• On Education
    Ideas, teaching advice, research, and other pedagogical information about incorporating ethics into the engineering classroom at every level.
  • Safety and the Environment
    Essays and articles, cases, guidelines, and reference materials related to environmental issues (including sustainability) and safety concerns.
  • Professional Practice
    An extensive section with a large number of essays and articles, as well as sets of cases, discussions, and ethical guidelines bearing on the various professional responsibilities of engineers.
  • Employment and Legal Issues
    Cases, essays, and reference materials that address ethical issues for employees, managers, and organizations. There are also resources for considering the intersection of ethics and the law.
  • Responsible Research
    This section of the OEC contains cases, discussions, guidelines, and regulations bearing on the responsible conduct of research, including both issues of research integrity and issues of the treatment of the research subject.
  • Computers and New Technology
    Material addressing the specific ethical issues arising from computers, computer/software engineering, and the Internet, as well as other emerging technologies, such as nanotechnology. The section includes cases, essays, ethical guidelines, and web resources.


Cite this page: "Online Ethics Home" Online Ethics Center for Engineering 10/10/2002 2:59:06 PM National Academy of Engineering Accessed: Saturday, July 04, 2009 <www.onlineethics.org/>


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