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- Davis Discussant Remarks - APPE 2010
- Creator
- Davis, Michael
- Date
- 2010-05, 2010-03
- Publisher
- National Academy of Engineering
- Description
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Remarks by Dr. Michael Davis as part of the panel "Engineering and Social Justice: What are the Difficulties, What are the Possibilities? as...
Show moreRemarks by Dr. Michael Davis as part of the panel "Engineering and Social Justice: What are the Difficulties, What are the Possibilities? as part of a mini conference at the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics Annual Meeting entitled, "Engineering Towards a More Just and Sustainable World
Sponsorship: Association for Practical and Professional Ethics, National Academy of Engineering, Center for Engineering, Ethics and Society
Results from APPE Mini-Conference: Engineering towards a More Just and Sustainable World Cincinnati, Ohio March 6 – 7, 2010
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- Five Kinds of Ethics Across the Curriculum : An Introduction to Four Experiments with One Kind
- Creator
- Davis, Michael
- Date
- 2009, 2004
- Publisher
- Philosophy Documentation Center
- Description
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Since 1991, the National Science Foundation has made three large grants to the Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions at the...
Show moreSince 1991, the National Science Foundation has made three large grants to the Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions at the Illinois Institute of Technology to offer workshops to help faculty integrate ethics into technical courses across the curriculum. We called what we were doing "ethics across the curriculum". This paper seeks to to explain what ethics across the curriculum represents, and what it does not represent. Namely, it is not morality across the curriculum, moral theory across the curriculum, social ethics across the curriculum, or professional ethics across the curriculum.
Teaching Ethics, Vol. 4, Issue 2, pp.1-14
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- Title
- Getting an Ethics Charge Out of Current Events : Some Doubts About Katrina
- Creator
- Davis, Michael
- Date
- 2006, 2006
- Publisher
- Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions, IIT
- Description
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The author discusses why he believes that Hurricane Katrina, which is certainly the biggest engineering disaster in the history of the United...
Show moreThe author discusses why he believes that Hurricane Katrina, which is certainly the biggest engineering disaster in the history of the United States, is not a good case for teaching engineering ethics. This is for three major reasons. First, there is the question of what happened. Second, there is the question of what part engineers had in what happened, which decisions were theirs and which belonged to elected or appointed officials who were not engineers. Third, there is the question of what part engineering ethics had, or should have had, in the decisions engineered did make. We lack any dramatic moment such as the Challenger Disaster provided, a moment when ethics mattered in a way that is both precise and interesting.
resentation at the American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference. Hyatt Regency, Chicago, IL. June 20, 2006.
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- What Engineering Societies Can Do About Ethics
- Creator
- Davis, Michael
- Date
- 2006, 1988-09-27
- Publisher
- Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions, IIT
- Description
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This talk looks at how engineering societies can promote ethical practice and discussion about ethics among their members. After some remarks...
Show moreThis talk looks at how engineering societies can promote ethical practice and discussion about ethics among their members. After some remarks about how engineers commonly handle ethical issues that come up within organizations, especially in instances when raising ethical issues with managers such as the Challenger Shuttle Explosion, the author goes on to discuss how engineering societies can promote continuing education in ethics, hold roundtable discussions between engineers and managers, and promote open communication in workplaces.
Address given at the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. Chicago Area Combined Section Meeting, 27 September 1988.
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- Philosophy 370 : Moral Issues in Engineering, Engineering Ethics
- Creator
- Weil, Vivian
- Date
- 2009-07, 2009-08
- Description
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Syllabus of the Fall 2009 undergraduate course, Moral Issues in Engineering, taught by Dr. Vivian Weil.
- Title
- Conflict of Interest: What's to Worry?
- Creator
- Davis, Michael
- Date
- 2008, 5/10/1994
- Description
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Michael Green's "Culture, Self, and Ethical Paradigms" is a daring paper. Though we must finally reject its argument and suspend judgement on...
