2003 Workshop Schedule
PLAN: ETHICS ACROSS THE CURRICULUM WORKSHOP
308A Siegel Hall (10 W. 33rd Street), ECE Departmental Conference Room
Tuesday: 24 June 2003 (Day 1)
Read for Today
Davis, Ethics and the University, Ch. 1 ("Ethics Boom")
Pritchard, "Catalyst B??Phase I"
9:30 Introductions, Plan of Workshop: Doing Ethics [Davis]
9:45 Prudence, Morality, Law, and Ethics: Some Distinctions [Davis]
10:45 BREAK
11:00 Case discussion: "Catalyst B—Phase I" [Ladenson & Davis]
11:30 Method??What to look for, how to argue [Ladenson]
12:00 LUNCH (308A Seigel)
12:30 Case discussion: method [Ladenson & Davis]
2:00 CSEP Library [Liz Quinlan] in 204 HUB 2:30 Break
3:00 Optional: Ton Meijknecht, “The Best Kept Secret of Delft”
http://www.iit.edu/~schmaus/colloquium/index.html
Homework:
Read for Tomorrow
Rachels, The Elements of Moral Philosophy:
pp. 96-121 (Utilitarianism); pp. 132-143 (Kant)
Additional Reading
Kant, Foundations of the Metaphysics of Morals
Mill, Utilitarianism
Rachels, Elements, pp. 20-36 (Relativism); 175-193 (Virtue)
Ladenson, Ethics in American Workplace, ch. 1
PLAN: ETHICS ACROSS THE CURRICULUM WORKSHOP
308A Siegel Hall
Wednesday: 25 June 2003 (Day 2)
8:30 Plan of workshop: Moral Theory
8:45 Moral Theory I: Utilitarianism [Ladenson]— E.R.C. video (New Software Case)
9:15 Utilitarian reasoning in New Software Case
9:45 BREAK
10:00 Moral Theory II: Kantianism (generalization, reversibility, etc.) [Davis]
10:30 Kantian reasoning in New Software Case
11:00 Moral Theory III: Social Justice, Virtue Theories, Pluralism, Relativism, and Moral Minimum [Davis]
11:30 Examples of such reasoning in New Software Case
12:00 Adjourn (except for those who want to stay for the videos)
12:00-? Informal look at two engineering ethics videos and a number of others
Homework:
Read for Tomorrow
Davis, "Thinking Like an Engineer"
Andre, “Role Morality”
Pritchard, "Catalyst B??Phase II"
ABET, "Code of Ethics for Engineers"
PLAN: ETHICS ACROSS THE CURRICULUM WORKSHOP
308A Siegel Hall
Thursday: 26 June 2003 (Day 3)
8:30 Plan of workshop: professional ethics
8:45 What is professional ethics? [Ladenson]
9:15 Questions—Catalyst B (cont.) [Davis & Ladenson]
9:45 BREAK
10:00 Ethics as the context of professional work: identifying issues [Davis]
10:30 Questions
11:00 How to Do Ethics in the Classroom: General Discussion (case method, vignettes, etc.) [Ladenson]
12:00 Adjourn
Homework:
Read for Tomorrow
Davis, "Who should Teach Workplace Ethics?"
Rest, "Can Ethics Be Taught in Professional Schools?"
Bebeau, "Designing an Outcome-based Ethics Curriculum"
Steneck, "Designing Teaching and Assessment Tools"
Additional Reading:
Lickona, "What Does Moral Psychology Have to Say?"
Write a brief paragraph on the subject: "What worries me most about including ethics in my class"
PLAN: ETHICS ACROSS THE CURRICULUM WORKSHOP
308A Siegel Hall
Friday: 27 June 2003 (Day 4)
8:30 Plan of workshop: moral and cognitive issues in teaching ethics
8:45 Empirical literature: What works? What doesn't? [Ladenson]
9:15 Questions
9:45 Moral issues: What should (or should not) be done in classroom? (indoctrination, false impression, giving one's own views) [Davis]
10:15 BREAK
10:30 What teaching can do (variety of objectives, different ways to achieve different objectives). Possible department?wide strategies for gradual introduction. [Davis]
11:00 Questions and discussion
12:00 Adjourn
Homework:
Read for Tomorrow
Davis, "Explaining Wrongdoing"
Davis, Ethics and University, Ch. 8 ("Developing Cases")
Calkins, "Casuistry and the Business Case Method"
Bring text to be used in fall, ideas for where to insert ethics, and (if possible) something to hand out.
PLAN: ETHICS ACROSS THE CURRICULUM WORKSHOP
308A Siegel Hall
Saturday: 28 June 2003 (Day 5)
8:30 Plan of workshop: Pedagogy
8:45 Left?over questions
9:00 IIT Experiences with EAC: Faculty 1 ——
9:15 IIT Experiences with EAC: Faculty 2 ——
9:30 General discussion
10:00 BREAK
10:15 Identifying ethical issues in typical assignments: group discussion using materials faculty have brought in, e.g. problems at back of a section. [Show and Tell]
11:45 Summing up and assignment
12:00 Questions
12:15 Lunch (308A Siegel)
12:45 Role Playing: Explaining EAC to Faculty Senate
2:00 Adjourn
Homework:
Read for Tomorrow
Perspectives on the Professions 13 (February 1994): 1-8.
Perspectives on the Professions 17 (Spring 1998): 1-12.
Develop a homework assignment involving ethics, with strategy for classroom discussion. Be prepared to present the classroom part of it in the workshop part of it as you would present it in class. Try to keep presentation about 15 minutes.
PLAN: ETHICS ACROSS THE CURRICULUM WORKSHOP
Monday: 30 June 2003 (Day 6)
Presentations of a homework assignment involving ethics (about 15-30 minutes). About 15-30 minutes of discussion after each.
Group A will meet in: 308A Siegel
Group B will meet in: 137 Siegel (ECE Seminar Room)
8:30 - 12:00 Presentations
(coffee and rolls, 308A Siegel)
12:00 Lunch (308A Siegel)
12:30-2:30 Presentations
HOMEWORK: Complete preparations for Tuesday’s presentation: a problem set (or examination question) with a grading strategy.
PLAN: ETHICS ACROSS THE CURRICULUM WORKSHOP
Tuesday: 1 July 2003 (Day 7)
Another problem set (but with grading strategy) or an exam question
(with grading strategy). About 15-30 minutes to present it, explaining
use. Emphasis here will be on how to grade. About 15-30 minutes of
discussion after each.
Group A will meet in 308A Siegel.
Group B will meet in 137 Siegel.
8:30 - 12:00 Presentations
(coffee and rolls, 308A Siegel)
12:00 Lunch (308A Siegel)
12:30- (about) 1:30 Presentations
1:30 Brief Plenary Session (308A Siegel)
HOMEWORK (after workshop)
Read
Davis, Ethics and the University, Ch. 7 ("Curriculum")
During Fall 2003, use what you learned, give out special student evaluation form, and report results to us.
