Teaching engineering ethics: a necessary measure for engineering capacity building in Arab countries

Interest in engineering ethics education has developed significant momentum in most of advanced countries unlike Arab countries, which have not yet paid enough attention to such critical issue. As engineering work becomes more complex and diverse an understanding of engineering ethics becomes as im...

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Main Authors:	Nasef, Mohamed Mahmoud, Faris, Waleed Fekry
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Inderscience Publishers 2010
Subjects:	LC Special aspects of education
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spelling	iium-45042011-11-22T08:38:30Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/4504/ Teaching engineering ethics: a necessary measure for engineering capacity building in Arab countries Nasef, Mohamed Mahmoud Faris, Waleed Fekry LC Special aspects of education Interest in engineering ethics education has developed significant momentum in most of advanced countries unlike Arab countries, which have not yet paid enough attention to such critical issue. As engineering work becomes more complex and diverse an understanding of engineering ethics becomes as important to the proper education of engineers as their technical knowledge. This means that engineering students have to learn about their ethical obligations towards society, their employers, and themselves. This paper discusses the needs and reasons for integrating ethics into the education of undergraduate engineering students in Arab countries. Goals of teaching engineering ethics and various approaches for achieving these goals are also illustrated. Inderscience Publishers 2010 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/4504/1/IJACMSD010402_NASEF.pdf Nasef, Mohamed Mahmoud and Faris, Waleed Fekry (2010) Teaching engineering ethics: a necessary measure for engineering capacity building in Arab countries. International Journal of Arab Culture, Management and Sustainable Development, 1 (4). pp. 318-325. ISSN 1753-9420 (O), 1753-9412 (P) http://www.inderscience.com/offer.php?id=37142 10.1504/IJACMSD.2010.037142
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description	Interest in engineering ethics education has developed significant momentum in most of advanced countries unlike Arab countries, which have not yet paid enough attention to such critical issue. As engineering work becomes more complex and diverse an understanding of engineering ethics becomes as important to the proper education of engineers as their technical knowledge. This means that engineering students have to learn about their ethical obligations towards society, their employers, and themselves. This paper discusses the needs and reasons for integrating ethics into the education of undergraduate engineering students in Arab countries. Goals of teaching engineering ethics and various approaches for achieving these goals are also illustrated.
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author	Nasef, Mohamed Mahmoud Faris, Waleed Fekry
author_facet	Nasef, Mohamed Mahmoud Faris, Waleed Fekry
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title	Teaching engineering ethics: a necessary measure for engineering capacity building in Arab countries
title_short	Teaching engineering ethics: a necessary measure for engineering capacity building in Arab countries
title_full	Teaching engineering ethics: a necessary measure for engineering capacity building in Arab countries
title_fullStr	Teaching engineering ethics: a necessary measure for engineering capacity building in Arab countries
title_full_unstemmed	Teaching engineering ethics: a necessary measure for engineering capacity building in Arab countries
title_sort	teaching engineering ethics: a necessary measure for engineering capacity building in arab countries
publisher	Inderscience Publishers
publishDate	2010
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Teaching engineering ethics: a necessary measure for engineering capacity building in Arab countries

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