Vivian Weil's Papers and Publications
1. Business Ethics
2. Engineering Ethics
3. Science and Research Ethics
4. Teaching Professional Ethics
5. Books
Weil, Vivian, "The Psychology of Whistleblowing" and "The Voice of Experience," Science and Engineering Ethics, Volume 4 (1998): 29-31.
Weil, Vivian "Whistleblowing: What Have We Learned Since the Challenger?" Engineering Ethics Update, Vol. 6, No. 2, August 1996.
Weil, Vivian, "Whistleblowing; What Have We Learned Since the Challenger?", Engineering Ethics Update, Vol.6, No.2 August 1996, pp. 1-3.
Weil, Vivian, "Is Engineering Ethics Just Business Ethics?: What Can Empirical Findings Ten Us?, The International Journal of Applied Philosophy, Vol. 8, Winter/Spring 1994, No. 2, pp. 9-13.
Weil, Vivian, "Preparing Engineers to Be Ethically Responsible," The Chemist, January 1992, pp. 13, 14 and 20.
Weil, Vivian, "Technology and Ethics and Values," presented at a Conference, "Ethics and the Educated Person," September 26, 1991, Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana.
Weil, Vivian, "Moral Responsibility and Whistleblowing in the Nuclear Industry: Browns Ferry and 'Three Mile Island," case study and commentary.
Weil, Vivian, "Ethics and the Engineer." Design News. Vol. 51, No. 1 January 2, 1989, pp. 54.
Weil, Vivian, "Ethics and the New Engineering Graduate: Operating in a Fishbowl,” American Ceramic Society Bulletin, Vol. 65, No. 11, November 1986.
Weil, Vivian, a review of Engineering in Society: engineering Education and Practice in the United States, National Research Council, National Academy Press, 1985 in Technology and Culture, October 1986.
Weil, Vivian, "Ethics in Engineering Curricula," Research in Philosophy and Technology, 1985.
Weil, Vivian, "The Rise of Engineering Ethics," Technology in Society, 1984.
Weil, Vivian, "Technological Judgment and Public Policy," paper presented at the Second Annual Colloquium in the series of Analytic and Continental Perspectives in Philosophy, Purdue University, April 12, 1984.
Weil, Vivian, a review of Controlling Technology: Ethics and The Responsible Engineer by Stephen H.Unger in IEEE Spectrum, December 1982.
Weil, Vivian, "Moral Choices for Engineers,' Working Papers, Vol. 1, No. 1, Virginia Tech Center for the Study of Science in Society, 1982, pp. 89-106.
Weil, Vivian, a review of Responsibilities to Future Generations edited by Ernest Partridge in Technology and Culture, April 1982.
Weil, Vivian, a review of Ethics and Engineering Curricula by Robert Baum in Teaching Philosophy, April 1981.
Weil, Vivian, a review of A Thousand Thoughts on Technology and Human Values edited by Edward J. Gallagher in Technology and Culture, October 1980.
Weil, Vivian, "Future Trends for Ethics in Engineering Curricula," paper presented at the Annual Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education, June 23-26, 1980.
Weil, Vivian, Report of the Workshops on Ethical Issues in Engineering, July 16-27, 1979. (Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions, May 1980).
Weil, Vivian, "Ethics for Scientists and Engineers,' The Virginia Engineer, January and February 1980 (two parts).
Weil, Vivian, "Action and Responsibility in the Engineering Profession," Occasional paper No. 2 (Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions, August 1979).
Weil, Vivian, "Recent Developments in Ethics Education for Engineers," paper presented at the Convention of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Chicago, Illinois, October 16-20, 1978.
Weil, Vivian, "The Browns Ferry Case," a case study originally prepared for use in the course Moral Issues in Engineering. Winter 1977 (Illinois Institute of Technology).
Weil, Vivian, "Moral Issues in Engineering: An Engineering School Instructional Approach," Professional Engineer, October 1977.
3. SCIENCE AND RESEARCH ETHICS
Weil, Vivian. “Introducing Standards of Care in the Commercialization of Nanotechnology.” International Journal of Applied Philosophy. Vol. 20, No. 2. (Fall, 2006) 205-214.
Weil, Vivian. “Zeroing in on the Ethical Issues in Nanotechnology.” Proceedings of the IEEE. Vol. 91, No. 11(November 2003) 1976-79.
Weil, Vivian. "Ethics in Conflict." in Spier, Raymond E. (ed.) Science and Technology Ethics. New York: Routledge, 2002.
Weil, Vivian “Ethical Issues in Nanotechnology.” In Roco, Michail and William Sims Bainbridge, Societal Implications of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology: NSET workshop report. March, 2001 Arlington V.A. Arlington : National Science Foundation, 2001
Weil, Vivian. “Making Sense of Scientists’ Responsibilities at the Interface of Science and Society.” Science and Engineering Ethics. Vol. 8, No. 2 (June 2002) 223-227.
Weil, Vivian, review of Kristen Shrader-Frechette, Ethics of Scientific Research (Rowman &Littlefield: Lanham, MD, 1994) in Ethics, July, 1996, pp.879-881.
