Abstract
Accreditation can drive curricular innovation and change in engineering and can have a role in encouraging students’ development of ethics-related competencies. Despite engineering educators’ competence in the technical aspects of design and research, there can be an element of discomfort in planning and delivering lessons
relating to ethics that span social justice, diversity and inclusion, environmental sustainability, and ethical theories. Because engineering accreditation can encourage and/or require the inclusion of ethical content in accredited engineering courses, the recently published Routledge Handbook of Engineering Ethics Education dedicated an entire section to the topic. This paper critically assesses the
handbook’s accreditation section in terms of its value and usefulness for engineering educators whose primary focus is teaching rather than research. Overall, the paper summarizes a discussion of a recent symposium panel focused on the handbook’s accreditation section, probing the section’s relevance and practicality for the SEFI
community, and amplifying the handbook’s core messages for a wider audience.
relating to ethics that span social justice, diversity and inclusion, environmental sustainability, and ethical theories. Because engineering accreditation can encourage and/or require the inclusion of ethical content in accredited engineering courses, the recently published Routledge Handbook of Engineering Ethics Education dedicated an entire section to the topic. This paper critically assesses the
handbook’s accreditation section in terms of its value and usefulness for engineering educators whose primary focus is teaching rather than research. Overall, the paper summarizes a discussion of a recent symposium panel focused on the handbook’s accreditation section, probing the section’s relevance and practicality for the SEFI
community, and amplifying the handbook’s core messages for a wider audience.
| Original language | English (Ireland) |
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| Publication status | Accepted/In press - 17 Sep 2025 |
| Event | European Society for Engineering Education (SEFI) Annual Conference 2025 - Tampere University, Tampere, Finland Duration: 15 Sep 2025 → 18 Sep 2025 https://www.sefi2025.eu/ |
Conference
| Conference | European Society for Engineering Education (SEFI) Annual Conference 2025 |
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| Abbreviated title | SEFI |
| Country/Territory | Finland |
| City | Tampere |
| Period | 15/09/25 → 18/09/25 |
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