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EK 100

Faculty Resources | Ethics

Ethical Challenges (9.18.09)

Please feel free to pick a resource that you, and your Student Advisor, agree will be the most effective for your EK 100 group. You are also welcome to use your own materials as well.

Contact the Undergraduate Programs Office (Ruthie) for any materials.

 

ARTICLES

Collapse of Big Dig Ceiling in Boston Tied to Glue (article)

    Discussion questions for Big Dig

Columbia Accident Investigation Board (article)
   Discussion questions for Columbia

Defects and Deceptions - The Bjork-Shiley Heart Valve (article)

   Discussion questions for Bjork-Shiley Heart Valve

Explaining Disasters:  The Case for Preventive Ethics (Challenger article)
   Discussion questions for Challenger

Guidant Recall

     Maker Recalls Heart Devices - 6.18.05 (article)

     Pacemakes by Guidant Have Flaw - 7.19.05 (article)

     New Report of Problems at Guidant - 7.30.05 (article)

 

CASE STUDIES

Academic Conduct Case Study

National Institute for Engineering Ethics, Case of of the Month

Academic Scenarios 

 

ETHICS CODES

National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE) - Code of Ethics

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) - Code of Ethics

American Society of Mechanical Engineering (ASME) - Code of Ethics

Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) - Code of Ethics

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) - Code of Ethics

Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) - Code of Ethics

 

VIDEOS

Academic Integrity Video Descriptions

    Videos are available by requesting them through the Undergraduate Programs Office.

    You will need Real Player to play these videos on a laptop. Your department may have video equipment you can use,

    if you can not supply your own.

 

The World is Flat (10.30.09)

It is a Flat World After All (pdf)

Gathering Storm Excerpt (pdf)

Agenda (Word file)

 


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