Ethical responsibility and societal context: integrating ethics and public policy considerations in the engineering curriculum

Author

Herkert, Joseph R.

Author_Institution

Div. of Multidisciplinary Studies, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC, USA

Volume

2

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Abstract

ABET´s Engineering Criteria 2000 requires that graduates of engineering programs “have…an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility and “the impact of engineering solutions in a global and societal context”. Curriculum models aimed at simultaneously addressing professional and ethical responsibility and the societal context of engineering have been successfully implemented at a number of institutions. A useful teaching method for addressing these two criteria in an integrated manner involves broadening discussions of engineering ethics so as to include the ethical implications of public policy issues in such areas as risk and product liability, sustainable development, and healthcare

Keywords

engineering education; product liability; professional aspects; teaching; ABET´s Engineering Criteria 2000; engineering curriculum; ethical responsibility; healthcare; public policy considerations; public policy issues; risk and product liability; societal context; sustainable development; teaching method; Context modeling; Design engineering; Education; Engineering profession; Engineering students; Ethics; Medical services; Product liability; Public policy; Sustainable development;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Frontiers in Education Conference, 2000. FIE 2000. 30th Annual

Conference_Location

Kansas City, MO

ISSN

0190-5848

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6424-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FIE.2000.896627

Filename

896627