Project Info

Collecting and Analysing Case Studies of Extractive Industries in terms of various ethical perspective

Sebnem Duzgun | duzgun@mines.edu and Sandra Woodson | swoodson@mines.edu

The students will collect various case studies from the extractive industries. The case studies mainly involve some consequences of fatality, injury or environmental impacts. Then s/he will investigate ethical issues in relation to these case studies using three ethics principles (utilitarian, deontology, virtue ethics).

Elucidate the interdisciplinary nature of the project

The project combines ethics and engineering disciplines. Both faculty will provide their expertise in realizing the project’s goals.

More Information

Nieusma, D., & Cieminski, M. (2018, June), Ethics Education as Enculturation: Student Learning of Personal, Social, and Professional Responsibility Paper presented at 2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Salt Lake City, Utah. https://peer.asee.org/30443

Nieusma, D., & Malazita, J. W. (2016, June), “Making” a Bridge: Critical Making as Synthesized Engineering/Humanistic Inquiry Paper presented at 2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, New Orleans, Louisiana. 10.18260/p.26234

Zhu, Q., & Jesiek, B. (2017). A Pragmatic approach to ethical decision-making in engineering practice: Characteristics, evaluation criteria, and implications for instruction and assessment. Science and Engineering Ethics, 23(3), 663-679.

Grand Engineering Challenge: Not applicable