A Research Agenda-Setting Workshop on Engineering Ethics and the Impact of Technology on Society ( April 2003)

工程性质的变化和由此产生的最新技术要求工程专业扩大其解决伦理和技术问题的方法。该讲习班项目的目的是制定一个研究议程，旨在纳入当代背景伦理，关注对整个生活生态的影响，并将“微观伦理”(个人和职业伦理)、“中观伦理”(商业和政府伦理)和“宏观伦理”(社会伦理)结合起来。这一方法将来自不同领域的学者、实践者和专业人员聚集在一起，在一次便利的规划会议和讲习班上制定研究议程，以增进工程伦理领域的知识和理解，并帮助将当代背景伦理理论纳入工程专业的教育和实践。这一分三步走的进程需要举行一次规划会议，以明确要在研究议程制定讲习班上讨论的问题，考虑如何将这些问题结合起来，并最后确定受邀者名单。第二步是讲习班本身，这是一个为期两天的活动，将以四个主题为基础：(A)新出现的技术伦理问题，(B)当前对适用于技术发展的当代伦理的理解，(C)解决这些当代伦理问题的研究需要，以及(D)在全国范围内设计和实施课程、研讨会和课程的研究需要，以及使职业行为守则与该课程协调一致。第三步将是编制和传播讲习班记录。研讨会的网站将公布研讨会的进展情况，包括计划、议程、参与和最后的程序。

The changing nature of engineering and the newest technologies emerging from it require the engineering profession to expand its approach to addressing ethical and technical issues. The objective of this workshop project is to create a research agenda aimed at including contemporary contextual ethics, exhibiting concern with effects on the entire ecology of life, and integrating "micro-ethics" (individual and professional ethics), "meso-ethics" (the ethics of business and government), and "macro-ethics" (societal ethics). The approach brings together scholars, practitioners and professionals from diverse fields in a facilitated planning session and a workshop to develop a research agenda for advancing knowledge and understanding in the field of engineering ethics and helping to incorporate contemporary contextual ethical theories into the education and practice of the engineering profession. The three-step process requires a planning session to crystallize the issues to be addressed in the research agenda-setting workshop, to consider how they might fit together and to finalize the list of invitees. The second step is the workshop itself, a two-day event that will be based on four main themes: (a) emerging ethical issues in technology, (b) current understanding of contemporary ethics as it applies to the development of technology, (c) research needs for addressing these contemporary ethical issues, and (d) research needs for the design and implementation of courses, seminars and curricula nation-wide, as well as the harmonization of professional codes of conduct with this curriculum. The third step will be the development and dissemination of the workshop proceedings. A Workshop Web Site will publicize the progress of the workshop, including the planning, the agenda, the participation, and the final proceedings.