Ethical Decision-Making

Authors: Waples, Ethan P. ; Marcy, Richard T. ; Kligyte, Vykinta
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Science and Engineering Ethics
Abstract: This study accesses the effectiveness of a newly-developed responsible conduct of research training in enhancing the ethical decision-making of researchers in the physical sciences and engineering, and examines the influence of tra...
Year: 2008
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-007-9048-z

Authors: Fryer-Edwards, K ; Deming, N ; Robins, L ; Hopley, E ; Culver, J ; Starks, H ; Dudzinski, D ; Burke, W
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Academic Medicine
Abstract: This survey looked at how senior researchers respond to everyday ethical dilemmas that occur in research with human participants, and how education programs can be restructured to help new researchers effectively solve these dilemma...
Year: 2007
DOI: 10.1097/01.ACM.0000250028.51329.6b

Authors: Fisher, Ian St. John
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Science and Engineering Ethics
Abstract: The authors of this article look at how the religious beliefs of an engineer or scientist may influence how they approach their professional work. The first is at the level of the individual and how personal beliefs may affect the...
Year: 1996
DOI: 10.1007/BF02583921

Authors: Dunbar, W. Scott
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Science and Engineering Ethics
Abstract: This study reports on two recent studies that show evidence of strong emotional engagement in moral dilemmas that require personal involvement or ethical problems that involve significant interpersonal issues. The results lead one t...
Year: 2005
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-005-0025-0

Authors: Dibrell, W ; Dobie, EA
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Journal of Long Term Effects of Medical Implants
Abstract: The authors look at how using the case study method to teach ethics can help students develop an understanding of the complex nature of practical/moral reasoning. However, one of the drawbacks of this method is that the individual ...
Year: 2007

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Authors: Ford, Paul J. ; DeMarco, Joseph P.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Journal of Medicine & Philosophy
Abstract: The authors argue against using casuistry and specification in teaching ethics to medical professionals. These approaches, they argue, can make it harder for students to see the reasoning that goes on behind moral decision-making. I...
Year: 2006
DOI: 0.1080/03605310600912675

Authors: Bourgeois, M. L. ; Olds, S. A.
Publication Type: Conference Paper
Secondary Title: Frontiers In Education Conference - Global Engineering: Knowledge Without Borders, Opportunities Without Passports, 2007. FIE '07. 37th Annual
Abstract: Mark L. Bourgeois and Suzanne A. Olds of the Biological Engineering department of Northwestern University have developed an approach to engineering ethics on the principles of engineering design. Students are asked to approach an e...
Year: 2007
DOI: 10.1109/FIE.2007.4417935

Authors: Raviv, Daniel ; Berne, Rosalyn W.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Science and Engineering Ethics
Abstract: To demonstrate the effectiveness of the 'eight dimensional methodology' as an analytical tool for thinking about ethical challenges to engineering, the paper presents the case of the construction of the Large Binocular Telescope (LB...
Year: 2004
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-004-0019-3

Authors: Cox-White, Becky ; Connolly, Peggy ; Leever, Martin G. ; Keller, David R.
Publication Type: Book
Abstract: This is a collection of case studies covering ethical dilemmas drawn from personal and professional experience, and media accounts. The cases were developed for the Ethics Bowl, a competition similar to College Bowl where teams of u...
Year: 2009

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Authors: Sokol, D. K.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Journal of Medical Ethics
Abstract: The author discusses an method of analyzing clinical ethics cases as described in by Jonsen, Siegler and Winslade in their book Clinical Ethics called the "four quadrants" approach. The author applies this method to a detailed clini...
Year: 2008
DOI: 10.1136/jme.2007.021212

Authors: Whitbeck, C
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Hastings Center Report
Abstract: Discusses ethics as a design to solve moral problems. Comparison between moral problems and engineering design problems; Moral lessons from design problems; Implications of the dynamic character of problem situations....
Year: 1996
URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=8736668

Authors: Nicholas, Barabara
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Science and Engineering Ethics
Abstract: Senior molecular geneticists were interviewed about their perceptions of the ethical and social implications of genetic knowledge. The researchers analyzed the results of these interviews to identify a number of strategies through w...
Year: 1999
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-999-0052-3

