Welcome to the enhanced Online Ethics Center.  A generous grant from the National Science Foundation has made it possible for us to improve the site and provide new resources. The Center for Ethics, Engineering and Society (CEES) at the National Academy of Engineering and the Ethics Education Library (EEL) at the Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions at the Illinois Institute of Technology are working together on this project.

If you are familiar with the organization of the "old OEC" you will find much of the same information under the "Topics" tab on this new homepage. 

Please take a look around and let us know what you like or dislike and any areas you feel could be improved.  Work on this site is still in progress, and we are very interested in your feedback.  You may contact us by emailing OnlineEthics@nae.edu.

Resource Highlights

  • Cases and Scenarios

    Contains all of the cases and scenarios available in the Online Ethics Center for use in classes, seminars, or research.

  • Ethics Community

    Biographies of administrators and faculty at academic institutions, as well as persons in business and industry and at non-profit organizations with careers involving science, engineering, technology, ethics, and society.

  • Ethics Codes and Guidelines

    Includes guidelines and codes of ethics from scientific and engineering professional societies from several countries, as well as essays on the topic. Some are available in Spanish.

 
Discuss a Case

The Ethics Case Discussions Webforum  is a place to discuss ethics problems that may arise in any area of engineering research and practice.


Permissions & Reuse

If you wish to use information that you find on the Online Ethics Center, please refer to "Disclaimer and Citations" in the "About" section, where you can find our general guidelines for citations, permissions, and republication.