Social and Ethical Impact of Computing: Reports from the ImpactCS Project, 1994-1998 https://impactcs.gwu.edu/synopsis-of-impactcs-project/ Added06/24/2020 Updated06/24/2020 The primary purpose of the ImpactCS Project was to define the core content and methodology for integrating social impact and ethics topics across the computer science curriculum. Over the course of four years it addressed three major problems that hampered the implementation of across-the-board ... Author(s) C. Dianne Martin Chuck Huff Donald Gotterbarn Keith W. Miller Year 1998 Read More
Biodiversity Collection Added06/29/2017 This set of cases on Biodiversity is part of a larger collection of Life and Environmental Science ethics education resource sets on ethics of emerging biotechnologies , big data in the life sciences , human enhancement , and conservation and biodiversity . Doctoral students from Arizona ... Author(s) Michelle Sullivan Govani Contributor(s) Michelle Sullivan Govani Karin Ellison Joseph Herkert Year 2016 Read More
Serving Plaintiffs and Defendants (adapted from NSPE Cases No. 98-4) Added06/10/2006 Updated01/20/2016 (Conflicting Interests and Conflict of Interest) An expert in her field, an engineer is approached by lawyers for manufacturer XYZ to tesitfy on behalf of XYZ. Later, a plaintiff asks her to testify in an unrelated lawsuit against manufacturer XYZ. Does accepting the second job create a conflict of interest for her? Authoring Institution Online Ethics Center Year 1999 Read More
A Young Woman's Struggle for Peace Added04/07/2006 Updated01/20/2016 This case discusses the problems faced by a researcher when trying to reconcile faith with science, personal convictions and professional activities. Contributor(s) Brian Schrag Authoring Institution Association for Practical and Professional Ethics (APPE) Year 2000 Read More
The Aberdeen Three Case Added02/16/2006 Updated01/15/2016 A summary of a historical case involving criminal negliance at a hazardous waste storage facility at the Aberdeen Proving Grounds. Authoring Institution Zachry Department of Civil Engineering-TAMU Ethics Year 1995 Read More
A Second Story Added04/12/2006 Updated02/12/2016 This case deals with a graduate researcher's multiple obligations and the conflicts of interest these obligations create. Contributor(s) Brian Schrag Authoring Institution Association for Practical and Professional Ethics (APPE) Year 2001 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