Ethics-related news stories

Find multiple abstracts from Science and Engineering Ethics here.

Oil firms vow safety in wells far deeper than BP's
The Dallas Morning News
June 27, 2010

Engineering textbook promotes social justice
Discover-e blog from SUNY Binghamton

CDC admits to misleading Washington, DC area residents about lead levels in drinking water, after fight by Virginia Tech professor.
Washington Post
An earlier related story from ASEE Prism.

Societal impacts of R&D investment
AAAS Science and Technology Policy Forum 

Khalifa University organizes engineering students ethics competition
May 30, 2010

The Nanotech Gamble
AOL Special News Report 

Safety issue lurks under Dulles rail bridge plan
Washington DC's Metro system
November 22, 2009

Glacier Man: A profile of Chewang Norphel
Science Magazine has a profile of this Himalayan climate change fighter (payment required for full article)
Time has a free story from 2008.
October 30, 2009

Chronicle of Higher Education
NSF Defers to Universities on Ethical Standards
August 20, 2009

Johns Hopkins University engineering magazine discusses the ethical implications of new technologies.
June, 2009

Unethical research - The size of stimulus has unintended consequence of funding "bad actors"
May 4, 2009

Professor speaks out on sustainability
January 29, 2009

Responsible Engineering
November, 2008

Law experts ponder keeping up with technology
December 8, 2008

Texas A&M University
Chemical Safety Board Chair: Expect More Regulation 
October 30, 2008

The New York Times
Lighting up the night, and a legal battle
November 2, 2008

Please submit news items of which you are aware to Nathan Kahl at nkahl@nae.edu.