How Best to Inject Ethics into an Engineering Curriculum with a Required Course

摘要

Engineering students should, in the course of their undergraduate education, learn about the professional responsibilities associated with their chosen profession. They should learn about major technology-society issues involving such matters as energy, war, the environment and privacy. Ways to accomplish this include the incorporation of such ideas in regular engineering courses, occasional colloquium talks, and special courses devoted to this general area. It is argued that, whatever else is done, at least one such course should be required for graduation. Some practical aspects of such a course are discussed.