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.
Why integrate ethics in engineering?
Technology not only shapes society, but it is shaped by society too. Therefore, engineering ethics should be twofold.
Integrating a technical feasibility debate - a new approach to engaging students in ethics in engineering
We have developed a debate activity which appears to work very well, minimising the amount of assessment, maximising feedback and engagement, and exposing the students to a wide range of...
Universal and inclusive co-design of the built environment and the transportation systems
Every citizen must have the same equality of opportunities in using spaces because the existence of an accessible built environment is fundamental to guarantee vitality, safety, and sociability.