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http://ethics.tamu.edu/pritchar/an-intro.htm TEACHING ENGINEERING ETHICS A CASE STUDY APPROACH Michael S. Pritchard Editor CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF ETHICS IN SOCIETY WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY Copyright 1992: Center for the Study of Ethics in Society National Science Foundation Grant No. DIR-8820837 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS A project such as this cannot be the work of just one person. Although, as principal investigator, I accept full responsibility for the flaws in the project, credit for whatever merits it has must be shared with many others. First and foremost, I thank the more than 50 practicing engineers for their time and thoughtfulness in providing us with illustrations that gave us ideas for our case studies. The interviews ranged from one hour to more than five hours with an engineer who met with us on two occasions. One company provided us with access to its employees for an entire working day. Not only did these engineers provide us with a wealth of ideas, their enthusiasm for our project was a continual source of support. Special thanks go to my co-principal investigator, James Jaksa (Communication), who shared interviewing responsibilities for the project (even sacrificing a week-long Spring Break to talk with engineers). He also wrote preliminary drafts of many of the cases. In Western Michigan University's College of Arts & Sciences, Dean Douglas Ferraro and Associate Dean David Lyon, along with Richard Dieker (Chair, Communication) and Arthur Falk (Chair, Philosophy), cooperated with the project by approving released time from teaching for James Jaksa (Communication) and me. Pat Nelson, Philosophy Secretary, provided needed assistance with various aspects of the project. Western Michigan University's College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, under the leadership of Dean Leonard Lamberson and Associate Dean Molly Williams, proved most hospitable to our efforts. Robert Boughner (Industrial Engineering) and Ralph Tanner (Engineering Technology) served as consultants on the project. In addition to providing invaluable advice, they regularly made their classrooms available for experimenting with the cases. Full Article: http://ethics.tamu.edu/pritchar/an-intro.htm


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