Document Type
Literature Review
Instructor's Name
Amir Kalan
Semester in which course was taken
Fall
Year in which course was taken
2017
Copyright
Copyright © 2018, by the Author
Publication Date
6-11-2018
Publication Source
Undergraduate Voices
Volume
1
Publisher
University of Dayton
Inclusive pages
2-13
Abstract
This literature review attempts to answer the question of whether formal education or informal education of ethics within civil engineering is more beneficial. If there is a lack of structured education of ethics in civil engineering, then another area of interest is to discover where engineers are being informally educated. Another area of inquiry is whether it is more beneficial to teach engineers ethics prior to the time when they are required to study the code of ethics for their certification exam, or should engineers wait until moments before the exam to study the code. This article examines the potential benefits of studying the code of ethics in a formal setting as well as the effectiveness of learning ethics informally.
Keywords
ethics education, engineering ethics, formal education, experience-based education
Disciplines
Arts and Humanities | Civil Engineering | Creative Writing | Digital Humanities | Rhetoric and Composition
eCommons Citation
Ports, Grace, "Formal and Informal Undergraduate Ethics Education in Engineering" (2018). Undergraduate Voices. 2.
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/undergradvoices/2
Included in
Civil Engineering Commons, Creative Writing Commons, Digital Humanities Commons, Rhetoric and Composition Commons
