Ethics in Engineering: Good Works

工程道德：好作品

• 批准号: 9320257
• 负责人: Michael Pritchard
• 金额: $ 4.85万
• 依托单位: Western Michigan University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1994
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1994-09-01 至 1996-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9320257&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Ethics; Engineering; Good; Works

9320257 Pritchard If engineering and engineeering education are to encourage responsible engineering practice that goes beyond simply avoiding or preventing wrongdoing, it is essential to provide examples of ethically commendable engineering. This project is intended to help fill this unmet need. The goal of the project is to develop a set of detailed stories about exemplary engineers and engineering practice. Prior to the research period, the investigators will initiate contact with engineering societies, primarily in Michigan, engineers, and their managers, to identify appropriate candidates and arrange for interviews. They will prepare a questionnaire for the interviews. Presentations to engineering societies and interviewing will continue throughout the project. Qualified graduate students will assist in the interviewing and assessing the findings. From extensive interviews with at least 20 engineers and managers, the investigators will develop a set of detailed stories about ethically commendable engineering. These will be shared with students in classes in engineering ethics, business ethics, communications ethics, and professional ethics. The most promising stories will be prepared for publication. The investigators will also prepare summary results of preliminary efforts to identify criteria for exemplary engineering that are commonly acknowledged by engineers and their managers. These will include not only examples of exemplary engineering but also reflections on the qualities of character that seem to underlie such conduct. In addition, the investigators will summarize their findings about factors that seem either to facilitate or to present obstacles to exemplary engineering. Because the proposed project would help to understand engineers in context, it should contribute as well to overall understanding of what engineers do. Results will be disseminated through presentations, articles, and educational materials. ***

9320257普里查德如果工程学和工程学教育要鼓励负责任的工程实践，而不仅仅是避免或防止错误行为，那么提供在道德上值得称赞的工程范例是至关重要的。该项目旨在帮助满足这一未得到满足的需求。该项目的目标是开发一套关于模范工程师和工程实践的详细故事。在研究期间之前，调查人员将开始与工程学会，主要是密歇根州的工程师和他们的经理联系，以确定合适的候选人并安排面试。他们将为面试准备一份调查问卷。在整个项目过程中，将继续向工程学会进行介绍和采访。合格的研究生将协助面试和评估调查结果。从对至少20名工程师和经理的广泛采访中，调查人员将制定一套关于道德上值得称赞的工程的详细故事。这些内容将在工程伦理、商业伦理、通信伦理和职业伦理的课堂上与学生分享。最有希望的故事将准备出版。调查人员还将准备初步工作的总结结果，以确定工程师及其管理人员普遍认可的模范工程标准。这些不仅包括模范工程的例子，还包括对似乎构成这种行为基础的性格品质的反思。此外，研究人员将总结他们关于似乎促进或阻碍模范工程的因素的发现。由于拟议的项目将有助于在上下文中了解工程师，因此它也应该有助于全面了解工程师所做的工作。结果将通过演示文稿、文章和教育材料传播。***