Searching for the Ethical Engineer – a 50 Year journey

Educational Resource
Author:Shuman, Larry
Abstract:

This essay describes the 50+ year "journey" of Larry Shuman into engineering ethics, including the co-authoring of a book (Engineering Ethics: Balancing Cost, Schedule and Risk: Lessons Learned from the Space Shuttle; development of methods for assessing engineering students' ability to recognize and resolve ethical dilemmas; development of ethical model eliciting activities (E-MEA); and the development and teaching of an engineering ethics course.

Keywords:
Essay, Trailblazer, Ethics, Ethics and Society, Teaching Ethics, Risk, Evaluation and Assessment, Engineering
Rights:
Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-ND)
Language:
English
Publisher:
Online Ethics Center
Published Date:
2024
Related Links:
  • https://onlineethics.org/cases/engineering-ethics-trailblazers/searching-ethical-engineer-50-year-journey
    • Notes:

    Bibliographic Essay
    Trailblazer series

    Persistent Link:
    https://doi.org/10.18130/m7ha-1a40