Case Study Method

Authors: Keefer, Matthew ; Davis, Michael
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Teaching Ethics
Abstract: Written by a philosopher and an educational psychologist with a large amount of experience teaching engineering and science ethics classes, this essay combines and generalizes what they have learned about solving problems of curricu...
Year: 2012

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Authors: Bruton, Samuel V.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Journal of Chemical Education
Abstract: This paper aims to explain how ethics codes and the ethics code of the American Chemical Society, The Chemist's Code of Conduct, in particular, can usefully supplement the case study approach of teaching ethics as a means of encoura...
Year: 2003
DOI: 10.1021/ed080p503

Authors: Goldman, Michael ; Philosophy Documentation Center ; Davis, Michael
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Teaching Philosophy
Abstract: This article discusses the case study method in teaching practical and professional ethics and gives some guidiance on how to go about developing case studies for use in difference ethics courses, how to uses cases in class, and how...
Year: 1997
DOI: 10.5840/teachphil199720445

Authors: Davis, Michael
Publication Type: Conference Paper
Secondary Title: American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference
Abstract: On August 29, 2005, "Katrina" was still only the name of an unusually large cyclonic storm. A few days later, it had become shorthand for a complex economic, political, and social disaster. There is no doubt that engineering student...
Year: 2006
URL: http://ethics.iit.edu/publication/Ethics%20Charge.pdf

Authors: Donovan, Aine ; Green, Ronald, A.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Teaching Ethics
Abstract: This case study looks at the details of the Columbia Disaster of 2003 and discusses the tensions that can exist between managers and engineers in organizations. ...
Year: 2003
URL: http://www.uvu.edu/ethics/seac/CS-Setup%20forFailure.pdf

Authors: Bird, Stephanie J. ; Swazey, Judith P.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Professional Ethics: A Multidisciplinary Journal
Abstract: This article, aimed and individuals who are teaching or learning about research ethics, seeks to answer the questions, "Can ethics be taught to adults? and, " Why teach research ethics?" The authors seek to answer these questions, a...
Year: 1995

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Authors: Segerstrale, Ullica
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Science and Engineering Ethics
Abstract: Starting with the common source of all Millikan stories, historian of physics Gerald Holton's 1978 paper, the author discusses recent "canned" versions of Millikan-as-misbehaver in books on scientific fraud. Then he examine some ver...
Year: 1995
DOI: 10.1007/BF02628797

Authors: Wolfe, Regina ; Hartman, Laura P. ; Werhane, Patricia H.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Teaching Ethics: The Journal of the Society for Ethics Across the Curriculum
Abstract: This article discusses a case study that shows positive corporate performance, and the need to introduce students to model of positive corporate performance that have generated value through ethical means, both domestically and on a...
Year: 2008
URL: http://www.uvu.edu/ethics/seac/CS-Hartman%20%20Wolfe%20%20Werhane-Teaching%20Ethics%20Through%20a%20Pedagogical%20Case%20Discussion.pdf

Authors: Wilson, William R.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Science and Engineering Ethics
Abstract: This paper discusses using the Chernobyl Incident as a case study in engineering ethics instruction. Groups of students are asked to take on the role of a faction involved in the Chernobyl disaster and to defend their decisions in a...
Year: 2011
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-011-9337-4

Authors: Loui, Michael
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Journal of Engineering Education
Abstract: How do undergraduate students in engineering conceive of themselves as professionals? How can a course on engineering ethics affect the development of an undergraduate student’s professional identity? In this project, students respo...
Year: 2005
URL: http://www.jee.org/2005/october/5.pdf

Authors: Elms, David G. ; Wareham, David G. ; Elefsiniotis, Takis P.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: European Journal of Engineering Education
Abstract: This paper describes a method of introducing ethics to a second-year class of civil engineering students. The method, known as a €˜structured controversy€™, takes the form of a workshop where the students assume the identity of stak...
Year: 2006
DOI: 10.1080/03043790600911712

Authors: Wang, Dau-Chung ; Chang, Pei-Fen
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: European Journal of Engineering Education
Abstract: In May 2008, the worst earthquake in more than three decades struck southwest China, killing more than 80,000 people. The complexity of this earthquake makes it an ideal case study to clarify the intertwined issues of ethics in engi...
Year: 2011
DOI: 10.1080/03043797.2011.596928

Authors: Liaschenko, J. ; Brunnquell, D. ; Oguz, N. Y.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Journal of Medical Ethics
Abstract: The authors of this article argue that the 'tragic case" approach to ethics education is of limited value because of how it limits the students' understanding of moral problems to only appearing in true dilemmas, limits the student...
Year: 2006
DOI: 10.1136/jme.2005.013060