Case Study Method

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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: 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: 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: Jordan, W. ; Latcha, Michael A.
Publication Type: Conference Paper
Secondary Title: Frontiers in Education Conference, 1996. FIE '96. 26th Annual Conference., Proceedings of
Abstract: This paper describes an ethics case developed for engineering students that involves technical calculations. In the case, the students are asked to evaluate several coils of steel and determine which ones meet certain minimum stand...
Year: 1996
URL: http://fie-conference.org/fie96/papers/363.pdf

Authors: VandeCreek, Leon ; Knapp, Samuel
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Teaching of Psychology
Abstract: The authors look at how instructors of professional ethics can use case law to help illustrate major issues facing professional psychologists....
Year: 2004

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Authors: Krimsky, Sheldon
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Science and Engineering Ethics
Abstract: A commentary discussing two case studies illustrating the complexities of the protection offered to whistleblowers in science that appear in the same volume of Science and Engineering Ethics, entitled "On the hazards of whistleblowe...
Year: 1995
DOI: 10.1007/BF02583250

Authors: Keefer, Matthew Wilks
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Science and Engineering Ethics
Abstract: Web-based access to engaging instructional materials for SEE instruction represents an increasingly viable and attractive opportunity for educators. This paper will review research findings that demonstrate important differences in ...
Year: 2005
URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16190282
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-005-0010-7

Authors: National Institute for Engineering Ethics
Publication Type: Case Study
Secondary Title: Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education & Practice
Abstract: While interviewing for a job in a distant city at the expense of the prospective employer, you also arrange interviews with others in that area and are faced with the problem of what to tell the first firm and how to handle their a...
Year: 1998
URL: http://www.niee.org/Case_of_the_Month/1003-The%20Joy%20of%20Being%20Wanted.doc

Authors: Hoggard, Patrick E.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Journal of Chemical Education
Abstract: The article discusses the role-playing exercise of undergraduate research students regarding the case of Petr Taborsky, a chemistry student at the University of South Florida (USF) who was charged of patent fraud. Ethical decision-m...
Year: 2008

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-07-13 15:33

Authors: Gibson, Pamela A.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Ethics & Behavior
Abstract: Though case studies are extremely effective in introducing students to the ethical issues inherent in professional work, traditional case studies have the drawback of distancing students from the story line, and not giving them a ch...
Year: 2008
DOI: 10.1080/10508420701713022

Authors: Dyrud, M. A.
Publication Type: Conference Paper
Secondary Title: 34th Annual Frontiers Education (IEEE Cat. No. 04CH37579)
Abstract: This paper offers suggestions for integrating ethics education into engineering classes, primarily by using a case based approach. It focuses on both micro and macro cases in three engineering disciplines: software, civil, and mech...
Year: 2004
URL: http://fie-conference.org/fie2004/papers/1161.pdf
DOI: 10.1109/FIE.2004.1408693

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: Davis, Michael
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Science and Engineering Ethics
Abstract: In this response to the case study, "Doing the Minimum," the author argues that professional codes of ethics asks professionals to go beyond reasonable care, which is the level below which no agent should fall, to meet the higher ba...
Year: 2001
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-001-0051-5

Authors: Delatte Jr, Norbert J.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education & Practice
Abstract: Discusses the importance of studying failure case studies in engineering to the structural behavior and the responsibilities of the engineering profession in the United States. Discussion of sample case studies for topics in statics...
Year: 1997
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1052-3928

Authors: Davis, Michael
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Teaching Philosophy
Abstract: Much has been written about "the case method", but most of it is about the teaching of law or business. Little has been written about teaching practical ethics–and most of that is rather theoretical–not about how to develop an ethic...
Year: 1997

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Authors: Davis, M.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Technology and Society Magazine, IEEE
Abstract: Though it is tempting to use Hurricane Katrina as a case study in an engineering ethics course, its complexity makes it rather hard to use. The paper discusses some of the challenges in using this event in an ethics course....
Year: 2007
DOI: 10.1109/MTS.2007.911074

Authors: Costanzo, Mark ; Handelsman, Mitchell M.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Teaching of Psychology
Abstract: Presents four case studies which stimulated a classroom discussion of critical ethical issues faced by teachers of psychology. Importance of case studies to students; Benefits of the approach used in the case studies; Contents of th...
Year: 1998
DOI: 10.1207/s15328023top2502_3

Authors: Quinn, P. M. ; Miller, J. E. ; Clancy, E. A.
Publication Type: Conference Paper
Secondary Title: Frontiers in Education Conference, 2001. 31st Annual
Abstract: The author describes the use of case studies into a course in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. During a three-hour "laboratory" period, students read and discussed four short case studies in e...
Year: 2001
DOI: 10.1109/FIE.2001.963999

Authors: Borden, Sandra L.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Journal of Mass Media Ethics
Abstract: Focuses on ways to avoid two specific pitfalls associated with using case studies, mainly a lack of theoretical background, and lack of sufficient information. Reference to a personal ethics experience which illustrated how the pitf...
Year: 1998
DOI: 10.1207/s15327728jmme1301_1

Authors: Brislin, Tom
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Journal of Mass Media Ethics
Abstract: Presents information on the study pertaining to the combination of pedagogical research and journalism ethics case study methodology with a creative formulation and applied to the classroom. ...
Year: 1997

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Authors: Bucciarelli, L. L.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: European Journal of Engineering Education
Abstract: The authors look at the deficiencies of the scenarios usually used to teach engineering ethics, and recommends the need, not only for a more expansive reading of codes of ethics and reflection of what it means to be "responsible," b...
Year: 2008
DOI: 10.1080/03043790801979856

Authors: Brosnan, David P.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education & Practice
Abstract: An engineer providing services to a party other than his or her regular employer must balance several competing interests to make ethical judgments. Among these considerations are the engineer's personal welfare and reputation, the ...
Year: 1996
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1052-3928

Authors: Baldor, RA ; Field, T.S. ; Gurwitz, JH
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Academic Medicine
Abstract: The article describes a two day workshop held at the University of Massachusetts Medical School to on managed care, covering such issues as health care financing, disease management, capitated managed care for special populations, p...
Year: 2001

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Authors: Fleddermann, C. B.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: IEEE Transactions on Education
Abstract: This paper discusses four case studies specific to electrical and computer engineering, and how they can be used to discuss ethical topics. ...
Year: 2000
DOI: 10.1109/13.865202