2.95J, TPP09J Real World Ethics Whitbeck, M.I.T. - a course for juniors and seniors in engineering and science with some alternative assignments on medical ethics for pre-medical students.
Herkert, Joseph R. 1997. "Making Connections: Engineering Ethics on the World Wide Web." Originally in IEEE Transactions on Education 40 (4): CD- ROM Supplement. Other keywords for this: computer ethics courses; ethical codes and guidelines from professional societies; pedagogy; professional societies; technical and scholarly societies; technological disasters.
IEEE Guidelines for Engineers Dissenting on Ethical Grounds. From the Ethics Committee of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE)11/11/96. The goal of these guidelines is to provide general advice to engineers, including engineering managers, who find themselves in conflicts with management over matters with ethical implications. Much of this advice is pertinent to more general conflicts within organizations.
NSPE Ethics in Employment Task Force Report. Developed by The National Society of Professional Engineers -NSPE-. This report emphasizes the right and the obligation of engineers to raise ethical concerns in the workplace, and provides guidance on how best to raise such issues. It also guides companies that want to guarantee a working environment where employees can feel free to raise concerns.
Relevant Literature on this Topic
Gorman, M. E. (1998). Transforming nature: Ethics, invention and design. Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers. Other keywords for this book: trust, distrust; rights; obligations; responsibilities, general; design and the environment; design process; global environmental issues; chemical environmental issues; endangered ecosystems; pedagogy.
Gorman, M. E., Stocker, J., & Mehalik, M. M. (1997). "Using detailed, multimedia cases to teach engineering ethics." Paper presented at the American Society for Engineering Education, Milwaukee, WI. Other keywords for this article: design and the environment; design process; global environmental issues; chemical environmental issues; endangered ecosystems; pedagogy; ethics and the law.
Stocker, J. M., Gorman, M. E., & Werhane, P. (1996). Dow Corning A: Breast implant design (Business case E-0104). Charlottesville, VA: Darden Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Virginia. Other keywords for this article: ethics and the law; design process; pedagogy.
Mehalik, M. M., Gorman, M. E., & Werhane, P. (1996). DesignTex, Inc. A & B (Business Case E-0099, E-0100). Charlottesville, VA: Darden Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Virginia. Other keywords for this article: design and the environment; design process; global environmental issues; pedagogy.
Mehalik, M. M., Gorman, M. E., & Werhane, P. (1997). Rohner Textil AG (A-D) (Business Case E-0107 to E-0110). Charlottesville, VA: Darden Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Virginia. Other keywords for this article: design and the environment; design process; global environmental issues; pedagogy.
Gorman, M. E. (1996). American Solar Network A & B (Business Case E-0097, E-0098). Charlottesville, VA: Darden Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Virginia. Other keywords for this: design and the environment; design process; global environmental issues; pedagogy.
Sonenshein, S., Gorman, M., & Werhane, P. (1997). Solar Electric Light Fund (A), (B), and Teaching Note (Darden Case Bibliography UVA-E-0112). Charlottesville, VA: Colgate-Darden School of Business. Other keywords for this: design and the environment; design process; global environmental issues; pedagogy.
Gorman, M. E., Diersen, S. E., Mehalik, M. M., & Stocker, J. M. (In Press). Using detailed, multimedia cases to teach engineering ethics. In D. F. Ollis, K. Neeley, & H. Luegenbiehl (Eds.), Liberal Education in 21st Century Engineering: A Response to ABET 2000. Other keywords for this: pedagogy.
Herkert, Joseph R. 1999. "Ethics and Professional Responsibility." In John G. Webster, ed., Encyclopedia of Electrical and Electronics Engineering. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (in press). Other keywords for this: ethical codes and guidelines from professional societies, ethics support, pedagogy, product quality, professional responsibility, professional societies; technical and scholarly societies, whistleblowing.
Herkert, Joseph R. 1997. "Collaborative Learning in Engineering Ethics." Science and Engineering Ethics 3(4):447-462. Other keywords for this: computer engineering courses; ethical codes and guidelines from professional societies; pedagogy; product quality; professional responsibility.
Carl Mitcham, "Schools for Whistleblowers," Commonweal 114 (April 10, 1987): 201-5. Other keywords for this: pedagogy; professional responsibility; professional advice; ethical codes and guidelines from professional societies; responsibilities, general.
C. Glagola, M. Kam, M. C. Loui, and C. Whitbeck, "Teaching ethics in engineering and computer science: a panel discussion." Science and Engineering Ethics, vol. 3, no. 4, pp. 463-480, October 1997. Other keywords for this: ethics courses, computer ethics; pedagogy.
Christelle Didier, Annie Gireaux-Geneaux, and Bertrand HÈriard Dubreuil. Ethique industrielle: Textes pour un dÈbat, Editions De Boeck universitÈ, Bruxelles, 1998. Other keywords for this: pedagogy.
Christelle Didier, Pour un questionnement Èthique des choix techniques: une ouverture dans le formation des ingÈnieurs, Fondation pour le progrËs de l'homme, collection "dossiers ! fenÍtre," Paris, 1999. Other keywords for this: pedagogy; ethical codes and guidelines from professional societies.