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Background and Context, Attendees, and Organization of the Workshop
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... Practicing engineers, engineering educators, and engineering ethics scholars had both informal and guided opportunities to strategize and develop plans for incorporating ethics in engineering curricula. Information, expertise, mentoring, and facilitated discussions and collaboration at the workshop aimed to help attendees advance their work and develop effective plans for their own institutions.
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... In addition, speakers with a range of expertise were asked to present and discuss work relevant to incorporating ethics into the engineering curriculum, including speakers with insights from sociology and anthropology, professional engineers, representatives from professional societies, program directors, among others. ORGANIZATION OF THE WORKSHOP The workshop was organized by the CEES advisory group based on a model created by the NAE Frontiers of Engineering Education program.
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... Representatives of each affinity group reported on the group discussions the following morning. A panel discussion then summarized the workshop discussions, identifying opportunities and potential next steps, before the final plenary session.
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