Show moreMichael Green's "Culture, Self, and Ethical Paradigms" is a daring paper. Though we must finally reject its argument and suspend judgement on its conclusions, it has much to teach us about the possible relationships between business ethics and surrounding culture.
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- Title
- Why Teaching Workplace Ethics Is Not As Hard As You Thought
- Creator
- Davis, Michael
- Date
- 2011-11-07, 1988-05-18
- Publisher
- Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions, Illinois Institute of Technology
- Description
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This presentation for the Illinois Vocational Education Coordinators Association is in three parts. The first seeks to make it easier for you...
Show moreThis presentation for the Illinois Vocational Education Coordinators Association is in three parts. The first seeks to make it easier for you to teach workplace ethics by freeing you from what the author calls "the four fears", namely the fear of not being value neutral, the fear of subjectivism, the fear of relativism, and the fear of impotence. After addressing these fears, Part II presents a classroom situation win which you could discuss workplace ethics, and some suggestions on teaching methods.
Sponsorship: Illinois Cooperative Vocational Education Coordinators Association
Mini-Seminar for the Illinois Cooperative Vocational Education Coordinators Association. Naperville Central High School, Naperville, Illinois. 19 May 1988, 1-5 pm.
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- Title
- Technology, Values, and Ethics : A Framework
- Creator
- Davis, Michael
- Date
- 2006, 1992-02-01
- Publisher
- Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions, IIT
- Description
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Three words of my title--"technology", "values", and "ethics"--have this in common: they have all been used in enough different ways to be...
Show moreThree words of my title--"technology", "values", and "ethics"--have this in common: they have all been used in enough different ways to be dangerous. To provide the framework my title promises, I shall have to distinguish the most important of those uses, set them in context, and explain how they are (or are not) related. This conceptual housecleaning, rather boring in itself, will give me the opportunity to talk about engineering, both its history and practice. That will not be boring.
GTE Lecture University of Wisconsin Center/Fond du Lac October 13, 199
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- Title
- Conflict of Interest : What's to Worry?
- Creator
- Davis, Michael
- Date
- 2008, 1994-05-10
- Description
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Michael Green's "Culture, Self, and Ethical Paradigms" is a daring paper. Though we must finally reject its argument and suspend judgement on...
Show moreMichael Green's "Culture, Self, and Ethical Paradigms" is a daring paper. Though we must finally reject its argument and suspend judgement on its conclusions, it has much to teach us about the possible relationships between business ethics and surrounding culture.
Presentation given at Holland Laboratory, Rockville, Maryland, May 10, 1994.
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- Title
- Culture, Social Psychology, and Business Ethics
- Creator
- Davis, Michael
- Date
- 2008, 1991-04-05
- Description
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Michael Green's "Culture, Self, and Ethical Paradigms" is a daring paper. Though we must finally reject its argument and suspend judgement on...
Show moreMichael Green's "Culture, Self, and Ethical Paradigms" is a daring paper. Though we must finally reject its argument and suspend judgement on its conclusions, it has much to teach us about the possible relationships between business ethics and surrounding culture.
Presentation given at the Annual Meeting of the American Business Law Association
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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
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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
- Four Kinds of Workplace Ethics for Discussion
- Creator
- Davis, Michael
- Date
- 2006, 1988
- Description
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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
- Ethics After the Crash
- Creator
- Davis, Michael
- Date
- 2005, 1987-12-10
- Publisher
- Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions, IIT
- Description
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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
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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
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A series of small ethics case studies illustrating ethical dilemmas that general contractors in the construction industry are likely to face.
- 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
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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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- 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
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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
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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
- 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
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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
- Conflicts of Interest in Engineering
- Creator
- Davis, Michael, Wells, Paula, Jones, Hardy
- Date
- 2009, 1986
- Publisher
- Kendalll/Hunt Publishing Company
- Description
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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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