Engineering Student's Ethical Awareness and Behavior: A New Motivational Model
Engineering Student's Ethical Awareness and Behavior: A New Motivational Model
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DOI：
10.1007/s11948-016-9814-x
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发表时间：
2017-08-01
影响因子：
3.7
通讯作者：
Woodcock, Anna
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作者：
Bairaktarova, Diana;Woodcock, Anna
专业团体每天都在经历涉及不道德和非法行为的丑闻。然而，不应该以国家专业结构的失败来凸显伦理意识和行为的重要性，也不应该以工科学生伦理行为的发展和实践为必要。未来工程师道德行为技能的发展是工程学校的关键能力，因为道德行为是工程师职业身份和实践的一部分。虽然工程教育者已经建立了一些教学方法来教授工程伦理学，但他们仍然严重依赖于教授伦理意识，而很少关注伦理意识如何预测伦理行为。然而，能够进行道德判断并不意味着学生受到道德教育或可能以道德方式行事。本文认为，测量伦理判断是不够的，评估工程伦理学的教学，因为道德意识还没有被证明转化为道德行为。本文的重点是提出一个模型，两者相关，道德意识和道德行为。该模型整合了计划行为理论、人与物导向理论和控制范围理论。应用这种模式将使教育工作者建立信心和信任，在他们的学生的能力，建立一个专业的身份，并为工程专业和实践做好准备。
Professional communities are experiencing scandals involving unethical and illegal practices daily. Yet it should not take a national major structure failure to highlight the importance of ethical awareness and behavior, or the need for the development and practice of ethical behavior in engineering students. Development of ethical behavior skills in future engineers is a key competency for engineering schools as ethical behavior is a part of the professional identity and practice of engineers. While engineering educators have somewhat established instructional methods to teach engineering ethics, they still rely heavily on teaching ethical awareness, and pay little attention to how well ethical awareness predicts ethical behavior. However the ability to exercise ethical judgement does not mean that students are ethically educated or likely to behave in an ethical manner. This paper argues measuring ethical judgment is insufficient for evaluating the teaching of engineering ethics, because ethical awareness has not been demonstrated to translate into ethical behavior. The focus of this paper is to propose a model that correlates with both, ethical awareness and ethical behavior. This model integrates the theory of planned behavior, person and thing orientation, and spheres of control. Applying this model will allow educators to build confidence and trust in their students' ability to build a professional identity and be prepared for the engineering profession and practice.