Results from CEES Activities

Ethics Education Workshop and Report
The workshop, summarized in this volume, discussed the social environment of science and engineering education; the need for ethics education for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in science and engineering; models for effective programs; and assessment of approaches to ethics education, among other topics. Read the report here.

Engineering, Social Justice and Sustainable Community Development
“Engineering, Social Justice, and Sustainable Community Development” is the first in a series of biennial workshops planned by CEES on the theme of engineering ethics and engineering leadership. This workshop was inspired by members of the CEES Advisory Group (CEES-AG), who raised questions about conflicting positive goals for engineering projects in impoverished areas and areas in crisis. These conflicts arise domestically as well as in international arenas. CEES-AG noted that engineers and ethicists had not examined or discussed the difficulties such conflicts could pose for successful project completion. These goals of project sponsors and participants, which are often implicit, include protecting human welfare, ensuring social justice, and striving for environmental sustainability alongside the more often explicit goal of economic development or progress. 

APPE Mini Conference
Video and presentations from this conference available here.
The Association for Practical and Professional Ethics hosted a mini-conference in conjunction with its 2010 annual meeting, cosponsored by the Center for Engineering, Ethics, and Society of the National Academy of Engineering, The meeting brought together engineers and scholars in ethics and in science and technology studies to explore the connections between engineering and justice.  Engineers and engineering shape our social, physical, and built environments in profound ways. As that influence grows, deliberation and debate about underlying choices and directions becomes ever more important.