Introduction to Analysis

Topic area Whistle-blowing
Target audience Undergraduate and graduates in IS, CS, CE and EE.
Activity type Think-pair-share, role playing, oral and written group presentations.
Time required Three class periods.
Attachments None.
Additional materials See documentation for individual activities.
Background needed to complete the assignment To begin the activities, no skills required.
References See documentation for individual activities.
Last modified August 1998
Abstract:
Three activities are provided which introduce students to required beyond a basic familiarity with the university environment. ethical dissent. The first activity is a think-pair-share activity which introduces students to the basic concepts. The second, is a role-playing activity which helps students identify the stakeholders, recognize the risks to those stakeholders, and understand how those risks can be minimized by following the IEEE guidelines for ethical dissent. In the third activity, the students analyze a specific, real case with respect to the steps for ethical dissent. This helps the students to understand how each of the steps can fail and what might be done to prevent or ameliorate such failures. Students make oral and written presentations of there analysis for this activity.

Goals for the activity:
Provide the students with a fundamental understanding of ethical dissent that will be required for the workplace. Activities lead students from a basic introduction to the concepts of ethical dissent through an analysis of real-world cases.

Knowledge / skills / attitudes to be developed (behavioral objectives):
Understand the issues which must be addressed in ethical dissent; identify the risks to all stakeholders; become familiar with the guidelines for ethical dissent suggested by IEEE; understand whistle-blowing as a failure of the system to handle problems in a less extreme way.

Procedure:
Carry out the following three activities:

  1. Ethical Dissent: An Introduction in the Student Environment.
  2. Worksheet for Role Playing Model on Ethical Dissent.
  3. Worksheet for Classic Ethical Decision Topic.

Assessing outcomes:
Written and oral presentations should reflect the students' understanding of the issues associated with ethical dissent and the procedures which should be followed in dissent.

Additional remarks:
None.

Author contact information:
Gerald Engel
Computer Science and Engineering
University of Connecticut at Stamford
Stamford, CT06901-2315
Fax: (203) 251-8431
E-mail: g.engel@compmail.com

Dewey Rundus
Computer Science and Engineering
University of South Florida
Tampa, FL 33620-5399
Fax: (813) 974-5456
E-mail: rundus@csee.usf.edu

Elise Turner
Computer Science Department
University of Maine
Orono, ME 04469-5752
Fax: (207) 581-4977
E-mail: eht@bronte.umcs.maine.edu

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