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Ethical Considerations: A Key to Technological Advancement

From research to deployment to reclamation, the technology development process is a complex landscape. This panel considers why ethics conversations are a critical component of advancing technology for the benefit of humanity.
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Ethics in Standards Development and Application

Understand the role ethics plays in standards development and application as well as what questions to ask when deciding whether or not a decision is ethical. Learn what options you have when faced with an ethical dilemma and what resources are available to assist you in making ethical decisions. Gain an understanding of the different possible types of standards abuse and learn about real-life examples of the effects of bad ethical decisions in standards related situations.
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Fundamentals for Technical Professionals

Gain knowledge on setting career goals, networking, technical writing, ethics, patents, communications skills, and more. Ideal for an academic or corporate setting for engineering students and professionals to learn important business skills that will help build a successful career.
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Neuropriming: What Are The Ethical Implications?

What happens when brain stimulation techniques are used to "prime" the minds of athletes during their training regimens? This panel discusses implications at the intersection of neuroscience, ethics and sport.
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Engineering Ethics: Case Study in Biomedical Research

This course is designed to introduce engineers in the biomedical field to ethical considerations (e.g., use of human subjects in research) related to practice in this field. The author reviews the Biomedical Engineering Society Code of Ethics and discusses a case study involving fabricated data and other ethical transgressions. He focuses on the ethical principles that were violated and offers suggestions on how biomedical engineers can avoid making similar errors.
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How Much Autonomy Is Acceptable?

Numerous current and future systems feature independence from human intervention. But how much autonomy is acceptable? And does autonomy dilute the foundational principle of a responsible agent? This panel delves into these important issues raised by an increasingly autonomous world.
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Benefits and Challenges of Raising Children in an AI World

The current generation is being raised in an increasingly automated and algorithmic environment. This panel addresses the impacts, opportunities and challenges of raising children in this AI generation.
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Engineering Ethics: Case Study of DeKort and the US Coast Guard

In this course, the author reviews the IEEE Code of Ethics and introduces a case study of an engineer confronted by an ethical dilemma involving a project for the US Coast Guard. DeKort's dilemma is described in detail and the author discusses the turning points in DeKort's handling of the situation. The learner is asked to suggest the best course of action and to cite the relevant principles from the IEEE Code of Ethics.
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Engineering Ethics: Ethical Challenges for Military Engineers

This course is designed to introduce engineers who work in the military to ethical considerations and the IEEE codes of Ethics. The author discusses the special ethical challenges engineers in this sector may encounter and suggests sources and methods military engineers may find useful in deciding how to handle ethical dilemmas. He also reviews a case study of an Army engineer confronting a professional ethical dilemma.
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