Date: Tuesday 17th Nov 2026
Time: 15:00 – 16:30 GMT
Cost: Free (Advance registration required)
Location: Online via Zoom
Organised by: Engineering Professors’ Council with the Online Ethics Center for Engineering & Science
As part of the EPC’s Engineering Ethics Toolkit we will be exploring how to nurture character strengths in learners by means of role-play and reflection.
This free to attend workshop will be delivered by Dr. Sergio Guillén Grillo from the Online Ethics Center at the University of Virginia, supported by Dr. Madeline Polmear from King’s College London.
Strengthening engineers’ capacity for ethical action requires more than familiarity with professional codes and ethical principles. It requires the confidence and skills to act effectively in situations characterised by uncertainty, competing values, and difficult stakeholder decisions.
Contextualized, case-based learning through simulations and scenario development can provide powerful opportunities for students to practice ethical reasoning and decision-making in realistic professional settings.
This webinar draws on recent collaboration between the Online Ethics Center for Engineering & Science (OEC) and the Engineering Professors Council (EPC) to advance the development of engineering ethics cases and explore the role of scenario-based learning in preparing engineers for ethical practice.
This event is free and open to anyone who wants to register. If you are registering as a non-EPC member, or from outside the UK, under ‘Institution’ please select ‘None’, and under ‘Job role’ feel free to select ‘Non university role’ if that is most appropriate.
If you can’t make it to the live webinar, sign up and we’ll send you a link to the recording once it’s ready.
Any views, thoughts, and opinions expressed herein are solely that of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views, opinions, policies, or position of the Engineering Professors’ Council or the Toolkit sponsors and supporters.
