Engineering Student's Ethical Awareness and Behavior: A New Motivational Model

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dc.contributor.authorBairaktarova, Dianaen
dc.contributor.authorWoodcock, Annaen
dc.contributor.departmentEngineering Educationen
dc.date.accessioned2019-10-03T17:21:56Zen
dc.date.available2019-10-03T17:21:56Zen
dc.date.issued2017-08en
dc.description.abstractProfessional communities are experiencing scandals involving unethical and illegal practices daily. Yet it should not take a national major structure failure to highlight the importance of ethical awareness and behavior, or the need for the development and practice of ethical behavior in engineering students. Development of ethical behavior skills in future engineers is a key competency for engineering schools as ethical behavior is a part of the professional identity and practice of engineers. While engineering educators have somewhat established instructional methods to teach engineering ethics, they still rely heavily on teaching ethical awareness, and pay little attention to how well ethical awareness predicts ethical behavior. However the ability to exercise ethical judgement does not mean that students are ethically educated or likely to behave in an ethical manner. This paper argues measuring ethical judgment is insufficient for evaluating the teaching of engineering ethics, because ethical awareness has not been demonstrated to translate into ethical behavior. The focus of this paper is to propose a model that correlates with both, ethical awareness and ethical behavior. This model integrates the theory of planned behavior, person and thing orientation, and spheres of control. Applying this model will allow educators to build confidence and trust in their students' ability to build a professional identity and be prepared for the engineering profession and practice.en
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s11948-016-9814-xen
dc.identifier.eissn1471-5546en
dc.identifier.issn1353-3452en
dc.identifier.issue4en
dc.identifier.pmid27752963en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/94340en
dc.identifier.volume23en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en
dc.subjectEthical reasoningen
dc.subjectEthical behavioren
dc.subjectEngineering ethics educationen
dc.subjectMotivational modelen
dc.titleEngineering Student's Ethical Awareness and Behavior: A New Motivational Modelen
dc.title.serialScience And Engineering Ethicsen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
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