Ethics training: A genuine dilemma for engineering educators |
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Authors: | John?Lincourt Email author" target="_blank">Robert?JohnsonEmail author |
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Institution: | (1) The Williams State Lee College of Engineering, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 9201 University City Boulevard, 28223-0001 Charlotte, North Carolina, USA |
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Abstract: | This is an examination of three main strategies used by engineering educators to integrate ethics into the engineering curriculum.
They are: (1) the standalone course, (2) the ethics imperative mandating ethics content for all engineering courses, and (3)
outsourcing ethics instruction to an external expert. The expectations from each approach are discussed and their main limitations
described. These limitations include the insular status of the stand-alone course, the diffuse and uneven integration with
the ethics imperative, and the orphaned status of ethics using the outside expert.
A fourth option is proposed — a special modular option. This strategy avoids the limitations of earlier approaches and harmonizes
well with curricular objectives and professional values. While some help is provided by a professional ethicist, the headliner
for the series of seminars is a high-profile engineer who shares an ethics dilemma encountered in professional practice. Students
discuss the case and propose solutions.
The goal is to make ethics applicable to real-life problems facing working engineers and to help change behaviors.
An earlier version of this paper was presented at the “Ethics and Social Responsibility in Engineering and Technology” meeting,
New Orleans, 2003. |
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Keywords: | engineering educators ethics dilemma training values |
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