Copyright (c) 2010 University of Massachusetts Amherst All rights reserved. http://www.ethicslibrary.org Recent documents in Ethics in Science and Engineering National Clearinghouse en-us Sat, 13 Mar 2010 04:47:08 PST 3600 http://www.ethicslibrary.org/resources/440 http://www.ethicslibrary.org/resources/440 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:51:52 PST This course is an introduction to humanitarian engineering from ethical, cultural, and practical perspectives. Through this course, faculty and students will collectively develop and refine a set of humanitarian engineering ethics criteria (constraints). Students will then critically apply these criteria to specific examples of humanitarian technologies, including one that they will research and develop into a case-study. Students will also research multiple career pathways in humanitarian-related organizations and practices and consider potential careers as humanitarian scientists and engineers. Juan C. Lucena http://www.ethicslibrary.org/resources/439 http://www.ethicslibrary.org/resources/439 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:49:03 PST This course is an introduction to the relationship between engineering and sustainable community development (SCD) from historical, political, ethical, cultural, and practical perspectives. Students will study and analyze different dimensions of sustainability and the role that engineering might play in them. Also students will critically explore strengths and limitations of dominant methods in engineering problem solving and design for working in SCD. Through case-studies, students will learn to analyze and evaluate projects in SCD and develop criteria for their evaluation. Juan C. Lucena http://www.ethicslibrary.org/resources/438 http://www.ethicslibrary.org/resources/438 Thu, 25 Feb 2010 13:33:46 PST This presentation was part of the AAAS Annual Conference professional development workshop, National Science Foundation and Ethics Education in Science and Engineering, during the recent meeting in San Diego, California (18-22 February). Dr. Michael Gorman, Program Director, Science, Technology & Society, National Science Foundation, moderated the workshop presentations and the discussion that followed. In addition, he contributed a set of powerpoint slides outlining the role of NSF in its response to the America Competes Act, including a commitment to support an online resource in ethics education. Dr. Philip Langlais, Vice Provost for Graduate Studies & Research, Old Dominion University, presented recommendations for developing institutional RCR and mentoring programs based on the new NSF and NIH RCR requirements. Dr. Kathleen Flint, Project Manager, National Postdoctoral Association, gave recommendations for unique RCR training needs of postdocs and reported on the NPA "Bring RCR Home Project," a national project that worked to develop local RCR programs for postdocs. Dr. Jane Fountain, Professor of Political Science and Public Policy, and Director of the National Center for Digital Government and the Science, Technology & Society Initiative, University of Massachusetts Amherst, presented recent developments at ESENCe, one of the beta sites sponsored by NSF. The purpose of ESENCe is to preserve and widely disseminate a variety of materials on ethics and the responsible conduct of research in science and engineering disciplines. In addition, the presentation summarized recent development of cases, background notes and teaching materials regarding international dimensions of ethics education. Michael Gorman Ethics Education http://www.ethicslibrary.org/resources/437 http://www.ethicslibrary.org/resources/437 Thu, 25 Feb 2010 13:22:28 PST This presentation was part of the AAAS Annual Conference professional development workshop, National Science Foundation and Ethics Education in Science and Engineering, during the recent meeting in San Diego, California (18-22 February). Dr. Michael Gorman, Program Director, Science, Technology & Society, National Science Foundation, moderated the workshop presentations and the discussion that followed. In addition, he contributed a set of powerpoint slides outlining the role of NSF in its response to the America Competes Act, including a commitment to support an online resource in ethics education. Dr. Philip Langlais, Vice Provost for Graduate Studies & Research, Old Dominion University, presented recommendations for developing institutional RCR and mentoring programs based on the new NSF and NIH RCR requirements. Dr. Kathleen Flint, Project Manager, National Postdoctoral Association, gave recommendations for unique RCR training needs of postdocs and reported on the NPA "Bring RCR Home Project," a national project that worked to develop local RCR programs for postdocs. Dr. Jane Fountain, Professor of Political Science and Public Policy, and Director of the National Center for Digital Government