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Title: Ethical Considerations for Personnel Administrators and Human Resources Managers
Creator: Frankel, Mark S., Frankel, Mark S.
Date: 2005, 1984-06
Publisher: Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions, IIT
Description: Human resource professionals and personnel administrators in their professional role will inevitably make decisions that affect the welfare of...
Show moreHuman resource professionals and personnel administrators in their professional role will inevitably make decisions that affect the welfare of the organizations and the people they work for and with. Determining the "proper course of action" often raises ethical concerns. This paper discusses how ethical analysis and decision making can help human resource managers make decisions that benefit both the company and the company's employees.
Invited paper presented at the National Conference of the American Society for Personnel Administration, Chicago June 1984.
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Title: Data Set from 2016 Survey of Chinese Engineers on Professional Ethics
Creator: Davis, Michael, Zhang, Hengli
Date: 2016-05, 2016-05
Description: Raw data of a survey of Chinese engineers looking at their conceptions of professionalism and professional ethics. Collaborative project by Dr...
Show moreRaw data of a survey of Chinese engineers looking at their conceptions of professionalism and professional ethics. Collaborative project by Dr. Michael Davis of the Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions and Dr. Hengli Zhang of the Center for Engineering Ethics Studies, Beijing University of Technology
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Title: Four Kinds of Workplace Ethics for Discussion
Creator: Davis, Michael
Date: 2006, 1988
Description: A collection of four cases illustrating common ethical issues that come up in business settings, covering the topics of managerial ethics,...
Show moreA collection of four cases illustrating common ethical issues that come up in business settings, covering the topics of managerial ethics, drugs in the workplace, stealing from the workplace, and supervisor and worker relationships.
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Title: Methodological Missteps: A Response to Brooks' "On Retribution"
Creator: Davis, Michael
Date: 2006, 2006-05-14
Publisher: Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions, IIT
Description: Thom Brooks claims his paper has only one thesis—that, for epistemological reasons (in particular, requiring a “gold standard of desert”), ...
Show moreThom Brooks claims his paper has only one thesis—that, for epistemological reasons (in particular, requiring a “gold standard of desert”), “retributivism is impossible to enact as a practice”. I think the paper has at least two other theses as well, both unacknowledged and more or less independent of the first. One is that there is only one true retributivism (“pure retributivism” or “retributivism strictly speaking”). This claim seems to rest on an unjustified, and (I believe) unjustifiable, Platonism. The second unacknowledged thesis is that this one true retributivism suffers (and must suffer) from certain flaws, in particular: 1) moral rigorism (forbidding the criminal justice system to show mercy or to deviate in any other way from what the criminal deserves for his crime); 2) methodological individualism (requiring that desert be “a particular criminal’s desert” unaffected by “other factors, such as society’s equilibrium”); and 3) methodological absolutism (an inability to “choose punishments on account of how they might be related to each other and various crimes”). What I propose to do here is, first, briefly dispose of Brooks’ epistemological claim, then (at greater length) explain why retributivism is best thought of as a family of loosely related theories no one of which has the privilege of being “true retributivism” (even though some are certainly historically or conceptually closer to the core of retributive thinking than others) and, last, why, so understood, retributivism does not suffer from any of the three flaws Brooks claims true retributivism must suffer from.
Published as part of the Online Philosophy Conference, May 14, 2006.http://experimentalphilosophy.typepad.com/online_philosophy_confere/
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Title: Ethics After the Crash
Creator: Davis, Michael
Date: 2005, 1987-12-10
Publisher: Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions, IIT
Description: Though my title may suggest a concern with wrongdoing, my primary concern is good conduct, how to get people to do the right thing. I shall...
Show moreThough my title may suggest a concern with wrongdoing, my primary concern is good conduct, how to get people to do the right thing. I shall argue that you have a special role to play in the firms for which you work, a role that goes beyond financial analysis. Your training in ethics and your commitment to a standard higher than law, market, and morality, give you insight into certain hard choices that your employer or co-workers may lack. I also shall argue that you should go out of your way to make that insight available.