Authors: Antes, Alison L. ; Hill, Jason H. ; Waples, Ethan P. ; Murphy, Stephen T. ; Brown, Ryan P. ; Mumford, Michael D. ; Connelly, Shane ; Devenport, Lynn D.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Ethics & Behavior
Abstract: Differences across fields and experience levels are frequently considered in discussions of ethical decision making and ethical behavior. In the present study, doctoral students in the health, biological, and social sciences complet...
Year: 2009
URL: http://www.ethicslibrary.org/resources/165/

Authors: Ritter, Barbara
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Journal of Business Ethics
Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to examine the various guidelines presented in the literature for instituting an ethics curriculum and to empirically study their effectiveness. Three questions are addressed concerning the trainability ...
Year: 2006
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10551-006-9062-0
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-006-9062-0

Authors: Herndon, Neil C.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Journal of Business Ethics
Abstract: Objectives for ethics education in business school courses generally appear to be based on custom, intuition, and judgment rather than on a more unified theoretical/empirical base. These objectives may be more clearly implemented an...
Year: 1996
DOI: 10.1007/BF00381926

Authors: McCabe, Donald L. ; Dukerich, Janet M. ; Dutton, Jane E.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Professional Ethics: A Multidisciplinary Journal
Abstract: Although professional ethics have received a great deal of attention, there is relatively little research which examines differences in the ethical decision-making propensities of individuals attracted to different professions. Usin...
Year: 1992

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Authors: Frey, William
Publication Type: Teaching Module
Abstract: This module has been revised to fit better within courses and modules in business education. It presents socio-technical analysis as a method for integrating ethical and social values into business practice. Socio-technical system a...
Year: 2009
URL: http://cnx.org/content/m14025/latest/

Authors: Coeckelbergh, Mark
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Science & Engineering Ethics
Abstract: Engineering can learn from ethics, but ethics can also learn from engineering. In this paper, the author discusses what engineering metaphors can teach us about practical philosophy. Using metaphors such as calculation, performance,...
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-009-9163-0

Authors: Kligyte, Vykinta ; Marcy, Richard T. ; Sevier, Sydney T.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Science and Engineering Ethics
Abstract: This article discusses a complex qualitative approach to developing a responsible conduct of research training program, based on a sense-making model. Sensemaking asks an individual to use a mental model to understand the origins of...
Year: 2008
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-007-9035-4

Authors: Koehn, Daryl
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Professional Ethics: A Multidisciplinary Journal
Abstract: This paper examines what it means to claim, as Aristotle does, that, in cases of practical judgment, the decision rests with perception. The author argues that practical judgment is, at the very least, crucially dependent upon perce...
Year: 2000

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Authors: Hartman, Edwin M.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Professional Ethics: A Multidisciplinary Journal
Abstract: This article discusses the importance of ethics educators in helping develop the moral imagination of their students. This includes helping them recognize when a moral principle is at stake, and how to handle situations where princi...
Year: 2000

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Authors: Ardagh, David
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Professional Ethics: A Multidisciplinary Journal
Abstract: The paper presents an account of the Aristotelian-Thomistic "method of determination" or casuistry in moral reasoning as a useful professional decision-making tool. It sketches the associated doctrine of "object/end" of capacity and...
Year: 1999

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Authors: Fan, Linda C. N.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Municipal Engineer
Abstract: This paper compares several ethical decision-making models and analyses the step-by-step procedures laid out in them. This study finds that three critical steps in the handling of ethical dilemmas are: (a) assessing potential conseq...
Year: 2003
DOI: 10.1680/muen.2003.156.4.229

Authors: Devenport, Lynn D. ; Antes, Alison L. ; Murphy, Stephen T. ; Brown, Ryan P. ; Mumford, Michael D. ; Waples, Ethan P. ; Connelly, Shane
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Creativity Research Journal
Abstract: This study examines the relationship between creative thinking skills and ethical decision-making among scientists. The researchers asked 258 doctoral students in the health, biological, and social sciences to complete a measure of ...
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.1080/10400410903579619

Authors: Pritchard, Michael S. ; Herkert, Joseph R. ; Weil, Vivian ; Broome, Taft H. ; Davis, Michael
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Science and Engineering Ethics
Abstract: In practice, engineers often encounter decision-making situations said to be exigent. Such situations are so complex as to deny engineers the reflection required to invoke ethical theories, and so novel as to discourage engineers fr...
Year: 1999
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-999-0054-1