and the Science, Technology & Society Initiative, University of Massachusetts Amherst, presented recent developments at ESENCe, one of the beta sites sponsored by NSF. The purpose of ESENCe is to preserve and widely disseminate a variety of materials on ethics and the responsible conduct of research in science and engineering disciplines. In addition, the presentation summarized recent development of cases, background notes and teaching materials regarding international dimensions of ethics education. Michael E. Gorman Ethics Education http://www.ethicslibrary.org/resources/436 http://www.ethicslibrary.org/resources/436 Thu, 25 Feb 2010 13:15:07 PST This presentation was part of the AAAS Annual Conference professional development workshop, National Science Foundation and Ethics Education in Science and Engineering, during the recent meeting in San Diego, California (18-22 February). Dr. Michael Gorman, Program Director, Science, Technology & Society, National Science Foundation, moderated the workshop presentations and the discussion that followed. In addition, he contributed a set of powerpoint slides outlining the role of NSF in its response to the America Competes Act, including a commitment to support an online resource in ethics education. Dr. Philip Langlais, Vice Provost for Graduate Studies & Research, Old Dominion University, presented recommendations for developing institutional RCR and mentoring programs based on the new NSF and NIH RCR requirements. Dr. Kathleen Flint, Project Manager, National Postdoctoral Association, gave recommendations for unique RCR training needs of postdocs and reported on the NPA "Bring RCR Home Project," a national project that worked to develop local RCR programs for postdocs. Dr. Jane Fountain, Professor of Political Science and Public Policy, and Director of the National Center for Digital Government and the Science, Technology & Society Initiative, University of Massachusetts Amherst, presented recent developments at ESENCe, one of the beta sites sponsored by NSF. The purpose of ESENCe is to preserve and widely disseminate a variety of materials on ethics and the responsible conduct of research in science and engineering disciplines. In addition, the presentation summarized recent development of cases, background notes and teaching materials regarding international dimensions of ethics education. Kathleen Flint Ethics Education http://www.ethicslibrary.org/resources/435 http://www.ethicslibrary.org/resources/435 Thu, 25 Feb 2010 13:11:17 PST This presentation was part of the AAAS Annual Conference professional development workshop, National Science Foundation and Ethics Education in Science and Engineering, during the recent meeting in San Diego, California (18-22 February). Dr. Michael Gorman, Program Director, Science, Technology & Society, National Science Foundation, moderated the workshop presentations and the discussion that followed. In addition, he contributed a set of powerpoint slides outlining the role of NSF in its response to the America Competes Act, including a commitment to support an online resource in ethics education. Dr. Philip Langlais, Vice Provost for Graduate Studies & Research, Old Dominion University, presented recommendations for developing institutional RCR and mentoring programs based on the new NSF and NIH RCR requirements. Dr. Kathleen Flint, Project Manager, National Postdoctoral Association, gave recommendations for unique RCR training needs of postdocs and reported on the NPA "Bring RCR Home Project," a national project that worked to develop local RCR programs for postdocs. Dr. Jane Fountain, Professor of Political Science and Public Policy, and Director of the National Center for Digital Government and the Science, Technology & Society Initiative, University of Massachusetts Amherst, presented recent developments at ESENCe, one of the beta sites sponsored by NSF. The purpose of ESENCe is to preserve and widely disseminate a variety of materials on ethics and the responsible conduct of research in science and engineering disciplines. In addition, the presentation summarized recent development of cases, background notes and teaching materials regarding international dimensions of ethics education. Philip J. Langlais Ethics Education http://www.ethicslibrary.org/resources/434 http://www.ethicslibrary.org/resources/434 Thu, 25 Feb 2010 12:50:49 PST This presentation was part of the AAAS Annual Conference professional development workshop, National Science Foundation and Ethics Education in Science and Engineering, during the recent meeting in San Diego, California (18-22 February). Dr. Michael Gorman, Program Director, Science, Technology & Society, National Science Foundation, moderated the workshop presentations and the discussion that followed. In addition, he contributed a set of powerpoint slides outlining the role of NSF in its response to the America Competes