Three Scenarios with Self-Driving Vehicles Added10/02/2019 A set of three scenarios that highlight ethical and technical issues related to self-driving vehicles. Author(s) Jason Borenstein Joseph Herkert Keith W. Miller Year 2018 Read More
National Academy of Engineering Copyright2017 NAE Bridge - Special Issue on Engineering Ethics Added04/14/2017 The spring 2017 issue of The Bridge, the NAE’s flagship quarterly journal, is focused entirely on engineering ethics. Article topics include ethics in business, codes of ethics, environmental injustice, corruption, and teaching ethics. Authoring Institution National Academy of Engineering Year 2017 More Info
Microbiologists Respond to Bioterrorism Added10/02/2013 Updated08/05/2016 In the wake of terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon on September 11, 2001, a group of microbiologists worked with the FBI to identify the individual or group who mailed letters filled with anthrax to American government officials and media personalities. Others struggled with the issues of whether and how to publish research results of potential use to terrorists. A part of the Research, Ethics, and Society project, this case can be used to address the social responsibilities of researchers, particularly those concerning scientists and engineers and their involvement in or opposition to military projects. Author(s) Karin Ellison Karen Wellner Contributor(s) Karin Ellison Year 2013 Read More
Knowledge of Damaging Information (adapted from NSPE Case No. 76-4) Added06/10/2006 Updated01/20/2016 Public Safety and Public Welfare An engineer has a conflict between honoring an agreement with a former employer and reporting a hazard to protect the public interest. This is an open-ended scenario for discussion based on a case from the NSPE Board of Ethical Review. Authoring Institution Online Ethics Center Year 1999 Read More
Company Interests and Employee Involvement in Community Added06/15/1992 Updated01/15/2016 Elizabeth Dorsey is an engineer at CDC, Inc. and is caught in a difficult situation when CDC plans are in opposition to a community group which she is a part of. Author(s) Michael Pritchard Contributor(s) Michael Pritchard Authoring Institution Center for the Study of Ethics in Society at Western Michigan University Year 1992 Read More
Today's Specials Added02/16/2006 Updated11/23/2015 This case discusses two important, interrelated issues: ethical decision making between science faculty members and prospective graduate students. Contributor(s) Brian Schrag Authoring Institution Association for Practical and Professional Ethics (APPE) Year 1998 Read More
References for Therac-25 Case Added04/20/2020 In addition to an attempt at a comprehensive bibliography, the authors have included annotations to those references that they think would be the most useful to students of this case. Author(s) Charles Huff Year 2003 Read More
Whistleblowing Bibliography Added03/19/2020 A bibliography on whistleblowing in business, science and research. Includes links to major organizations and federal guidelines, recent books and reports, as well as a number of journal articles from a range of disciplines. Year 2020 Read More
Resources from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Added02/24/2017 The AIChE maintains the following resources relevant to professional ethics. AIChE Code of Ethics ( https://www.aiche.org/about/code-ethics ) Ethical Guidelines for Publications ( https://www.aiche.org/resources/publications/ethical-guidelines ) These guidelines for ... Authoring Institution American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Center for Ethics Read More
Emerging Biotechnologies Bibliography Added02/17/2017 A bibliography that includes books, journal articles and web sites looking at the ethics of emerging biotechnologies, and including sections on synthetic biology, CRISPR-Cas9 and other genomic editing technologies, and genetic screening and genetic modification in embryos. Author(s) Valerie Racine Contributor(s) Valerie Racine Karin Ellison Joseph Herkert Authoring Institution Center for Biology and Society at Arizona State University Year 2017 Read More
Big Data Bibliography Added02/13/2017 A bibliography of guidelines, books, reports and journal articles looking at the use and ethical issues associated with big data in computer science, the information sciences, life and environmental sciences, and the social sciences. Author(s) Valerie Racine Contributor(s) Valerie Racine Joseph Herkert Karin Ellison Kelly Laas Year 2017 Read More