Weil, Vivian and Robert Arzbaecher, "Ethics and Relationships in Laboratories and Research Communities," Professional Ethics, Vol.4, Nos. 3&4, Spring/Summer 1995, pp. 83-125.
Weil, Vivian, "Teaching Ethics in Science," Ethics Values and the Promise of Science, Sigma Xi The Scientific Research Society: Research Triangle Park, NC, 1993, pp. 243-248.
Weil, Vivian, "New Approaches to Teaching Ethics," Review of Research Ethics: Cases and Materials, R. L. Penslar, ed. Indiana University Press, 1995 in Bioscience, Vol. 46, No. 9, Oct. 1996, pp. 705-707.
Weil, Vivian, "Ethics and the Commercialization of Research, talk to the Division of Biology and Biomedical Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, October 21, 1992.
Weil, Vivian, Review of Acceptable Evidence: Science and Values in Risk Management, Ethics, April, 1994.
Weil, Vivian, "Ethics in Scientific Research and Graduate Education," Scientific Responsibility and Public Control, ed. by Stellan Welin, Center for Research Ethics, Gothenburg, Sweden, 1993, pp. 51-58.
Weil, Vivian, "Owning and controlling Technical Information," paper published in Center for the Study of Ethics in Society [Papers presented to the Center] Vol. 5, No. 1 of Western Michigan University (November 1991).
Weil, Vivian and Rachelle Hollander, "Sharing Scientific Data 11: Normative Issues," IRB, Vol. 12, No. 2, March/April 1990, pp. 7-8.
Weil, Vivian, "Military Research, Secrecy, and Ethics," in Ethical Issues Associated with Scientific and Technological Research Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Vol. 577, 1989.
Weil, Vivian, 'Policy Incentives and Constraints on Scientific and Technical Information," Science, Technology & Human Values, Vol. 13, Nos. 1&2, Winter & Spring 1988, pp 17-26.
Weil, Vivian, "Introduction to Special Section Private Appropriation of Public Research," Technology, & Human Values, Volume 12, No. 1 (Winter 1987).
Weil, Vivian, "Engineering Ethics as a Model for Chemists' Ethics," paper presented at the American Chemical Society Annual Meeting, Chicago, September 9, 1985.
4. TEACHING PROFESSIONAL ETHICS
Weil, Vivian. “Standards for Evaluating Proposals to Develop Ethics Curricula” Science and Engineering Ethics Vol. 11, No. 3 (September 2005) 501-507.
Weil, Vivian. “Mentoring: Some Ethical Considerations.” Science and Engineering Ethics Vol. 7, No. 4 (December 2001) 471-482.
Mukund, Acharya, Michael Davis, and Vivian Weil, "Integrating Ethics Into a Research Experience for Undergraduates,” Joumal of Engineering Education, April 1995, pp. 129-132.
Schrag, Brian, Gloria Ferrell, Vivian Weil, and Tristan J. Fielder. " Barking up the Wrong Tree? Industry Funding of Academic Research." Science and Engineering Ethics, Vo. 9 Issue 4 October 2003, pp 569-582.
Weil, Vivian" Standards for Evaluating Proposals to Develop Ethics Curricula." Science and Engineering Ethics, Vol. 11, No. 3 July 2005, pp.501-507.
Weil, Vivian, 'Teaching Ethics in Science," in Ethics, Values, and the Promise of Science (Sigma Xi: Research Triangle Park, NC, 1993).
Weil, Vivian, "How Can Philosophers Teach Professional Ethics?" in Journal of Social Philosophy, Volume XX, Nos. 1 & 2, June, 1989.
Weil, Vivian, "A Challenge to the Liberal Arts: The Reform of Professional
Education," paper presented to the National Conference on Higher Education,
American Association for Higher Education, Chicago, March 18. 1985.
5. BOOKS
Weil, Vivian (ed.). Trying Times: Science and Responsibilities after Daubert. Chicago: CSEP (IIT), 2001.
This volume was produced by the Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions (CSEP) at Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) in collaboration with the Institute for Science, Law and Technology (ISLAT) at IIT's Chicago-Kent College of Law.
The volume is aimed to clarify the responsibilities of judges, lawyers, scientists, engineers, and researchers in medicine at this intersection of law and science.The volume includes essays by Barbara Jacobs Rothstein, a federal judge, Richard Meserve, a former litigator in high stakes cases involving scientific testimony, Sheila Jasanoff (Science and Public Policy, Harvard), and Ullica Segerstrale (Social Science, IIT). An annotated bibliography acquaints readers with the lively literature since the Supreme Court's 1993 decision in Daubert that made judges gatekeepers for admitting science in the courts.
Weil, Vivian (ed.). Beyond Whistleblowing.- Defining Engineers’ Responsibilities. Chicago: CSEP (IIT), 1983.
This is a 334-page volume of the proceedings of the March 1982 Second National Conference on Ethics in Engineering. It brings together papers on engineers' rights and responsibilities, an ethical work environment, risk and decision making, and responsibilities of professional societies. Many of the papers appeared as journal articles.
Weil, Vivian and John Snapper (eds.). Owning Scientific and Technical Information: Value and Ethical Issues. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1990.
