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Comparison of Cross Culture Engineering Ethics Training Using the Simulator for Engineering Ethics Education

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This paper describes the use and analysis of the Simulator for Engineering Ethics Education (SEEE) to perform cross culture engineering ethics training and analysis. Details describing the first generation and second generation development of the SEEE are published in Chung and Alfred, Science and Engineering Ethics, vol. 15, 2009 and Alfred and Chung, Science and Engineering Ethics, vol. 18, 2012. In this effort, a group of far eastern educated students operated the simulator in the instructional, training, scenario, and evaluation modes. The pre and post treatment performance of these students were compared to U.S. Educated students. Analysis of the performance indicated that the far eastern educated student increased their level of knowledge 23.7 percent while U.S. educated students increased their level of knowledge by 39.3 percent.

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Acknowledgments

The author is grateful to the National Society of Professional Engineers for their permission to utilize the NSPE’s code of ethics as a basis for the Simulator for Engineering Ethics Education. The author would also like to thank Dr. Michael Alfred who was involved in the development of the Simulator for Engineering Ethics.

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Chung, C. Comparison of Cross Culture Engineering Ethics Training Using the Simulator for Engineering Ethics Education. Sci Eng Ethics 21, 471–478 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11948-014-9542-z

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