THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING

Guides and Advice for Ethics Instructors

• Online Ethics Center: Background Concepts for Teaching Engineering Ethics
  This essay provides some key concepts for teaching engineering ethics.

• Teaching the Individual Engineer About Fair Credit and Intellectual Property
  This essay provides suggestions on how to teach engineers about fair credit and intellectual property.

• Online Ethics Center: Teaching Engineers About Negligence, Recklessness, Intended/Unintended Harm
  This essay provides suggestions for teaching engineers about negligence, recklessness, and intended or unintended harm.

• Online Ethics Center: Teaching Engineering Responsibility for Environmental Consequences
  This essay discusses teaching engineering students to consider the environmental implications of the design choices they make.

• Intergenerational Instruction in Engineering Ethics about the Future
  This essay discusses various methods by which ethics are taught as a part of the engineering curriculum.

• Background Skills for Teaching Professional Responsibilities of the Individual Engineer
  This section focuses on teaching students skills for figuring out what to do and for approaching management or co-workers with ethical concerns.

• Examples of Projects for Developing Background Skills: Responsibilities of the Individual Engineer
  Teaching Ethics Across the Engineering Curriculum

• Teaching Professional Responsibilities of the Individual Engineer
  This essay offers pedagogical advice for teaching engineering students about individual responsibilities.

• Practical Ethics through Philosophy: Meditation, Readings, Case Work
  This essay discusses practical ethics through basic philosophy, incorporating three main elements: ethical thought, ethical definition, and ethical values.

• Role Playing in an Engineering Ethics Class
  This is an article by Michael C. Loui discussing role playing as an educational tool.

• Want to Help Students Learn Engineering Ethics? Have Them Write Case Studies Based on Their Research/Senior Design Project
  This essay suggests teaching engineering ethics by having them write case studies based on their own projects.

• Teaching the Individual Engineer How to Anticipate and Respond to Ethical Issues that Arise in the Workplace
  An essay suggesting methods of teaching students how to anticipate and respond to ethical issues in the workplace

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