NIEE Video Project: A Sequel to Gilbane Gold

一个由工程师教育者、工程师从业者和在工程伦理学方面享有国际声誉的哲学家组成的项目团队制作了一段视频，戏剧化地展示了工程伦理学中一个虚构但现实的案例研究。这是Gilbane Gold的续集；一部非常成功的获奖视频。这段视频将有助于满足当代对工程伦理有效教学的需求，这是由于最近对工程课程的认证要求包括工程伦理的各个方面，以及各州许可机构对专业工程师执照中职业伦理意识要求的增加。这段视频将面向数十万工科学生、实习工程师和其他与工程师共事的人。它强调工程师的积极责任和由此给公众带来的好处，而不是揭发，这是Gilbane Gold的一个方面。由于经济的全球化，新的视频是在国际背景下播出的。该视频有三个版本，以提高其曝光率和教学效果：一个20-25分钟的“基本”故事版本，沿用Gilbane Gold的思路；一个“分段”版本，可部分观看；以及一个DVD“互动”版本，允许观众观察不同道德决定的后果。这部电影将提高学生和执业工程师的能力：根据基本的道德价值观评估替代方案，并通过简单的测试确定和区分道德问题、技术问题和经济问题，确定受影响的各方(利益相关者)及其权利和责任，确定可能解决方案的社会和政治限制，确定是否需要更多信息来做出良好的决定，制定替代方案，测试替代方案，并想象这些替代方案可能产生的后果。此外，这段视频将帮助观众更多地意识到：道德考虑是做出工程决策的不可或缺的一部分道德准则将在决策过程中提供指导道德准则的义务不仅仅限于美国边境工程师的义务超出了履行与客户或客户的合同的范围。视频在实现这些目标方面的有效性通过问卷调查和道德推理的标准测试来评估。作为传播计划的一部分，为了确保它在教育环境中的广泛应用，将向美国每一位负责教资会认可的工程项目的工程学院院长免费发送一份副本。免费的考试复印件也将被发送到美国的主要工程和应用伦理学会。这种广泛的传播将鼓励使用该视频来传达本科生课程、研究生课程和继续教育计划中道德的重要性。

A project team of engineer educators, engineer practitioners, and philosophers with international reputations in engineering ethics creates a video dramatizing a fictional but realistic case study in engineering ethics. This is a sequel Gilbane Gold; a highly successful, award-winning video. This video will help meet the contemporary need for effective instruction in engineering ethics, prompted by recent accreditation requirements for engineering curricula to include aspects of engineering ethics, and by increases in requirements for awareness of professional ethics in the licensing of professional engineers by states' licensing agencies. The video will reach hundreds of thousands of engineering students, practicing engineers, and others who work with engineers. It emphasizes the positive responsibilities of engineers and the resulting benefit to the public, rather than whistle-blowing, which was one aspect of Gilbane Gold. Because of the globalization of the economy, the new video is cast in an international context. The video is done in three versions to enhance its exposure and pedagogical effectiveness: a 20-25 minute "basic" story version along the lines of Gilbane Gold, a "segmented' version that can be viewed in parts, and an "interactive" version on DVD that allows the viewer to observe the consequences of different ethical decisions. The film will improve the ability of students and practicing engineers to: Evaluate alternatives according to basic ethical values and through simple tests Identify and distinguish ethical issues, technical issues, and economic issues Identify affected parties (stakeholders) and their rights and responsibilities Identify social and political constraints on possible solutions Determine whether additional information is needed to make a good decision Formulate alternative courses of action Test the alternatives and imagine possible consequences of those alternatives. Also, the video will help the viewers become more aware that: Ethical considerations are an integral part of making engineering decisions A code of ethics will provide guidance in the decision-making process The obligations of a code of ethics do not stop at the United States border The obligations of engineers go beyond fulfilling a contract with a client or customer. The effectiveness of the video in achieving these goals is assessed through questionnaires and a standard test of moral reasoning. As part of the dissemination plan and in order to assure its wide use in the educational environment, a free copy will be sent to every engineering dean in the United States who oversees ABET-accredited engineering programs. Free examination copies will also be sent to major engineering and applied ethics societies in the United States. This wide distribution will encourage use of the video in conveying the importance of ethics in undergraduate curricula, graduate curricula, and continuing education programs.