Ethics in Engineering: Good Works

9320257 Pritchard如果工程和工程教育是为了鼓励负责任的工程实践，而不仅仅是避免或防止不法行为，那么提供道德上值得赞扬的工程例子是至关重要的。该项目旨在帮助填补这一未满足的需求。该项目的目标是发展一套关于模范工程师和工程实践的详细故事。在研究开始之前，研究人员将与工程协会（主要在密歇根州）、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问卷。在工程学会的演讲和面试将贯穿整个项目。合格的研究生将协助面试和评估调查结果。通过对至少20名工程师和管理人员的广泛采访，调查人员将形成一套关于道德上值得赞扬的工程的详细故事。这些将在工程伦理、商业伦理、通信伦理和职业道德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努力的总结结果，以确定工程师及其管理人员普遍认可的示范工程标准。这些不仅包括工程典范，还包括对这种行为背后的性格品质的反思。此外，调查人员将总结他们的发现的因素，似乎是促进或呈现障碍的示范工程。因为提议的项目将有助于在上下文中理解工程师，它也应该有助于全面理解工程师的工作。研究结果将通过演讲、文章和教育材料传播。＊＊＊

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. ***