ABSTRACT
In the last 30 years, there has been substantial growth in research and scholarship related to teaching engineering ethics. This growth has occurred alongside changes in university education and accreditation and global events that have drawn attention to the impact of engineering on society and the environment, both positive and negative. Although the momentum to formalize engineering ethics instruction is encouraging, educators and researchers can find it challenging to make sense of the multitude of teaching methods. This chapter presents a narrative literature review describing the landscape of approaches to teaching ethics in engineering. It provides an overview and introduction to help readers navigate this diverse and evolving field: the chapter highlights classic and emerging methods, distills trends in the literature, identifies gaps for future research, and proposes a heuristic tool for instructional design to serve as a resource for educators and researchers. In providing an overview of approaches, the chapter illuminates research and instructional opportunities while also demonstrating that although the space of EEE has traditionally been dominated by a few approaches, there are novel methods that can broaden students’ engagement with engineering ethics.
