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Day 9 Thursday July 19, 20070900 Announcements

Attendance check, making up sessions policies (NG))0915 “Popsicle Stick Electronics” (Elliott Ostler)

Teachers experiment with supportive activities(Groups continue to contribute to ideas)

1000 Break1030 Recruiting of Women and Minorities into Engineering (AG)

Thoughts and Small Group Discussion1130 Tour of PKI and viewing of Kuka Robot (AG)1200 Lunch1300 (Cohort 2) IEEE Code of Ethics (HD)1330 (Cohort 2) Hands-On: Analog and Digital Circuit Simulation (RS) 1300 (Cohort 1) Action Research Overview and Recruitment

• Action Research Discussion (NG/Mike Timms)• Curriculum Review Opportunities (NG/Mike Timms)

1400 (Cohort 1) Action Research Planning • Action Research Sign-up and Ideas Refinement

1530 Adjourn (adjourn directly from labs or action research)

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Engineering Engineering EthicsEthics

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The meaning of ETHICSThe meaning of ETHICS

The discipline dealing with what is good and bad and with moral duty and obligation.

A set of moral principles or values A theory or system of moral values The principles of conduct governing

an individual or group Moral: of or relating to principles of

right or wrong in behavior

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Professional EthicsProfessional Ethics Lessons learned at home, in school

and churches, mosques, synagogues, or temples may not provide enough explicit advice about professional situations.

If everyone's individually-learned lessons were sufficient, why would we need lawyers?

Professional ethics involves obligations to many stakeholders.

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Ethics in Engineering DesignEthics in Engineering Design Engineering work affects public health and

safety. Engineering can effect business practices

and politics. Personal ethics – how we treat others day

to day Professional ethics – deals with problems

at an organizational level. Two corporations Corporation and government Corporation and groups of individuals – the public

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Ethics and DesignEthics and Design Ethics problems are like design

problems Open-ended, non-formulaic No unique, correct answer

Both apply a large body of knowledge to the solution of the problem.

Both involve the use of analytical skills.

Both use heuristics for the search.

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Ethics in Engineering DesignEthics in Engineering Design Design is a social activity Design involves PEOPLE

design team members clients manufacturers USERS

Designing means accepting responsibility for creating a design for PEOPLE to use.

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The Prime DirectiveThe Prime Directive The prime directive in American

engineering ethics is that Engineers shall hold paramount the safety, health and welfare of the public in the performance of their professional duties.

“Code of Ethics” of the National Society for Professional Engineers.

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Engineering SocietiesEngineering Societies Set design standards Set ethical standards addressing

conflicting obligations and their resolution

Provide mechanisms for helping engineers investigate and evaluate ethical behavior

A Professional Society's Code of Ethics addresses standards of behavior with respect to clients the profession the public the law

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IEEE Code of EthicsIEEE Code of Ethics

We, the members of the IEEE, in recognition of the importance of our technologies in affecting the quality of life throughout the world, and in accepting a personal obligation to our profession, its members and the communities we serve, do hereby commit ourselves to the highest ethical and professional conduct and agree:

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IEEE Code of EthicsIEEE Code of Ethics

To accept responsibility in making engineering decisions consistent with the safety, health, and welfare of the public, and to disclose promptly factors that might endanger the public or the environment;

To avoid real or perceived conflicts of interest whenever possible, and to disclose them to affected parties when they do exist;

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IEEE Code of EthicsIEEE Code of Ethics To be honest and realistic in stating

claims or estimates based on available data;

To reject bribery in all its form; To improve the understanding of

technology, its appropriate application, and potential consequences;

To maintain and improve our technical competence and to undertake technological tasks for others only if qualified by training or experience, or after full disclosure of pertinent limitations;

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IEEE Code of EthicsIEEE Code of Ethics To seek, accept, and offer honest

criticism of technical work, to acknowledge and correct errors, and to credit properly the contributions of others;

To treat fairly all persons regardless of such factors as race, religion, gender, disability, age, or national origin;

To avoid injuring others, their property, reputation, or employment by false or malicious action;

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IEEE Code of EthicsIEEE Code of Ethics

To assist colleagues and co-workers in their professional development and to support them in following this code of ethics.

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Is it OK for me to be working on this project?Is it OK for me to be working on this project? Design of a cigarette lighter Design of cigarette-making machinery Design of large scale ovens and their

specialized buildings in Germany in the 1930s and 1940s

Design of nuclear weapons The answer: It depends.

We can only hope that we are prepared by our upbringing, our maturity, and our ability to think and reflect about the issues.

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HeuristicsHeuristics A heuristic is anything that provides

a plausible aid or direction in the solution of a problem.

Heuristics are usually unjustified and potentially fallible.

Engineering design isis the use of heuristics.

Heuristics are used to cause the best change in a poorly understood situation within the available resources.