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Teaching business ethics to professional engineers.

William I Sauser1

  • 1Business and Engineering Outreach, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama 36849-5248, USA. sauser@business.auburn.edu

Science and Engineering Ethics
|May 22, 2004
PubMed
Summary

This study details a new distance-delivered continuing education course on business ethics for professional engineers and surveyors. The program aims to address ethical lapses in business and meet continuing education requirements.

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Area of Science:

  • Engineering Education
  • Business Ethics

Background:

  • Increasingly, businesses face scrutiny for unethical practices, eroding corporate trust and causing economic repercussions.
  • Business educators are urged to integrate ethics into curricula; engineering educators are also responding due to the business context of engineering practice.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To outline the creation and implementation of a distance-delivered continuing education course on business ethics.
  • To provide professional engineers and surveyors with essential ethical training relevant to their practice.

Main Methods:

  • Development of a distance-learning course based on an Executive MBA Business Ethics course.
  • Delivery of continuing education to professional engineers and surveyors across the USA.

Main Results:

  • The course was produced by Auburn University's Engineering Professional Development program.
  • Participants can utilize the course for professional licensing and certification continuing education requirements.

Conclusions:

  • A need exists for specialized business ethics education within engineering professional development.
  • Distance education offers a viable method for delivering essential ethics training to licensed professionals nationwide.

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