The Diverse Workplace
This section of the OEC contains cases, discussions, and ethical guidelines bearing on diversity in the workplace. The cases themselves vary significantly in structure. Some are discussion cases that present open-ended situations requiring a response. Some are descriptions of completed actions and call for a judgment on an action taken. Many cases are brief, but some detailed descriptions also appear. Most cases are at least loosely based on real incidents, in order to give a realistic impression of the moral problems that face engineers.
- Cases
- Cases involving mentoring, subtle harassment and discrimination.
- Essays
- Essays on the retention, attitudes and advancement of women compared to men in the science and engineering fields, statistics gathered on women and minorities in the workforce, mentoring of new faculty, engineering ethics in foreign countries and women in the National Academy of Engineering.
- Addressing Problems in Ethics of Diversity
- This section contains projects submitted to the Online Ethics Center from visitors and students, aimed at solving problems in the ethics of diversity.
- ECSEL
- Engineering Coalition of Schools for Excellence in Education and Leadership's guide for new faculty, an information brochure for new faculty and information about the women elected to the National Academy of Engineering.
- This section was first begun as a project of the Engineering Coalition of Schools for Excellence in Education and Leadership (ECSEL) under the title, "Information and Resources for Reducing the Barriers to Minorities & Women in Engineering." ECSEL was a coalition of seven schools and colleges of engineering engaged in an effort to renew undergraduate engineering education and its infrastructure.
- ECSEL's focus was on the teaching of design in its social and ethical context. Intra- and inter-institutional faculty and student teams are developed new courses, new teaching/learning strategies, and supporting materials. Their efforts were subjected to external evaluations and internal assessments by students and faculty. The goal was to ensure the effectiveness and appeal of these educational reforms to all students, especially to women and underrepresented minorities.
- NSF graphs and figures
- NSF graphs and figures on employment of minorities in engineering and science.
- Additional Web Resources
- Websites addressing Racial and Ethnic minorities in Science and Engineering including: Latinos/Latinas, Native Americans, and Women in Computing, Science and Engineering.
- Strategies of Inclusion: Gender and the Information Society (SIGIS)
- This is a European research projects on many aspects of public and private strategies to include women in ICT production and consumption