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Polmear, Madeline; Bielefeldt, Angela R.; Knight, Daniel; Canney, Nathan; Swan, Christopher – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2019
Students must be taught to understand the ethical issues associated with engineering and technology, which includes microethics and macroethics. This research examined the influence of cultural environment by comparing ethics-related education outcomes between educators in (1) the United States, (2) non-US Anglo, and (3) Western European countries…
Descriptors: Ethics, Graduate Students, Undergraduate Students, Engineering Education
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Wareham, David; Elefsiniotis, Takis P.; Elms, David – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2006
This paper describes a method of introducing ethics to a second-year class of civil engineering students. The method, known as a "structured controversy", takes the form of a workshop where the students assume the identity of stakeholders having an interest in a proposed development in an environmentally sensitive region. The instructor…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Ethics, Role Playing, Controversial Issues (Course Content)