| Introducing ethics across the curriculum at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. | |
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PMID: 16279762 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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This paper describes how the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology has chosen to integrate ethics into their curriculum. All university freshmen engineering students are introduced to ethics through the presentation of ethical dilemmas. During this exercise, students are forced to argue both sides ('for' and 'against') of a hypothetical ethical engineering dilemma. It provides a setting for great discussion with the desired outcome that they learn to carefully analyze a situation before they draw conclusions. In the sophomore year, students are introduced to methods to use the fundamental principles, the fundamental canons, and the suggested guidelines for use with the fundamental canons of ethics when analyzing appropriate action to be taken when confronted with ethical dilemmas. We currently use the 'sophomore' method for seniors because the sequencing is just beginning. Next year the seniors will do more in-depth analysis of ethical case studies. |
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Authors:
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Larry Simonson |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Science and engineering ethics Volume: 11 ISSN: 1353-3452 ISO Abbreviation: Sci Eng Ethics Publication Date: 2005 Oct |
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Created Date: 2005-11-10 Completed Date: 2005-12-15 Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9516228 Medline TA: Sci Eng Ethics Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 655-8 Citation Subset: E; IM |
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South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, 501 E. St. Joseph St., Rapid City, SD 57701, USA. larry.simonson@sdsmt.edu |
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Curriculum* Engineering / education* Ethics, Professional / education* Humans Mining / education* South Dakota |
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