It has come time to write the summary of the ethics discussions that were held throughout the semester at IRE during design and learning review. Ethics is part of the everyday life at IRE because of the importance of ethics during an engineer’s career. Some of the topics that my group had discussions on were the responsibility of the engineer during the construction process, conflict of interest, and the Challenger Shuttle disaster. The discussions start by somebody introducing the topic from the research, then the group takes turns saying what they would do if put in the situation, and why they would take that approach. By having ethics discussions every week, students have the opportunity to talk about real world problems and how to deal with them because there will always be ethical dilemmas. It is important for engineers to follow the engineering code of ethics everyday and by being exposed to problems, students will be more equipped to handle issues during their professional career.
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