Transcript Introduction to Ethics Across the Curriculum for Business Faculty

Work-in-Process: An EAC Matrix
Designing and Assessing an Ethics Across
the Curriculum Program in Engineering
(Keeping and Assessing Ethics Momentum Between ABET Visits)
University of Puerto Rico – Mayagüez
José A. Cruz, William J. Frey, Halley D. Sánchez
Frontiers in Education Conference 2006
October 29, 2006
© 2003-2006 by Cruz, Frey & Sanchez
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The University of Puerto Rico
at Mayagüez
SMET campus of the UPR System
Established in 1911
Land-Grant, Sea-Grant & Space-Grant
Four Colleges
– Engineering
– Agricultural Sciences
– Arts & Sciences
– Business Administration
• Student Body (2006-2007)
uprm.edu
– Registered - 12,380 students
• 49.5% female
• 11,305 Undergraduate students, 1075 Graduate students
– 4,498 number of engineering undergraduate students
– 369 number of engineering graduate students
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Ethics Across the Curriculum at UPRM
 What do we mean by EAC?
 Ethics across the curriculum is an approach to
ethics education that relies heavily on ethics
modules integrated directly into mainstream
business, science, and engineering courses.
 Example:
An engineering professor discusses an ethics
case as part of a lecture on materials
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EAC is an effective approach to meet the
ethics dimension of ABET accreditation
 Standards Specifically Address Ethics
 Emphasis on integrating ethics into
engineering practice
 4 Broad Themes of ABET EC 2005
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ED: Ethics in Design (3c)
MT: Multidisciplinary Teams (3d)
ER: Ethical & Professional Responsibility (3f)
GI: Global Impacts (3h)
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EAC: A Hybrid Holistic Approach
Interrelated Activities to place ethics into and across the Curriculum
Stand
Alone
Course
Faculty
Development
Workshops
EAC
Special
Activities
e.g. Ethics Bowl
EAC Resources (Cases,
Exercises, Modules, &
Instructor Manuals)
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15/85 EAC Concept: A Dual Lens Metaphor
Faculty
Committed
to EAC
Students
Students
with Ethics
Awareness
(85+ %)
Faculty
Train/Mentor 15% of
Faculty in EAC
Magnify efforts
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Results (Faculty Development and Resources)
 84 BSE Ethics Cases
 42 EAC modules for BSE classes
 22 published in www.cnx.org
 181 faculty participants from Puerto Rico, U.S.,
Canada, & Dominican Republic
 Online:
 www.computingcases.org
 www.uprm.edu/ethics
 www.cnx.org
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Results (Grants)
 NSF SBR 9810252 (faculty development
workshop in EAC)
 NSF SES 0551779 (Development of EAC Toolkit
using Connexions as platform)
 NSF EESE 0629377 (Graduate Research Ethics in
Science and Engineering)
 2 UPR – Central Administration Grants
 4 Puerto Rico Humanities Foundation Grants
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We recognize the need to
coordinate various EAC elements
Objectives (ABET 3c, 3d, 3f, 3h)
with
Activities (Ethics Infusions into the
Engineering Curriculum)
and
Levels (UPRM Moral Development Skills)
to identify…
EAC Efforts, Challenges, and Projections
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EAC Matrix:
Objectives vs. Activities vs. Levels
Prevention
Integration
Evaluation
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Awareness
3c-Integrating
ethics in design
Engineering
ethics
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3d-MultiDisciplinary
Team Skills
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3f-Prof. & Ethical
Responsibility
3h-Global and
Social Impacts
Mod-A
Pattern
Recognition
and Power
Engineering
Mod-B
ECE Capstone
Design
Courses
= Primary Focus
= Secondary Focus
✔ = Actual Outcomes
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Objectives:
ABET 3c, 3d, 3f, 3h
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Ethics in Design (ED)
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Team Skills (TS)
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3d: an ability to function on multidisciplinary teams
Ethical Responsibility (ER)
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3c: an ability to design a system, component, or process to meet
desired needs within realistic constraints such as economic,
environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety,
manufacturability, and sustainability
