Engineering

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Authors: McKinney, William J.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Science and Engineering Ethics
Abstract: Rolston (1988) argues that in order to act ethically in the environment, moral agents must assume that their actions are potentially harmful, and then strive to prove otherwise before implementing that action. In order to determine ...
Year: 1996

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Authors: National Academy of Engineering, Online Ethics Center ; National Academy of Engineering, Online Ethics Center
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: You are an engineer working for a company that is the sole supplier of a chip component that is crucial to the operation of a lethal defensive military weapon. Such ethical issues are raised as the nature of the product and its vari...
Year: 2006
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/CMS/profpractice/ppcases/numericalprob/weapons.aspx

Authors: McCabe, Donald L.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Science and Engineering Ethics
Abstract: This article gives the results of a study that looks at the relation between cheating and the choice of academic major, particularly focusing on natural science and engineering majors. The study looked at over 4,000 students from 3...
Year: 1997

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Authors: Crull, M. ; McCullough, C. L. ; Thomas, D.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: IEEE Transactions on Education
Abstract: Describes a summer program for high school students to introduce them to engineering. The students participated in an intensive program of lectures and labs that introduced them to three fields of engineering, the scientific method...
Year: 1994
DOI: 10.1109/13.275200

Authors: McCuen, Richard H.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education & Practice
Abstract: Presents a course intended at broadening perspective of students to engineering practice. Preparatory role of engineering education; Necessity of understanding ethics and professionalism; Benefits of learning to create....
Year: 1999

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Authors: Marks, Joel
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Teaching Ethics: The Journal of the Society for Ethics across the Curriculum
Abstract: The author looks at some of the main stumbling blocks of including ethics into a professional education. While the main issue raised is usually the problem of fitting ethics into an already-overcrowded program, the author argues th...
Year: 2004

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Authors: Rayne, Karen ; Martin, Taylor ; Kemp, Nate J.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Science and Engineering Ethics
Abstract: The author describes an approach for teaching ethics in bioengineering based on the 'how people learn' (HPL) framework which seeks to help learners develop "adaptive expertise" or the ability to use knowledge and experience in unant...
Year: 2005

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Authors: Loui, M. C.
Publication Type: Conference Paper
Secondary Title: Frontiers in Education, 2005. FIE '05. Proceedings 35th Annual Conference
Abstract: Using the Defining Issues Test (DIT) and an ad-hoc survey, the team measured the effectiveness of the ethics video, "Incident at Morales" on teaching engineering students moral reasoning skills. The team found that the movie influe...
Year: 2005
DOI: 10.1109/FIE.2005.1612271

Authors: Loui, Michael C.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Science and Engineering Ethics
Abstract: This article looks at how educational technologies (web pages, tutorials, online discussion forums) can be used in teaching ethics. The article discusses best pedagogical practices for using educational technologies to teach ethics...
Year: 2005
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-005-0012-5

Authors: Loui, Michael C.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Science and Engineering Ethics
Abstract: This article discusses the responsibilities of all co-authors of a scientific paper. Though the order in which authors are listed can be figured by a system proposed by Theodore Sheskin, it is argued that the authors are all morall...
Year: 2006

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Authors: Lozano, J. Félix
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Science and Engineering Ethics
Abstract: This article describes a process proposed for developing a professional code of ethics for an official professional association (Colegio Oficial de Ingenieros Industriales de Valencia (COIIV)....
Year: 2006

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Authors: Jacobsen, Steven J. ; Keller, Jill L. ; McGee, Richard ; Almquist, Julka
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Accountability in Research: Policies & Quality Assurance
Abstract: This survey focused on how responsible conduct of research training actually influences the thinking and behaviors of students and re searchers. In interviews with Ph.D. students and postdoctoral fellows, it was found that individu...
Year: 2008

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Authors: González, Vicent ; Palau-Salvador, Guillermo ; Lozano, J. Félix
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Science and Engineering Ethics
Abstract: Using an Ethics Across the Curriculum (EAC) program for integrating ethics into technical courses, this article describes the use of case studies to teach agricultural engineering students ethical reasoning and decision-making skill...
Year: 2006
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-006-0031-x

Authors: Lux, Christina
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Science and Engineering Ethics
Abstract: The author looks at recent efforts to promote cooperation between universities and industry in Germany, and gives some recommendations on how to improve its current legal framework for regulating potential conflicts of interest resu...
Year: 2002
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-002-0052-z

Authors: Lynch, W. T.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Technology and Society Magazine, IEEE
Abstract: Using the web sites of engineering programs at universities around the United States, this article gives a summary of the kinds of initiatives in engineering ethics pedagogy that have been developed. ...
Year: 1997
DOI: 10.1109/44.642561

Authors: Kline, Ronald ; Lynch, William T.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Science, Technology, & Human Values
Abstract: The authors discuss Diane Vaughan's analysis of the causes of the Challenger accident, and the ways in which case studies such as this can be used to teach science and engineering ethics....
Year: 2000
DOI: 10.1177/016224390002500203

Authors: Martin, Mike W.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Science and Engineering Ethics
Abstract: This article discusses the importance creativity plays in the areas of science and engineering, and how more attention should be paid to this virtue in professional ethics education. ...
Year: 2006
URL: http://www.springerlink.com/content/j6462m080942t451/
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-006-0043-6

Authors: Martin, Mike W.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Science and Engineering Ethics
Abstract: Engineering ethics education tends to emphasize professional codes of ethics, business ethics, and technology studies, but often ignores personal moral commitments, religious, and other values that are not mandatory for all professi...
Year: 2002
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-002-0008-3

Authors: Benzley, Steven E.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Science and Engineering Ethics
Abstract: This article describes an academic project that introduces engineering students to the issue of international corruption in the engineering and construction industry. ...
Year: 2006
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-006-0034-7

Authors: Ansari, Ali
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Science and Engineering Ethics
Abstract: This article describes an experience that brought together a group of mechanical engineering seniors at the University of Colorado with engineering students in India to discuss qualitative differences between organic and mechanical ...
Year: 2001
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-001-0026-6

Authors: Brian Brenner ; Ronald E. Bucknam ; Robert E. Adamski
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education & Practice
Abstract: Presents a series of columns related to engineering ethics. Solutions proposed with a case history on the final engineering design for a large tract of land on the edge of town; Holistic view of waste management research....
Year: 2000
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)1052-3928(1999)125:1(2)

Authors: Lincourt, John ; Johnson, Robert
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Science and Engineering Ethics
Abstract: After examining the three main strategies used to present ethics to engineering students (the standalone course, the ethics imperative mandating the inclusion of ethics in all courses, and outsourcing ethics instruction to an extern...
Year: 2004
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-004-0031-7A