Infusing Ethics into the Development of Engineers

Exemplary Education Activities and Programs

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• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Year: 2016
• eBook ISBN:
  9780309390880
• Edition: 0
• Topic: Education

Ethical practice in engineering is critical for ensuring public trust in the field and in its practitioners, especially as engineers increasingly tackle international and socially complex problems that combine technical and ethical challenges. This report aims to raise awareness of the variety of exceptional programs and strategies for improving engineers' understanding of ethical and social issues and provides a resource for those who seek to improve ethical development of engineers at their own institutions.This publication presents 25 activities and programs that are exemplary in their approach to infusing ethics into the development of engineering students. It is intended to serve as a resource for institutions of higher education seeking to enhance their efforts in this area.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Summary
• Kansas State University: Responsibility of Engineering: Codes and Professionalism (3-hour university course)
• University of Pittsburgh: Using Student-Authored Case Studies to Teach Bioengineering Ethics
• Virginia Tech: Learning to Listen: A Tool for Morally Engaged Engineering Practice
• Worcester Polytechnic Institute: Humanitarian Engineering, Past and Present: A Role-Playing First-Year Course
• The University of Virginia: The University of Virginia SEAS Senior Thesis: A Culminating Activity
• Georgia Institute of Technology: Problem-based Learning in a Professional Ethics Course for Undergraduate Engineering Students
• Northeastern University: Case Studies for Engineering Ethics Across the Product Life Cycle
• University of Cincinnati: UnLecture on Software Engineering Ethics
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Ethics and Engineering for Safety
• California Polytechnic State University: Ethics as Philosophical History for Engineers
• Lafayette College/Rutgers University: Engineering a Catastrophe: Ethics for First-Year STEM
• Michigan Technological University: Phenomenological Approach to Engineering Ethics Pedagogy
• Colorado School of Mines: Corporate Social Responsibility Course
• University of Wisconsin–Madison: Team Ethics Assignment: Based on Engineering Student Co-op Experience
• Stanford University: Global Engineers’ Education Course
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Terrascope
• Colorado School of Mines: Nature and Human Values Course
• United States Coast Guard Academy: Ethics Activities in the Civil Engineering Curriculum at the United States Coast Guard Academy
• Northeastern University: Multiyear Engineering Ethics Case Study Approach
• Purdue University: PRIME Ethics: Purdue’s Reflective & Interactive Modules for Engineering Ethics
• Texas State University: NanoTRA: Texas Regional Alliance to Foster Nanotechnology Environment, Health, and Safety Awareness in Tomorrow’s Engineering and Technology Leaders
• Colorado School of Mines: Enacting Macroethics: Making Social Justice Visible in Engineering Education
• Indiana School of Medicine–South Bend and University of Notre Dame: Ethics When Biocomplexity Meets Human Complexity (Role-Play Workshop) and Nanosilver Linings Case
• Penn State University: Creating a Community of Ethics Educators in Engineering
• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: Ethics Sessions in a Summer Undergraduate Research Program
• Appendix A: Thank You to All the Contributors
• Appendix B: Map of Exemplary Programs and Activities