Bringing responsible research into engineering ethics: Responsible research in appropriate technology

Author

Frey, William J. ; Rivera-Velez, Cristina

Author_Institution

Coll. of Bus. Adm., Univ. of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico

fYear

2014

fDate

23-24 May 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

8

Abstract

Graduate Research and Education for Appropriate Technology: Inspiring Direct Engagement and Agency (GREAT IDEA) promotes interdisciplinary graduate thesis research in Appropriate Technology (AT) and has initiated research to determine attitudes of BSE (business, science, and engineering) faculty and students toward AT. The new course, Responsible Research in Appropriate Technology, has been created through this grant to identify ethical and social issues that arise in AT research. This paper will outline briefly the AT movement, present key ethical and social issues in AT research and discuss how a new course, “Responsible Research in Appropriate Technology,” presents these issues to graduate students. The concluding section will summarize assessment results from the first course offering in the fall semester of 2013.

Keywords

continuing education; engineering education; ethical aspects; AT research; engineering ethics; graduate students; interdisciplinary graduate thesis research; research ethics; responsible research in appropriate technology; Communities; Ethics; Image resolution; Capabilities Approach; appropriate technology; community development; engineering ethics; research ethics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Ethics in Science, Technology and Engineering, 2014 IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Chicago, IL

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ETHICS.2014.6893427

Filename

6893427