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Joseph R. Herkert

Researcher at North Carolina State University

Publications -  67
Citations -  1533

Joseph R. Herkert is an academic researcher from North Carolina State University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Engineering education & Public policy. The author has an hindex of 17, co-authored 66 publications receiving 1299 citations. Previous affiliations of Joseph R. Herkert include Arizona State University & Lafayette College.

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Ways of thinking about and teaching ethical problem solving: microethics and macroethics in engineering.

TL;DR: Multidisciplinary collaboration is recommended to create online case studies emphasizing ethical decision making in individual, professional, and societal contexts and to create transparent linkages between public policy positions advocated by professional societies and codes of ethics.
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Engineering Ethics Education in the USA: Content, Pedagogy and Curriculum.

TL;DR: The pedagogical framework of engineering ethics education has evolved primarily toward utilization of case studies and codes of ethics, in some instances supplemented by an introduction to moral theory as discussed by the authors, however, nearly 80% of engineering graduates are not required to take ethics-related courses.
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Future Directions in Engineering Ethics Research: Microethics, Macroethics and the Role of Professional Societies

TL;DR: The approach suggested here is to focus on the role of professional engineering societies in linking individual and professional ethics and in linking professional and social ethics.
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The growing gap between emerging technologies and legal-ethical oversight : the pacing problem

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss the growing gap between emerging technologies and the law and present a toolbox of solutions to address the pacing problem of emerging technologies in the context of software agents.
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The Growing Gap Between Emerging Technologies and Legal-Ethical Oversight

TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss the growing gap between emerging technologies and the law and present a toolbox of solutions to address the pacing problem of emerging technologies in the context of software agents.