Proposal to Design a Program in Engineering Ethics for Doctoral Engineering Students

为了发挥领导力，科学和工程教育工作者需要 为学生提供识别和响应的工具 恰当地处理职业道德问题。 这个项目涉及四到八个本科工程 学生在确定有前途的道德来源 问题和问题，可以提供基础， 课程 为研究生开设的工程伦理课程。 下 监督 主要研究者，与一组 合作教师，学生将收集信息， 当前的论文主题是有前途的来源。 他们 将 与从事这些主题的教师和学生会面， 获取有关道德问题如何被 处理好了 他们还将考虑工程中出现的道德问题 更普遍地说。 作为他们研究的结果， 采访 开发，他们将被纳入和测试，在一个研究生 工程伦理学课程将于春季在麻省理工学院教授。 研究将继续在夏季和秋季，以确定新的 问题，并审查那些以前确定更深入。 结果将被纳入研究生工程以及 在麻省理工学院的其他项目，并在会议上广泛报道， 在工程出版物。 本提案侧重于道德和价值观中的一个重要领域 问题研究 调查人员非常合格;计划是 考虑周到，可行;大学的支持是好的。 结果 可能会在这方面改善工程伦理学的教学 校园 以及全国范围内的研究生课程。 支持度很高 推荐

To exercise leadership, science and engineering educators need to provide their students with the tools to identify and respond appropriately to professional problems with ethical dimensions. This project involves four to eight undergraduate engineering students in the identification of promising sources of ethical questions and problems that can provide the basis for a curriculum in engineering ethics for graduate students. Under the supervision of the principal investigator, in association with a group of collaborating faculty, the students will gather information about current dissertation topics that are promising sources. They will meet with the faculty and students working on these topics to obtain information about how the ethical issues are being handled. They will also consider ethical issues that arise in engineering more generally. As the results from their research and interviews are developed, they will be incorporated and tested in a graduate course in engineering ethics to be taught at MIT in the spring. Research will continue over the summer and fall, to identify new issues and examine those previously identified more deeply. Results will be incorporated into graduate engineering as well as other programs at MIT, and be reported on widely at meetings and in engineering publications. This proposal focuses on an important area in Ethics and Values Studies. The investigators are very well qualified; the plan is thoughtful and feasible; university support is good. Results are likely to improve the teaching of engineering ethics on this campus and in graduate curricula nationwide. Support is highly recommended.