Case study: Balancing risk and benefits when working with offshore contractors
This case study puts students in the shoes of an engineer who is required to select a subcontractor to manufacture systems and parts. There are stipulations around who can be...
Case study: Engineers and public protest
This case study involves an engineer who has to weigh personal values against professional codes of conduct when acting in the wake of the climate crisis. This case study allows...
Case study: Feasibility of installing heat pumps at scale to reach net zero
The environmental impacts of heat pumps & the social and economic impacts on the end user.
Case enhancement: Industrial pollution from an ageing pipeline and its impact on local communities
Prompts to facilitate discussion activities.
Case enhancement: Glass safety in a heritage building conversion
This enhancement is for an activity found in the Dilemma Part two, Point 1 section of the case study Glass safety in a heritage building conversion.
Case study: Debating the adoption of nuclear energy
An early career engineer is tasked with leading the development of plans for the construction of the first nuclear plant in a region.
Engineering Ethics Toolkit: Case enhancements and other activities
Welcome to the Activities pages of the EPC's Engineering Ethics toolkit, produced in partnership with the Royal Academy of Engineering. Click here for the toolkit homepage. Here you will find...
Case study: Aid vs trade
This case study requires a newly appointed engineer to make a decision about whether or not to sell unsuitable equipment to a developing country.
Case enhancement: Developing an internet constellation
Anatomy of an internet satellite.
Case enhancement: Power-to-food technologies
An ethical evaluation of the technology and its impacts.
Case enhancement: Water wars: managing competing water rights
Role-play the council meeting, with students playing different characters representing different perspectives.
Embedding equity, diversity and inclusion into a professional engineer’s lifestyle
The three values of EDI are timeless and should be embedded into the way that engineering professionals act.
Case enhancement: Facial recognition for access and monitoring
There are several points in this case - Facial Recognition for Access and Monitoring - during which an educator can facilitate a class discussion about relevant issues. Below are prompts...
Case enhancement: Business growth models in engineering industries within an economic system
This enhancement is for an activity found in the case study Business growth models in engineering industries within an economic system.
What is ethics?
Ethics can especially be seen through engineering innovations that mean life or death.