As part of Senior Design, I lead discussions on ethics, and have the students write essays on the topics. Some students don’t take this very seriously, or don’t put much thought into it. The most recent essay is a good example. I gave them a case study on honesty, one that has been covered by [...]
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Simple Ethics
Posted in Ethics on March 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Piracy and the Buggy Whip Makers
Posted in Ethics, Uncategorized on January 3, 2008 | 4 Comments »
One of my students just posted her take on piracy, the RIAA and the MPAA. A couple of thoughts on her post:
Intellectual property is still property. The fact that the RIAA and the MPAA are completely clueless about the internet and the profit potential doesn’t mean you can or should steal their property. There are [...]
It’s All Over But the Crying…
Posted in Ethics, Project Management, Signals and Systems, classes on December 22, 2007 | No Comments »
…and there will be plenty of crying. Grading is going slower than usual this semester, but I’m almost done. (more…)
Plagiarism and the Art of the Email
Posted in Ethics, Humor, Project Management, Signals and Systems on December 8, 2007 | No Comments »
Desiree doesn’t think my Signals and Systems class is humerous enough, since my humor section is so small. That isn’t true, but what goes on in Signals and Systems pales in comparison to what happens in my graduate Project Management course at times. The big problem is plagiarism.
Many students don’t see a problem with copying [...]
Ethics in Engineering
Posted in Ethics on September 20, 2007 | No Comments »
Recently, a former Boeing engineer has made comments about the 787 Dreamliner being unsafe in an accident. The specific charge is that the carbon fiber body will fracture in a crash, and will produce toxic smoke in a fire. I am not qualified to judge the merits of the charge. That isn’t the point of [...]
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