Engineering Ethics and Academic Integrity Overview
This content provides an overview of a course on Engineering Ethics and Academic Integrity, covering topics such as defining academic integrity and plagiarism, the importance of ethics in engineering, course objectives, rationale for including ethics in engineering curriculum, general definitions of ethics, and ethics in research.
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BME / IHE 6010 Engineering Ethics (Academic Integrity) Dave Kender - March 5, 2025 Lecture adapted from Meg Wiltshire s PowerPoint Presentation
Outline Course Information Syllabus, Schedule, Course Overview www.cs.wright.edu/~dkender Learning Objectives Course Rationale Engineering Ethics Academic Integrity (Plagiarism) Guest Speakers - Fall 2016
Course Learning Objectives Define: academic integrity, plagiarism, fair use Explain the importance of ethics and integrity in engineering and research Compare and contrast ethical behavior and legal behavior Express the WSU Academic Integrity Policy Describe the relationship between the graduate student and their advisor Locate and use research tools available to WSU graduate students Explain the thesis and dissertation preparation process
Course Rationale ABET ABET (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology) mandates that discussions regarding ethics be included in the engineering curriculum Cheating and plagiarism has become a major problem at many universities WSU has not been exempt from the problem There are a variety of reasons for the problem The best way to avoid problems is to educate students about the problem and clearly identify good and bad practices
General Definition of Ethics The study of the characteristics of morals The study of the moral choices made by each person in his or her relationships with other persons Reference: Engineering Ethics by Fleddermann
Engineering Ethics The rules and standards which govern the conduct of engineers in their role as professionals Engineering ethics are similar to general ethics, but apply to the specific issues which affect engineering professionals Reference: Engineering Ethics by Fleddermann
Ethics in Research Research misconduct is defined as fabrication, falsification, or plagiarism in proposing, performing, or reviewing research, or in reporting research results. Federal policy on Research Misconduct http://www.ostp.gov/html/001207_3.html Reference: Ethics in Scientific Research by Budinger and Budinger
Publication Violations Faking research data 0.3% Plagiarism 1.4% Removing data 6% Multiple publications of the same data 4.7% Inappropriate inclusion of authors 10% Changed a study design 15% Inadequate record keeping 27.5% From 3247 respondents of 8000 surveyed Reference: Ethics in Scientific Research by Budinger and Budinger
Scientific Misconduct Fabrication is making up data or results and recording or reporting them Falsification is manipulating research materials, equipment, or processes, or changing or omitting data or results such that the research is not accurately represented in the research record Plagiarism is the appropriation of another person s ideas, processes, results, or words without giving proper credit. Research misconduct does not include honest error or differences of opinion Reference: Ethics in Scientific Research by Budinger and Budinger
Researcher Unethical Conduct Cover-up of errors Performance of inappropriate statistical analysis Misuse of funds Knowingly performing or participating in unauthorized experiments Fabrication of data Deletion of data without justification Misrepresentation or purposeful exclusion of relevant data from others Falsification of data Misrepresentation of originality of ideas, writings, software and hardware plagiarism Making major protocol deviations Unorthodox manipulation of data during data analysis Failing to report wrongs when there is a responsibility to do so Reference: Ethics in Scientific Research by Budinger and Budinger
Plagiarism The false assumption of ownership, the wrongful act of taking the product of another person s mind, and presenting it as one s own. Reference: MLA Handbook, Chapter 2, page 46 An act of theft in which you steal another person s idea or his or her expression of an idea, and then represent it as your own. Reference: Dr. Leo Finkelstein Jr., Pocket Book of Technical Writing
Costs of Plagiarism Viewed as a shameful act, one from a dishonest person Violates WSU Academic Integrity policy and can result in an F for the paper or course, expulsion and revocation of degree Loss of the opportunity for the student to learn Loss of pride in the effort to receive a degree Lowers the value of degrees earned by others
Causes of Plagiarism Accidental - Poor note taking/documentation Belief that minor word changes constitutes your own work Peer pressure from friends/students/community Poor time management Writing in a second language and worrying about grammar
You have plagiarized if Your notes fail to distinguish summary and/or paraphrase You copy and paste from the web without enclosing in quotes and citing the source You presented facts without citing where they were found You repeated or paraphrased another s work w/o citation You took another s unique phrase without citing You paraphrased someone s ideas without citing You bought or obtained a paper written by another and handed it in as your own. Reference: MLA Handbook, Chapter 2, page 75
Writing Assignment #1 Writing Assignments Overview www.TurnItIn.com Due Wednesday, September 14, 2016
Guest Speakers - Fall 2016 Dr. Chris Taylor Dr. Frank Ciarallo Brandy Foster Phil Flynn Alysoun Taylor-Hall Dr. Joseph Slater Dave Kender Student Conduct Ph.D. Program Intellectual Property Library Resources Thesis / Dissertation Tools LaTex Engineering Ethics backarrow1
