University of Michigan-Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Room 411C, Long Bin Building, 800 Dongchuan Road - Minhang District, Shanghai, 200240, China.
Institute of Social Cognition and Decision-making, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China.
Sci Eng Ethics. 2020 Aug;26(4):1935-1965. doi: 10.1007/s11948-019-00108-0. Epub 2019 May 21.
To develop more effective ethics education for cross-cultural and international engineering, a study was conducted to determine what Chinese engineering students have learned and think about ethics. Recent research shows traditional approaches to ethics education are potentially ineffective, but also points towards ways of improving ethical behaviors. China is the world's most populous country, graduating and employing the highest number of STEM majors, although little empirical research exists about the ethical knowledge and perspectives of Chinese engineering students. When compared to engineering students in the US, Chinese engineering students (1) received less ethics education; (2) the form of the education they did receive stressed virtue ethics or the development of moral character; (3) conceive of ethics in contradistinction to the law, where ethics deals with matters of right and wrong not covered by legality. Based on these findings and research in moral psychology and behavioral ethics, recommendations are made for improving engineering ethics education both in China and abroad.
为了开发更有效的跨文化和国际工程伦理教育，本研究旨在确定中国工科学生在伦理方面的学习内容和想法。最近的研究表明，传统的伦理教育方法可能效果不佳，但也为改进道德行为指明了方向。中国是世界上人口最多的国家，培养和雇佣的 STEM 专业毕业生数量最多，尽管关于中国工科学生的伦理知识和观点的实证研究很少。与美国工科学生相比，中国工科学生（1）接受的伦理教育较少；（2）他们所接受的教育形式强调美德伦理或道德品质的培养；（3）将伦理与法律区分开来，认为伦理涉及法律未涵盖的是非问题。基于这些发现以及道德心理学和行为伦理方面的研究，本研究对国内外工科伦理教育提出了改进建议。
