<p>IIRC, my shop and chemistry classes included mandatory safety briefings.  Many educational institutions have a code-of-conduct with which students are supposed to know and comply.  The same should happen and apply if any computing activity might affect student safety, or potentially violate the conduct code.</p>

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<p>What is your current practice of teaching ethics to students, both institutionally and individually? </p>

<p>Note that the teaching of ethical standards (not just lists of rules) has at least two elements: What to <em>do</em>, as well as what <em>not to do</em> to be ethical. </p>

<p>Are your students required to take any ethics courses? Are those courses tailored in any way to the concerns of the technorati? Do you bring up ethical consequences of the things you teach? Are you required to? What topics do you think are most important? </p>

<p>What can you recommend to others for giving students some ethical training?</p>

<p>Are students required to buy in to an ethical standard beyond the classroom?  </p>

<p>Or do we simply depend on, and hope that, it happens <em>somewhere</em>. </p>

<p>It would be helpful to know which courses you teach that clearly require ethical behavior and how you go about teaching it. For example IoT (Internet of Things) development has clear implications about security and privacy. How do students learn this? </p>

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What part does formal Ethics training play in your curriculum?
# What part does formal Ethics training play in your curriculum?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-08-07)

What is your current practice of teaching ethics to students, both institutionally and individually?

Note that the teaching of ethical standards (not just lists of rules) has at least two elements: What to *do*, as well as what *not to do* to be ethical.

Are your students required to take any ethics courses? Are those courses tailored in any way to the concerns of the technorati? Do you bring up ethical consequences of the things you teach? Are you required to? What topics do you think are most important?

What can you recommend to others for giving students some ethical training?

Are students required to buy in to an ethical standard beyond the classroom?

Or do we simply depend on, and hope that, it happens *somewhere*.

It would be helpful to know which courses you teach that clearly require ethical behavior and how you go about teaching it. For example IoT (Internet of Things) development has clear implications about security and privacy. How do students learn this?

**Tags:** curriculum-design, best-practice, ethics


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### Answer by username_1 on 2017-08-08. Score: -1

IIRC, my shop and chemistry classes included mandatory safety briefings. Many educational institutions have a code-of-conduct with which students are supposed to know and comply. The same should happen and apply if any computing activity might affect student safety, or potentially violate the conduct code.


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