Do Embedded Ethics Modules Have Impact Beyond the Classroom?Global
Embedded ethics education aims to integrate educational modules into computer science courses that coincidentally introduce technical content and ethical considerations related to technology design, development, and deployment. Scholarly assessment has demonstrated that these modules can influence students’ attitudes about the relevance and importance of ethics to their work, as well as their perceived ability to tackle ethical issues in the workplace. In this paper, we report on a study that investigates whether embedded ethics modules have an impact beyond the classroom. We examine two aspects of this broad question, specifically: Do embedded ethics modules influence students to learn more about ethics on their own and, importantly, when students enter the workplace for an industrial or research work experience, are they better able to recognize ethical issues, and do they report that the modules they participated in helped them to navigate the ethical situations that they encounter? While further assessment is needed to investigate this question fully, our results suggest that embedded ethics modules can indeed have this kind of positive impact beyond the classroom.
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