Paper presented at a meeting for the Society of Financial Analysts, Toronto, Canada, December 10, 1987.
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Title: Freedom of Expression in the Corporate Workplace : A Philosophical Inquiry
Creator: Ladenson, Robert F.
Date: 2005, 1979-11-01
Publisher: Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions, IIT
Description: Should the employees of a large private business be free to speak out on any subject without fear of dismissal or other sanctions even when...
Show moreShould the employees of a large private business be free to speak out on any subject without fear of dismissal or other sanctions even when they level harsh criticisms at their employers? In this paper I will argue that they should for reasons that closely parallel one of the fundamental bases for the principle of freedom of expression pertaining to the relation between individuals of the state. An important consequence of this view is that corporate employees should be free to speak without fear of sanction even when they make false allegations that lead to a decline in either productivity or profits.
Paper presented at the Conference on Business Ethics, Western Michigan University, November 1-2, 1979.
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Title: General Contractors : Some Ethical Problems
Creator: Davis, Michael
Date: 2003, 1987-10
Publisher: Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions, IIT
Description: A series of small ethics case studies illustrating ethical dilemmas that general contractors in the construction industry are likely to face.

Title: Professionalism Among Chinese Engineers: An Empirical Study
Creator: Wei, Lina, Davis, Michael
Date: 2019-03-18, 2019-03-18
Description: This is a copy of a dataset - in English and Chinese - completed in 2018 looking at concepts of professionalism. Following on the Davis, Zhang...
Show moreThis is a copy of a dataset - in English and Chinese - completed in 2018 looking at concepts of professionalism. Following on the Davis, Zhang survey of 2016, this study continues to evaluate the claim that China has a profession of engineering (as defined by Davis) with a larger, better educated, demographically different pool of two hundred and twenty-nine Chinese engineers, using more specific and deeper questions about “profession”, for example, by adding the investigation of competence (the discipline of engineering)—the perceived knowledge, skill, and judgment of the interviewees as evidence of one aspect of profession. The dataset includes a copy of the questionnaire in Chinese and English, as well as both the entire dataset of surveyed individuals as well as the data from individuals who were deemed to have enough experience in engineering to be included in the final data set analyzed.
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Title: On the Need for Ethical Buying and Selling
Creator: Parker, Robert C.
Date: 2005, 1982-05
Publisher: Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions, IIT
Description: In 1978 the Center for the Study of the Professions at IIT conducted a survey for the National Association of Purchasing Management to...
Show moreIn 1978 the Center for the Study of the Professions at IIT conducted a survey for the National Association of Purchasing Management to determine the real ethical practices of industrial buyers in the United States. This survey started the Ethical Standards Committee thinking about the current ethical practices in the field, and this paper seeks to discuss the roots of some of these practices questions that arose after reviewing the results of this survey.
CSEP Occasional Papers No. 6, May 1982. Remarks Delivered at the Professional Ethics Luncheon Seminar, Americana Congress Hotel, Chicago, March 23, 1982
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Title: Ownership of Computer Programs
Creator: Snapper, John W.
Date: 2006, 1981-12-09
Publisher: Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions, IIT
Description: Discusses reasons for against copyrighting computer software programs. Reasons against include the potential for holding back scientific...
Show moreDiscusses reasons for against copyrighting computer software programs. Reasons against include the potential for holding back scientific discoveries. Though the labor that goes into creating computer programs does seem to create property rights, the principle of free thought seems to override this right. The author discusses some of the problems that exist in copyright, trade secret, and patent law and discusses why these laws should be changed to discourage secrecy so they do not interfere with free thought.
Presented at a meeting of the Collegiate Institute for Values and Science, University of Michigan, December 9, 1981
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Title: Data Set from 2016 Survey of Chinese Engineers on Professional Ethics: Questionnaire Survey on the Occupational Cognitive Status-20160428: Questionnaire Survey on the Occupational Cognitive Status-20160428
Creator: Davis, Michael, Zhang, Hengli
Date: 2016-05, 2016-05
Description: Raw data of a survey of Chinese engineers looking at their conceptions of professionalism and professional ethics. Collaborative project by Dr...
