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Teaching Engineering Ethics: A Case Study Approach
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From the Center For the Study of Ethics in Society, Western Michigan University. A list of thirty-two cases, edited by Michael Pritchard, which address a wide range of ethical issues that can arise in engineering practice.
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Antibiotic Resistance and Dual Use
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Hypothetical Case
This informational article by Danliel A. Vallero serves as a starting point for group discussion of the possible misuse of emerging technologies. It is accompanied by an annotated presentation that addresses emerging technologies and ethical decision-making.
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Numerical & Design Problems With Ethical Content
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These 18 assignable problems were originally developed as part of an NSF-funded project to create numerical problems that raise ethical issues for use in engineering and other course assignments. They are technical problems that apply to a number of engineering disciplines.
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Role-Play Scenarios for Teaching Responsible Conduct of Research
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Nine role-play scenarios on central topics in responsible conduct of research (RCR): authorship, conflict of interest, peer review, interpersonal conflicts in mentoring, data management and whistle-blowing, professional relationships and whistle-blowing, and compliance with regulations on human participants, animal subjects, and hazardous materials. Each scenario has a professor role and a graduate student role. The instructions for the two roles provide divergent perspectives on the same problem.
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Software Protection & Intellectual Property - Role Play Material from MIT's EECS Department
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Open-Ended Scenario
Original Role Play on Intellectual Property involving RSA Encryption. This role play was used in MIT's introductory computer science subject, the Structure and Integration of Computer Programs
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Service-Learning and Engineering Ethics
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This page addresses the topic of using community service as a part of the engineering ethics curriculum.
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Online Ethics Center: Using the Film, "The Matrix," in an Engineering Ethics Course
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Suggestions for using the film, The Matrix, as a teaching tool in an engineering ethics course.