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Online Ethics Center: Making Connections: Engineering Ethics on the World Wide Web
The Online Ethics Center for Engineering and Science Making Connections: Engineering Ethics on the World Wide Web by Joseph R. Herkert Copyright 1997 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Reprinted, with permission, from IEEE Transactions on Education, November 1997. This material is posted here with permission of the IEEE. Internal or personal use of this material is permitted. However, permission to reprint/republish this material for advertising or promotional purposes or for creating new collective works for resale or redistribution must be obtained from the IEEE by sending a blank email message to info.pub.permission@ieee.org. By choosing to view this document, you agree to all provisions of the copyright laws protecting it. (This essay also appears at the IEEE Transactions on Education web site.) Abstract I. Introduction II. Course Materials and Resources III. Ethics Centers IV. Professional Societies and Codes of Ethics V. Case Studies VI. Primary Source Archives VII. Papers, Reports and Journal Articles VIII. The On-Line Course Syllabus IX. The Web as an Interdisciplinary Metaphor Appendix Acknowledgements Footnotes Contact Information Biography Abstract This paper focuses on the use of the World Wide Web in courses and course units dealing with engineering ethics and/or the social implications of engineering. Course materials and other resources for use by students and faculty are discussed and a new website, the Web Clearinghouse for Engineering and Computing Ethics, is introduced. Course materials and resources found on the Web include: ethics centers that focus on engineering ethics and/or other fields of professional ethics; case studies and other instructional materials; course syllabi; codes of engineering ethics; ethics pages of professional societies; papers, articles and reports with relevance to engineering and computer ethics; online ethics journals and newsletters; and primary source archives.

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