- Webinar No: WBNR-1132
- PDH Units: 2
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- Webinar No: WBNR-1132
- PDH Units: 2
Intended Audience: All Engineers
Credits: 2 PDH Units
When: Thursday 12/28. 2-4 pm ET
Ethics is often thought of as a set of rules to follow. The purpose of this Webinar is to introduce some of the complexities in following these sets of rules. It opens with a list of situations that have let to ethical dilemmas and the need to identify the meaning and implications of ethical thought and behavior. The logical result of this pondering is the creation of a Code of Ethics. The interesting thing is that just like religion, there are various interpretations of ethics, which makes it more difficult to know what “ethical” really might be. Four human ethical theories are introduced and then the ASCE 2020 Code of Ethics is used as an outline for discussion of the relationship of the content to these ethical theories, including the challenges in interpreting the intended outcomes of the written rules. The ethical implications of several events, such as the Fukushima nuclear accident, the Village of Widows and Yellowknife gold mining are featured as real-life ethical dilemmas. The presentation also compares ethics as defined by engineers with ethics defined by other groups, such as indigenous, religious, environmentalists and feminists.
Date: Thursday. December 28. 2021. 2 - 4 pm ET Credits: 2 PDH Units
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of the course, the student should understand the importance of ethical engineering practices along with many stumbling blocks along the way toward ethical compliance, as illustrated by the following examples. Other codes of ethics will also be explored and compared. Specific discussion topics include- A summary of major ethical situations since 1903.
- Defining ethics as a foundation for a Code of Ethics.
- The relationships among the various Codes of Ethics.
- Ambiguities in definitions, such as “What does safe really mean?”
- Fukushima, The Village of Widows, Yellowknife gold mining leftovers and the recent Miami pedestrian bridge collapse.
- What does sustainable really mean, now that the word is becoming more popular?
- What is the basis of Ecofeminism?
Thought provoking and engaging.
More detailed review of case studies should be provided.
EXCELLENT!
This course covered an interesting variety of cases and ethical standards.
Interesting and somewhat different approach to the topic.
I felt the content was very good even though some of it was political. However, the presentation was poor as the presenter had a chair that continually creaked throughout the seminar. This was very distracting for me. Also,I could not access the review tab after the course and the response on the website was slow, I had trouble accessing the quiz and how to find the results was not clear. This was a good course but I hope that the presentation issues are addressed in the future.
I liked the course format. I found the course presented issues that were thought provoking. Scenarios were presented that made us (the students) aware that doing the right thing may often have negative financial or career advancement consequences, thus giving “food for thought” about our ethical choices.
I really enjoyed Professor Messengers approach and humane presentation of ethics.
Ethics topics were interesting, and thought provoking. However, I thought more could have been done with diving into a couple of well-known engineering-related disasters to explore the ethics of the decisions made and associated outcomes. Would have made it more relevant and engaging to the field of engineering.
This site is very clumsy. I have tried accessing this site on multiple devices through different isp sources. The site loses connection on too many occasions. I took the quiz, but Question #10 has no correct answer per the “review quiz”. I answered “D” which is the correct answer. It said it was wrong. I then tried all three of the other choices and those all were indicated to be wrong.
The course was interesting, but the constant loud creaking of the speaker’s chair was very distracting.
Thought provoking course. Actually wanted more time for discussion at end. Nice to get examples from other professions.
Course has a lot of potential but ended up asking a lot of open-ended question without the presenter having time to provide much insight into either potential solutions or ramifications.
Would rather just learn about ethics
Not easy to get into quiz.
The main points will stay with me, well done.