Show moreRaw data of a survey of Chinese engineers looking at their conceptions of professionalism and professional ethics. Collaborative project by Dr. Michael Davis of the Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions and Dr. Hengli Zhang of the Center for Engineering Ethics Studies, Beijing University of Technology
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Title: Data Set from 2016 Survey of Chinese Engineers on Professional Ethics: Analysis on Subjective Questions of Engineering professional questionnaire(engineering degree personnel)-2016-4-22
Creator: Davis, Michael, Zhang, Hengli
Date: 2016-05, 2016-05
Description: Raw data of a survey of Chinese engineers looking at their conceptions of professionalism and professional ethics. Collaborative project by Dr...
Show moreRaw data of a survey of Chinese engineers looking at their conceptions of professionalism and professional ethics. Collaborative project by Dr. Michael Davis of the Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions and Dr. Hengli Zhang of the Center for Engineering Ethics Studies, Beijing University of Technology
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Title: Engineering Codes of Ethics : Analysis and Applications
Creator: Luegenbiehl, Heinz C., Davis, Michael
Date: 2008, 1992-07-10
Publisher: Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions, IIT
Description: This paper uses the events leading up to the explosion of the Challenger to begin a discussion about the important role professional codes of...
Show moreThis paper uses the events leading up to the explosion of the Challenger to begin a discussion about the important role professional codes of ethics play in shaping how professionals should respond to ethical questions and issues that come up in daily practice. The paper explores the history of codes of ethics, why different engineering professions, such as computer engineering, and mechanical engineering, have developed their own codes of ethics, and tries to answer the question, why obey your profession's code? The paper also analyzes a case study using the codes of ethics and offers a series of case studies for further discussion.
Manuscript of an unpublished paper originally written to be part of the Exxon Modules for Applied Ethics Series. http://ethics.iit.edu/index1.php/Publications/Modules%20in%20Applied%20Ethics
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Title: Critical Attributes of Good Process Decisions: a Guide for Reflective Special Education Hearing Officers
Creator: Ladenson, Robert, Ladenson, Robert
Date: 2011, 2011
Description: This monograph offers guidance for special education due process hearing officers in their efforts to write good due process decisions. It has...
Show moreThis monograph offers guidance for special education due process hearing officers in their efforts to write good due process decisions. It has four sections dealing respectively with: - Summary and explanation of factual findings; - Justification of legal conclusions; - Framing and determination of rulings and orders; - Writing choices in a special education due process opinion as to word selection, organizational structure, style, rhetoric, and tone. The monograph is not intended to replace, but instead to supplement, the use of comprehensive summaries of substantive and procedural special education law. It aims to address an essential, yet presently unmet need – for an educational approach that helps special education due process hearing officers to focus critical reflection upon processes involved both in thinking through issues in a case and finding words to express the conclusions arrived at in writing a decision.
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Title: Limitations Upon Legitimate Authority to Suspend and Expel K-12 Public School Students: A Moral Analysis
Creator: Ladenson, Robert
Date: 2011, 2011
Publisher: Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions, IIT
Description: This paper presents a moral analysis of the limitations upon legitimate authority to suspend and expel students in K-12 public schools. The...
Show moreThis paper presents a moral analysis of the limitations upon legitimate authority to suspend and expel students in K-12 public schools. The paper has four sections. The first presents two case vignettes that pose difficult moral issues concerning suspensions and expulsions in K-12 public schools. The second section develops an analysis of the moral bases of a child’s right to receive a K-12 public education. Section three extends the analysis in section two, relating it specifically to limitations upon morally legitimate authority to suspend and expel students in K-12 public schools. The fourth section returns to the two case vignettes and discusses the moral issues they pose from the standpoint of the analysis developed in sections two and three. . The analysis, I hope, will benefit educators, parents, and the general public in helping to identify, clarify their understanding of, and gain insight into principles, which, I believe underlie any morally justifiable policy concerning K-12 public school suspensions and expulsions.