3f: an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility
Global Impacts (GI)
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3h: the broad education necessary to understand the impact of
engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental, and
societal context
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Activities:
Ethics Infusions
 Introductory Module
 “Creating Ethical Awareness in Electrical and
Computer Engineering Students: A Learning
Module on Ethics” (FIE 2005 Proceedings, #1580)
 Pattern Recognition and Power Engineering
 EAC Module in Capstone Design Courses
 “Social and Ethical Implications of Engineering Design: A
Learning Module Developed for ECE Capstone Design
Courses” (FIE 2006 Proceedings, #1439)
 ECE Capstone Design Courses
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Levels: UPRM Moral
Development Skills
Ethical Prevention
Ethical Integration
Ethical Evaluation
Ethical Awareness
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Ethics Integration Module / Activity
Recognition & Documentation Form
Course
Module / Activity Description
INEL
4407
Several short scenarios were
presented to dramatize ethical
conflicts and ethical violations:
Electrical
Systems
Design I
Example: Case where
engineers violate National
Electrical Code in designing
electrical systems to reduce
costs
Time
Focus
Primary
Secondary
ED
ER
TS
GI
✔✔
EA
EE
EI
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ED=Ethics in Design / ER=Ethical Responsibility
TS=Team Skills / GI= Global Impacts
EA=Ethical Awareness / EE=Ethical Evaluation
EI=Ethical Integration / EP=Ethical Prevention Skills
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EP
Facilitate and accelerate EAC by
empowering committed faculty
Faculty
Committed
to EAC
Students
Students
with Ethics
Awareness
(85+ %)
Faculty
Train/Mentor 15% of
Faculty in EAC
Magnify efforts
with a Toolkit
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How can we accelerate EAC?
 Share EAC resources
 cases, modules, exercises, assessment tools, etc.
 Share Best Practices
 pedagogical strategies, faculty development, etc.
 Build an EAC Community
 collaboratively develop resources and best practices
 interdisciplinary co-mentoring (BSE and Ethicists)
 Develop an EAC “Intellectual Commons”
 advocate an “Open Source” approach
 share and build on existing resources and practices
 members contribute by enhancing or customizing
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What is the EAC Toolkit?
 A web-based online environment…
 for interactive dissemination and development of EAC
resources and instructional best practices
 that complements existing online / offline resources
 that promotes community building and co-mentoring
 resulting in an EAC repository that is self sustaining
through the collaborative efforts of the EAC community
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EAC TOOLKIT Community
Ethics Instructors
Browsers
BSE
Instructors
Commentators
Students
Authors / Editors
Mentors
Professionals
Industry /
Government
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EAC Toolkit Template: to facilitate interaction
Case / Scenario
Online Resource (link)
Module Content (Core)
Textbook Exercise (ref.)
Video clip (ref.)
META-KNOWLEDGE
(How to effectively teach
the module content)
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Module Content (Core)
Learning Objectives
Module Activities
Metaknowledge
Assessment
Pedagogical Commentary
Supplementary Information
Background Information
References and Links
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CNX.ORG by Rice University
• CNX is an online environment for
the “open source” development and
sharing of educational modules,
courses and textbooks
• Our project is to develop and test
an EAC Toolkit prototype built on
selected CNX features
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Does this sound interesting?
 EAC Toolkit Project
 NSF SES-0551779
 Collaborative Development of Ethics Across the
Curriculum Resources and Sharing of Best
Practices
 How You Can Participate
 Browser
 Commentators (sign up in Connexions and provide
feedback through Open Learning Support Forum
provided by Utah Valley State University)
 Authors/Editors (sign up in Connexions and notify
us to add you to our EAC Toolkit workgroup)
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Thank You!
 Questions? Comments? Suggestions?
 Contact us
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