The National Center for Professional and Research Ethics Presents Ethics CORE Michael C. Loui University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
National Center for Professional and Research Ethics Established at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2010 Goals Connect silos across disciplines, specialities Complement, interconnect existing resources Serve as a clearinghouse for ideas, materials, community-building Disseminate best practices Centerpiece project: Ethics CORE
Ethics CORE: Collaborative Online Resource Environment Supported by the National Science Foundation, 2010 – 2012 Prompted by requirement in America COMPETES Act (2007) Commitment of University of Illinois Library to incorporate the resource into permanent collection Built on NSF-funded HubZero platform
Ethics CORE Audiences Instructors Administrators Students Scholars of research ethics Practicing scientists and engineers In compliance with accessibility standards
Interdisciplinary Team of Principal Investigators (1) C. K. Gunsalus (project director), Professor Emerita of Business Nicholas C. Burbules, Professor of Education
Interdisciplinary Team of Principal Investigators (2) Michael C. Loui, Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering William H. Mischo, Director, Grainger Engineering Library
Staff Jill Peckham, Program Coordinator Gene Amberg, Collaborations Director Megan O’Reilly Mahoney, Digital Librarian
Initial Partners
Samples of Features (1) Short videos: University of Nebraska— Lincoln RCR videos, Ethics Unwrapped, Ethicana, …
Samples of Features (2) Responsible Conduct of Research training modules developed by the Center on Materials and Devices for Information Technology Research (CMDITR), an NSF- funded S&T Center at University of Washington.
Samples of Features (3) Starting pages for users: Instructors, … content&view=article&id=79 content&view=article&id=79 From here, access ORI video “The Lab” Online communities (groups): Sustainability Ethics, … ups/sustainabilityethics ups/sustainabilityethics
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Samples of Features (4) Two-minute challenges: Authorship, … Key issues pages: Plagiarism, … hics/published/plagiarism hics/published/plagiarism Perspectives on Teaching Ethics essay series vesonteachingethics Search function 17
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22 Benefits to Instructors and Students Comprehensive access to ethics materials: Federated search of the scholarly literature Codes of ethics Case studies, scenarios, videos, ethical dilemmas, set in disciplines with teaching and discussion aids Integrated Moodle course management system And more! 22
What’s Next? Collaborate with Center for Engineering, Ethics and Society at the National Academy of Engineering to further develop the Online Resource Center for Ethics Education in Engineering and Science, with support from NSF Identify, develop, and share discipline- specific ethics materials
Contact Us! Supported by the National Science Foundation under Award SES Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.