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Title: Moral Responsibility and Whistleblowing in the Nuclear Industry : Browns Ferry and Three Mile Island
Creator: Weil, Vivian
Date: 2005, 1983
Publisher: Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions, IIT
Description: This paper analyzes the actions of a number of Nuclear Engineers at Browns Ferry and Three Mile Island who resigned from their positions in...
Show moreThis paper analyzes the actions of a number of Nuclear Engineers at Browns Ferry and Three Mile Island who resigned from their positions in order to highlight the safety concerns they saw in the U.S. nuclear power program and nuclear power plant safety. The paper includes a description and chronology of events, and an in-depth case study analysis of the moral responsibility of engineers and whistleblowing.
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Title: Data Set from 2016 Survey of Chinese Engineers on Professional Ethics: Q24 Do you know the technical standards and code of conducts of your engineering society-2016-5-24
Creator: Davis, Michael, Zhang, Hengli
Date: 2016-05, 2016-05
Description: Raw data of a survey of Chinese engineers looking at their conceptions of professionalism and professional ethics. Collaborative project by Dr...
Show moreRaw data of a survey of Chinese engineers looking at their conceptions of professionalism and professional ethics. Collaborative project by Dr. Michael Davis of the Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions and Dr. Hengli Zhang of the Center for Engineering Ethics Studies, Beijing University of Technology
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Title: Professionalism Among Chinese Engineers: An Empirical Study: Effective raw data(229)
Creator: Wei, Lina, Davis, Michael
Date: 2019-03-18, 2019-03-18
Description: This is a copy of a dataset - in English and Chinese - completed in 2018 looking at concepts of professionalism. Following on the Davis, Zhang...
Show moreThis is a copy of a dataset - in English and Chinese - completed in 2018 looking at concepts of professionalism. Following on the Davis, Zhang survey of 2016, this study continues to evaluate the claim that China has a profession of engineering (as defined by Davis) with a larger, better educated, demographically different pool of two hundred and twenty-nine Chinese engineers, using more specific and deeper questions about “profession”, for example, by adding the investigation of competence (the discipline of engineering)—the perceived knowledge, skill, and judgment of the interviewees as evidence of one aspect of profession. The dataset includes a copy of the questionnaire in Chinese and English, as well as both the entire dataset of surveyed individuals as well as the data from individuals who were deemed to have enough experience in engineering to be included in the final data set analyzed.
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Title: Conflicts of Interest in Engineering
Creator: Davis, Michael, Wells, Paula, Jones, Hardy
Date: 2009, 1986
Publisher: Kendalll/Hunt Publishing Company
Description: This module begins by examining the Hydrolevel case, and uses this as a way to highlight relevant principles regarding conflict of interest in...
Show moreThis module begins by examining the Hydrolevel case, and uses this as a way to highlight relevant principles regarding conflict of interest in engineering, and to discuss the importance of these principles for engineers as professionals and moral agents. The module then considers four applications of these principles drawn from the “Opinions” of the Board of Ethical Review of the National Society of Professional Engineers. The module also includes ten short cases to be used in classroom discussion. It also includes professional codes from the National Society of Professional Engineers and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
Sponsorship: Exxon Education Foundation
The Module Series in Applied Ethics was produced by the Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions in under a grant from the Exxon Education Foundation. This series is intended for use in a wide range of undergraduate, graduate, and continuing education programs in such areas as science and/or technology public policy, and professional ethics courses in engineering, business, and computer science.
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Title: Assessing Graduate Student Progress in Engineering Ethics
Creator: Davis, Michael, Feinerman, Alan
Date: 2010-11-10, 2011
Publisher: Springer
Description: Under a grant from the National Science Foundation, the authors (and others) undertook to integrate ethics into graduate engineering classes...
Show moreUnder a grant from the National Science Foundation, the authors (and others) undertook to integrate ethics into graduate engineering classes at three universities—and to assess success in a way allowing comparison across classes (and institutions). This paper describes the attempt to carry out that assessment. Standard methods of assessment turned out to demand too much class time. Under pressure from instructors, the authors developed an alternative method that is both specific in content to individual classes and allows comparison across classes. Results are statistically significant for ethical sensitivity and knowledge. They show measurable improvement in a single semester.
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