Rob Lawlor Inter-Disciplinary Ethics Applied Centre, University of Leeds Several authors in Engineering Ethics Education Research claim that that “The best way to teach engineering ethics is by using cases”. But why focus on the best way to teach engineering…
SEFI @ Work: Inspiration Events invites you to an Ethics Webinar: Tuesday, 4 May 2021, 14:00 - 15:30 UTC (UK), 15:00-16:30 CET (EU), 9:00-10:30 EST (US)- Register here Introduction: Ethics and emotion are intrinsically tied together. Often we know when…
Thursday, 22 April 2021 3pm – 5pm CEST - online on Zoom Register here Organisers and speakers: Thomas Lennerfors (Uppsala University, Sweden): thomas.Lennerfors@angstrom.uu.se Sarah Hitt (NMITE, The UK): sarah.hitt@nmite.ac.uk Star Wars IV: A New Hope ends with Luke Skywalker destroying the Death Star…
SEFI ETHICS SPRING SCHOOL Experiencing Engineering Ethics Education: Reflections, evidence and perspectives on engineering ethics education in practice Dates: 25th and 26th March 2021Location: Online – register here The SEFI Ethics Spring School 2021 will offer one and a half days of interactive workshops,…
Ethics Seminar: Using case studies in engineering ethics education 04 March 2021, 15-17:00 CET - online Register here Speakers: Cindy Rottmann (University of Toronto, Canada) Decoupling ethics from equity is neither ethical nor equitable Aditya Johri (George Mason University, USA) Implementing…
Christelle Didier, University of Lille, France A few years after I had given up engineering education to embrace social work and education, a question made me become a researcher « Why are there code of ethics written by engineers for engineers…
Fátima Monteiro, (Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra) and Carlinda Leite (Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação da Universidade do Porto ) Portugal The professional practice of engineering implies decisions that often lean on ethical and deontological issues,…
Donna Riley (Kamyar Haghighi Head of the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University, US) Across its many disciplines and settings, engineering maintains ethical standards that guide professional practice. Ethics is an essential component of preparation for an engineering career…
Alison Gwynne-Evans (Professional Communication Studies, University of Cape Town, South Africa) In South Africa, the accreditation of engineering programmes at undergraduate level is formulated by the Engineering Council of South-Africa (ECSA) in terms of three criteria, positioned at different levels…
Hidekazu Kanemitsu (Kanazawa Institute of Technology, Japan) Accidents and accreditation In Japan, engineering ethics education is widespread, and offered by many engineering academic and professional societies. Two important reasons are the internationalization of engineering education and the establishment of an…