g. professional codes,and to apply these principles to specific situations. Case studies are useful instructionalexamples and exercises and cases are central to student ethics competitions. Historical casestudies emphasize

Conference Session

Approaches to Teaching Entrepreneurship

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

June Ferrill, Rice University; Lisa Getzler-Linn, Lehigh University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

2006-2218: TEACHING ETHICS SPECIFIC TO ENTREPRENEURSHIPJune Ferrill, Rice University June Ferrill, PhD, founder of ChangeMakers, Inc., developed an entrepreneurship program for undergraduates at Rice University that includes a course entitled "New Ventures Communications," an entrepreneurial club, and mentoring from Rice alumni and others. She teaches workshops on entrepreneurship as well as ethics within senior engineering design courses; in addition, in the Engineering School, she teaches “Ethical Decision-Making for Engineers.” She has provided consulting to Bank of America, Siemens, Ernst & Young and Texas Society of Professional Engineers, among others. Previously, she worked

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

James Russell; Walter Peters

Session 2072 A MACRO-ETHIC FOR ENGINEERING James A. Russell, Wally Peters Department of Mechanical Engineering University of South CarolinaIntroduction:William Wulf, president of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), called for a macro-ethic for engineering at the 2000 NAE Annual Meeting citing the impossibility of predicting thebehavior of complex systems and the dangers that we bring on ourselves by continuing tounconsciously engineer the biosphere. As human engineered systems and their impacts on earthsystems have grown larger

Conference Session

Ethics & HSS in Engineering

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Haws

Session 3261 Engineering Ethics and Changing Jobs David R. Haws Boise State UniversityAbstract: Engineers have become fairly adept, in recent years, with ethical dilemmas concerningrights to continued employment in the aftermath of events such as “whistle blowing.” In fact,since relationships in the aftermath of whistle blowing have been codified, they reveal legal,rather than ethical dimensions. Similarly, ethical dilemmas concerning proprietary informationand intellectual property have been considered and written into statutes and employmentcontracts, spelling