Act, including a commitment to support an online resource in ethics education. Dr. Philip Langlais, Vice Provost for Graduate Studies & Research, Old Dominion University, presented recommendations for developing institutional RCR and mentoring programs based on the new NSF and NIH RCR requirements. Dr. Kathleen Flint, Project Manager, National Postdoctoral Association, gave recommendations for unique RCR training needs of postdocs and reported on the NPA "Bring RCR Home Project," a national project that worked to develop local RCR programs for postdocs. Dr. Jane Fountain, Professor of Political Science and Public Policy, and Director of the National Center for Digital Government and the Science, Technology & Society Initiative, University of Massachusetts Amherst, presented recent developments at ESENCe, one of the beta sites sponsored by NSF. The purpose of ESENCe is to preserve and widely disseminate a variety of materials on ethics and the responsible conduct of research in science and engineering disciplines. In addition, the presentation summarized recent development of cases, background notes and teaching materials regarding international dimensions of ethics education. Jane E. Fountain Ethics Education http://www.ethicslibrary.org/resources/433 http://www.ethicslibrary.org/resources/433 Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:46:02 PST The benefit of experience, tempered with the wisdom of hindsight and 5 years of text-based, asynchronous, computer-mediated, interdisciplinary team communications, provides the energy, insights and data shared in this article. Through the theoretical lens of group dynamics and the epistemology of interdisciplinary teaming, we analyze the interactions of a virtual interdisciplinary team to provide an understanding and appreciation of collaborative interdisciplinary communication in the context of interactive technologies. Whilst interactive technologies may require new patterns of language similar to that of learning a foreign language, what is communicated in the interdisciplinary team process does not change. Most important is the recognition that virtual teams, similar to their face-to-face counterparts, undergo the same challenges of interdisciplinary teaming and group developmental processes of formation: forming, storming, norming, performing, and transforming. After examining these dynamics of communication and collaboration in the context of the virtual team, the article concludes with guidelines facilitating interdisciplinary team computer-mediated communication. Kerryellen Vroman Group Dynamics http://www.ethicslibrary.org/resources/432 http://www.ethicslibrary.org/resources/432 Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:40:59 PST Martin Hoegl Group Dynamics http://www.ethicslibrary.org/resources/431 http://www.ethicslibrary.org/resources/431 Thu, 18 Feb 2010 12:47:37 PST Roger Guimera Group Dynamics http://www.ethicslibrary.org/resources/430 http://www.ethicslibrary.org/resources/430 Thu, 18 Feb 2010 12:43:21 PST Douglas H. Fernald Group Dynamics http://www.ethicslibrary.org/resources/429 http://www.ethicslibrary.org/resources/429 Thu, 18 Feb 2010 12:38:15 PST Jessica R. Mesmer-Magnus Group Dynamics http://www.ethicslibrary.org/resources/428 http://www.ethicslibrary.org/resources/428 Thu, 18 Feb 2010 12:34:57 PST Li-Fang Chou Group Dynamics http://www.ethicslibrary.org/resources/427 http://www.ethicslibrary.org/resources/427 Thu, 18 Feb 2010 12:29:08 PST Nancy Chen Yi-Feng Group Dynamics http://www.ethicslibrary.org/resources/426 http://www.ethicslibrary.org/resources/426 Thu, 18 Feb 2010 12:21:59 PST As distributed work begins to shift the nature of practice for technical communication professionals in the workplace, faculty need new frameworks to help prepare students for roles that involve negotiating, supporting, and facilitating virtual global collaboration. This paper identifies key areas of metaknowledge appropriate to these new frameworks by synthesizing a review of current scholarship on such collaborations and a case study of students participating in a cross-disciplinary, cross-cultural team project. Marie C. Paretti Group Dynamics http://www.ethicslibrary.org/resources/425 http://www.ethicslibrary.org/resources/425 Thu, 18 Feb 2010 12:14:30 PST Carsten K.W. De Dreu Group Dynamics http://www.ethicslibrary.org/resources/424 http://www.ethicslibrary.org/resources/424 Thu, 18 Feb 2010 12:10:22 PST Abraham Carmeli Group Dynamics http://www.ethicslibrary.org/resources/423 http://www.ethicslibrary.org/resources/423 Thu, 18 Feb 2010 11:58:51 PST Savitsky Kenneth Group Dynamics http://www.ethicslibrary.org/resources/422 http://www.ethicslibrary.org/resources/422 Thu, 18 Feb 2010 11:50:14 PST Guido Biele Group Dynamics http://www.ethicslibrary.org/resources/421 http://www.ethicslibrary.org/resources/421 Thu, 18 Feb 2010 11:45:28 PST Ignacio J. Martinez-Moyano Group Dynamics