Human Enhancement Bibliography Added02/08/2017 Updated04/01/2016 A annotated bibliography looking at ethical issues and societal implications raised by human enhancement, including cybernetic and genetic technologies, cognitive enhancement, moral enhancement, and what it means to be human. Types of materials included in the bibliography include policy documents, reports web sites, films, books and journal articles. Author(s) Valerie Racine Contributor(s) Valerie Racine Karin Ellison Joseph Herkert Kelly Laas Year 2016 Read More
Resources from the Fordham University Center for Ethics Education Added11/18/2016 Updated11/18/2016 Ethics & Society blog : The Ethics and Society blog serves as a source for news and analysis of issues relating to ethics. Material for this site is provided by the directors, faculty, fellows, students, and affiliated scholars of the Center for Ethics Education, as well as ... Authoring Institution Fordham University Center for Ethics Education Year 2016 Read More
Resources from Lockheed Martin Corporation Added11/01/2016 Updated11/02/2016 The following video resources are made available on Lockheed Martin Corporation’s website for use by academic institutions for educational purposes. All other entities interested in using these videos must request permission from Lockheed Martin’s Corporate Ethics Office . ... Authoring Institution Lockheed Martin Corporation Year 2016 Read More
Active Learning Bibliography Added08/17/2016 Updated11/16/2016 An annotated bibliography of web sites, books and journal articles looking at how to integrate active learning into ethics education. Includes material on what active learning is and how it is done, how active learning can be done in an online environment, and how it can be integrated into ethics education. Author(s) Kelly Laas Year 2016 Read More
Resources from the International Neuroethics Society Added07/05/2016 Updated08/22/2016 These resources are available directly via the International Neuroethics Society. Authoring Institution International Neuroethics Society (INS) Read More
Ethics Resources from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Added06/10/2016 Updated11/22/2016 The ASME Code of Ethics, which is ASME Society Policy P-15.7 https://www.asme.org/getmedia/7cbbdb0b-93f9-476c-9632-c8a9370f6632/SocietyPolicies_15-7_Ethics.aspx The Criteria for the Interpretation of the Canons of the Code of Ethics ... Authoring Institution American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Read More
Ethics Resources from the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Added05/31/2016 Updated06/15/2016 This is a collection of resources on ethics and human rights in science assembled by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). The list spans resources published from 1975 to 2015. Authoring Institution American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Read More
Bibliography - Useful Publications from the NSPE Added03/03/2016 Updated03/03/2016 A collection of useful ethics articles and resources from the National Society of Professional Engineers. Authoring Institution National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE) Read More
Bhopal Disaster Bibliography Added12/17/2015 Updated11/16/2016 A bibliography including links to case studies, books, reports and journal articles looking at the engineering ethics and policy issues looking at the Bhopal gas tragedy, where a gas leak from a Union Carbide plant caused one of the world's worst industrial disasters. Author(s) Kelly Laas Year 2015 Read More
Skilled Migration Bibliography Added12/17/2015 Updated12/17/2015 Guidelines World Medical Association Statement on Ethical Guidelines for the International Migration of Health Workers (2014) Outlines guidelines for how to ethically develop a health care workforce in developed and developing nations and guidelines for the recruiting of health care ... Read More
Robot Morality and Artificial Moral Agency Bibliography Added12/17/2015 Updated11/16/2016 A bibliography looking at issues of robot morality and artificial intelligence and moral agency. Author(s) Kelly Laas Year 2020 Read More
Climate Change Migration Added12/17/2015 Updated12/17/2015 Annotated bibliography on climate change migration or "climate change refugees". Read More
Challenger Space Shuttle Disaster Bibliography Added09/02/2015 Updated11/16/2016 A bibliography looking at engineering ethics, organizational, and policy aspects of the Challenger Space Shuttle Disaster. Author(s) Kelly Laas Contributor(s) Joseph Herkert Year 2015 Read More
Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Disaster Bibliography Added09/01/2015 Updated09/03/2015 A bibliography looking at the engineering ethics and policy issues related to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. Year 2014 Read More
Columbia Disaster Bibliography Added09/01/2015 Updated09/02/2016 A bibliography looking at the engineering ethics and policy issues of the Columbia Shuttle explosion of 2003. Author(s) Kelly Laas Year 2015 Read More