1st Edition
The Routledge International Handbook of Engineering Ethics Education
Responding to the need for a timely and authoritative volume dedicated to this burgeoning and expansive area of research, this handbook will provide readers with a map of themes, topics, and arguments in the field of engineering ethics education (EEE).
Featuring critical discussion, research collaboration, and a team of international contributors of globally recognised standing, this volume comprises six key sections which elaborate on the foundations of EEE; teaching methods; accreditation and assessment; and interdisciplinary contributions. Over 100 researchers of EEE from around the globe consider the field from the perspectives of teaching, research, philosophy, and administration. The chapters cover fast-moving topics central to our current understanding of the world such as GDPR, AI, biotechnology, and ChatGPT; new insights into best practices research to equip programme leaders and instructors delivering ethics content to students.
This Open Access volume will be of interest to researchers, scholars, postgraduate students, and faculty involved with engineering education, engineering ethics, and philosophy of education. Curriculum designers, staff developers teaching pedagogical courses to faculty, and engineering professionals may also benefit from this volume.
Introduction: Mapping engineering ethics education
Section 1: Foundations of engineering ethics education
Overview by Thomas Taro Lennerfors
1 The purposes of engineering ethics education
Qin Zhu, Lavinia Marin, Aline Medeiros Ramos, and Satya Sundar Sethy
2 Ethical theories
Michael Kühler, Natalie Wint, Rafaela Hillerbrand, and Ester Gimenez-Carbo
3 Individual and collective dimensions of ethical decision-making in engineering
Kari Zacharias, Marion Hersh, Andrew O. Brightman, and Jonathan Beever
4 Reason and emotion in engineering ethics education
Nihat Kotluk, Johanna Lönngren, and Roland Tormey
5 Professional organizations and codes of ethics
Jeff R. Brown, Leroy Long, III, Taylor Mitchell, and Renato Bezerra Rodrigues
6 A post-normal environment-centered approach to engineering ethics education
Shannon Chance, Tom Børsen, and Gaston Meskens
7 Engineering ethics education and artificial intelligence
Cécile Hardebolle, Mihály Héder, and Vivek Ramachandran
Section 2: Interdisciplinary contributions to engineering ethics education
Overview by Roland Tormey
8 Engineering ethics education through a critical view: some philosophical foundations
Cristiano Cordeiro Cruz, Aline Medeiros Ramos, and Jie Gao
9 Sociological, Postcolonial, and Critical Theory Foundations of Engineering Ethics Education
Robert Braun, John Kleba, and Richard Randell
10 Psychological Foundations of Engineering Ethics Education
Inês Direito, Curwyn Mapaling, and Julianna Gesun
11 Organization studies and engineering ethics education: Response-able engineering and education, situating ethics-in-practice
Silvia Bruzzone and Silvia Gherardi
12 Ethics and engineering design foundations
Diana Bairaktarova, Natalie Wint, and Mauryn C. Nweke
13 Law in engineering ethics education: An exploration
Andreas Kotsios, Thomas Taro Lennerfors, and Mikael Laaksoharju
Section 3: Ethical issues in different engineering disciplines
Overview by Tom Børsen
14 Ethical considerations in civil engineering
Irene Josa, Ester Giménez-Carbo, and Christina Nick
15 Ethical issues in mechanical and aerospace engineering
Aaron W. Johnson, Corin L. Bowen, Cristiano Cordeiro Cruz, and Renato Bezerra Rodrigues
16 Ethical issues in electronic and electrical engineering
Susan M. Lord and John E. Mitchell
17 Ethics in chemical engineering
Jan Mehlich, Tom Børsen, and Dayoung Kim
18 Ethical issues in software engineering
Stephanie J. Lunn, Isis Hazewindus, Prajish Prasad, and Vivek Ramachandran
Section 4: Teaching methods in engineering ethics education
Overview by Diana Martin
19 Literature review of teaching methods: Trends and ways forward to support engineering ethics instruction
