Are all engineering students capable of recognizing ethical and professional issues? An assessment approach to Engineering ethics

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dc.contributor.authorHilliger Carrasco, Isabel
dc.contributor.authorStrello Toledo, Andrés Ignacio
dc.contributor.authorCastro, Ignacio
dc.contributor.authorPérez San Agustín, Mar
dc.date.accessioned2025-03-12T12:51:57Z
dc.date.available2025-03-12T12:51:57Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractEngineering schools offer ethical training along with the transfer of technical knowledge and the development of other professional skills. The primary objective of this training is to prepare engineering graduates to face diverse ethical issues in the workplace. Thus, exhaustive information is needed to assess whether students are able to recognize potential conflicts that may arise during practice. Despite its importance, there are few studies about the assessment of this ability. This study presents a sequential mixed methodology to assess rigorously the ethics teaching and learning experience in a selective engineering school in Chile. First, we interviewed school authorities, faculty and undergraduate students about their perceptions of the school’s approaches to teach ethics. Second, we designed a quantitative instrument to measure students’ ability to recognize ethical and professional issues, to accept personal responsibility, to be aware of ethical codes, and to obtain learning benefits from different ethics training activities. Significant differences were found in individual ethical reasoning to identify issues by gender and socioeconomic status. Implications regarding improvement actions in the research site were discussed. Additionally, considerations for adopting the assessment approach by other institutions were also presented.
dc.format.extent19 páginas
dc.fuente.origenConveris
dc.identifier.scopusidSCOPUS_ID:2-s2.0-85030547686
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/102506
dc.information.autorucEscuela de Ingeniería; Hilliger Carrasco Isabel; 0000-0001-5270-7655; 141681
dc.information.autorucInstituto de Sociología; Strello Toledo Andres Ignacio; S/I; 196908
dc.language.isoen
dc.nota.accesoContenido completo
dc.relation.ispartofASEE Annual Conference
dc.revistaASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings
dc.rightsacceso restringido
dc.subject.ddc620
dc.subject.deweyIngenieríaes_ES
dc.subject.ods09 Industry, innovation and infrastructure
dc.subject.odspa09 Industria, innovación e infraestructura
dc.titleAre all engineering students capable of recognizing ethical and professional issues? An assessment approach to Engineering ethics
dc.typecomunicación de congreso
dc.volumen2017-June
sipa.codpersvinculados141681
sipa.codpersvinculados196908
sipa.trazabilidadConveris;20-07-2021
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