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; engineering ethics courses; ethical codes and guidelines from professional societies; pedagogy; professional societies; technical and scholarly societies; technological disasters.
Teaching Ethics to Scientists and Engineers: Moral Agents and Moral Problems, by Caroline Whitbeck. In the essay, Dr. Whitbeck outlines an "agent-centered" approach to learning ethics. The central aim is to prepare students to act wisely and responsibly when faced with moral problems. The methods characteristic of this approach are suitable for integrating material on professional and research ethics into technical courses, as well as for free-standing ethics courses. Science and Engineering Ethics (1995). Other keywords for this: pedagogy; the use of cases in teaching; active learning; design process; role playing; research integrity.
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.
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; engineering ethics courses; 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; engineering ethics courses.
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; engineering ethics courses.
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; engineering ethics courses.
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; engineering ethics courses.
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; engineering ethics courses.
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: engineering ethics courses.
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: engineering ethics courses, ethical codes and guidelines from professional societies, ethics support, 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; engineering ethics 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: engineering ethics; 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, engineering ethics; ethics courses, computer ethics.
Don Gotterbarn and Robert Riser, "Ethics activities in Computer Science Courses: Goals and Issues," in Computers and Society, March 1997. Other keywords for this: ethics courses, computer ethics; design; ethics codes.
Don Gotterbarn and Robert Riser, "Ethics activities in Computer Science Courses," in Computers and Society, December 1996. Other keywords for this: ethics courses, computer ethics; design; ethics codes.
Don Gotterbarn, Chuck Huff, Dianne Martin, and Keith Miller, "Implementing a Tenth Strand in the CS Curriculum (Second Report from project ImpactCS)." December Communications of the ACM, 39(12): 75-84, December 1996. Other keywords for this: ethics courses, computer ethics; design; ethics codes.
Don Gotterbarn, Chuck Huff, Dianne Martin, and Keith Miller, "A Framework for Implementing and Teaching the Social and Ethical Impact of Computing." Education and Information Technologies, vol. 1, no. 1, 1996, published by Chapman. Other keywords for this: accountability; ethics courses, computer ethics; design; ethics codes.
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: engineering ethics courses; ethical codes and guidelines from professional societies.