Madeline Polmear, Tom Børsen, Heather Love, and Amir Hedayati
20 Teaching ethics using case studies
Christian Herzog, Aditya Johri, and Roland Tormey
21 Embedded ethics in problem design: The case of problem-based learning in engineering and science
Henrik Worm Routhe, Jette Egelund Holgaard, and Anette Kolmos
22 Teaching responsible engineering and design through value-sensitive design
Andrea R. Gammon, Annuska Zolyomi, Richmond Y. Wong, Eva Eriksson, Camilla Gyldendahl Jensen, and Rikke Toft Nørgård
23 Ethics in service-learning and humanitarian engineering education
Scott Daniel, Adetoun Yeaman, and William Oakes
24 Arts-based methods in engineering ethics education
Sarah Jayne Hitt, David D. Gillette, and Lauren E. Shumaker
25 Reflective and dialogical approaches in engineering ethics education
Lavinia Marin, Yousef Jalali, Alexandra Morrison, and Cristina Voinea
Section 5: Assessment of different aspects of engineering ethics education
Overview by Gunter Bombaerts
26 A framework for the assessment of ethical competencies and affective dispositions
Elena Mäkiö, Tijn Borghuis, Juho Mäkiö, and Jolanta Kowal
27 Assessing attitudes and character in engineering ethics education: Current state and future directions
Adetoun Yeaman, Balamuralithara Balakrishnan, Olga Pierrakos, and Elise M. Dykhuis
28 Employing epistemic micro-practices to assess progress and barriers in engineering students’ ethics development
Siara Isaac and Ashley Shew
29 Aspirations for ethical education in engineering curricula envisioned through the quality lens of Goodlad typology
Emanuela Tilley, Nienke Nieveen, Christine Boshuijzen-van Burken, and Folashade Akinmolayan Taiwo
30 Assessing engineering ethics education leveraging stakeholder engagement in engineering programs
Alison Gwynne-Evans, Irene Magara, Esther Matemba, and Sarah Junaid
31 Two criticisms of engineering ethics assessment: The importance of behaviors and culture
Rockwell Clancy, Xin Luo, Chunping Fan, and Fumihiko Tochinai
Section 6: Accreditation and engineering ethics education
Overview by Shannon Chance
32 Foundational perspectives on ethics in engineering accreditation
Brent K. Jesiek, Qin Zhu, and Gouri Vinod
33 Contextual mapping of ethics education and accreditation nationally and internationally
Sarah Junaid, José Fernando Jiménez Mejía, Kenichi Natsume, Madeline Polmear, and Yann Serreau
34 Accreditation and licensure: Processes and implications
Angela R. Bielefeldt, Diana Martin, and Madeline Polmear
35 A feminist critical analysis of engineering ethics education and the powers at play in accreditation, research, and practice
Jillian Seniuk Cicek, Robyn Mae Paul, Diana Martin, and Donna Riley
36 Accreditation processes and implications for ethics education at the local level
Helena Kovacs and Stephanie Hladik
Biography
Shannon Chance is Lecturer and Program Chair at Technological University Dublin, Ireland, Honorary Professor at University College London, UK, Deputy Editor of the European Journal of Engineering Education (EJEE), and former Professor of Architecture at Hampton University, US.
Tom Børsen is Associate Professor in Techno-Anthropology, Department of Sustainability and Planning, Aalborg University, Denmark, and member of the research group in Techno-Anthropology and Participation (TAPAR) as well as of the board of the think tank: Techno-Ethics.
Diana Martin is Senior Researcher with the Centre for Engineering Education, University College London, UK, holding a doctorate in engineering ethics education from Technological University Dublin (TU Dublin) in Ireland.
Roland Tormey is a sociologist and Senior Scientist in EPFL (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology), Switzerland, where he leads the Teaching Support Centre.
Thomas Taro Lennerfors is Professor and Head of the Division of Industrial Engineering and Management, Uppsala University, Sweden.
Gunter Bombaerts is Assistant Professor in Industrial Engineering and Innovation Sciences, Philosophy and Ethics, Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands.
