Publications
Center Publications
Browse and order copies of publications written by fellows and associates of the Center.
Perspectives on the Professions
The Center's annual publication that seeks to promote serious discussion of important theoretical and practical issues common to a wide variety of professions. All issues can be viewed online, or a paper copy can be sent upon request.
Modules in Applied Ethics
This a series of six modules on professional responsibility produced from an EXXON Education Foundation. This series is intended for use in a wide range of undergraduate, graduate, and continuing education programs in such areas as science and/or technology public policy, and professional ethics courses in engineering, business, and computer science.
Thinking Like An Engineer: The Place of a Code of Ethics in the Practice of a Profession
Am article by CSEP Senior Fellow Michael Davis, is available here. This article first appeared in Philosophy and Public Affairs, vol. 20, no. 2, Spring 1991.
Authoring a Code of Ethics: Observations on Process and Organization
As a summer intern at the Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions, Andrew Olson participated in the Center’s Codes of Ethics Online project making an online archive of codes available to Internet users worldwide. The following article presents an analysis of the codes of ethics included in this project, as well as a guide to producing codes of ethics.
Autonomy
This is a notable essay written by IIT student Noe' Brambila in October, 1996 to fulfill an assignment for a Moral Issues in Engineering course. The assignment asked "How is it possible (if it is) to be self-directed and governed by a code of ethics?".
Bibliographies
In connection with projects and programs sponsored by CSEP, the Library has compiled a number of bibliographies related the projects' subject matter, including a bibliography of ethical issues associated with emerging technologies, nanotechnology ethics, and various bibliographies on teaching ethics in professional and technical courses.
