Open AccessThe Ethical Perception of Engineering Students Who Have Never Participated in the Ethics Curriculum
Author(s) -
Nguyen Van Hanh,
Nguyen Tien Long
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
international journal of engineering pedadogy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 7
ISSN - 2192-4880
DOI - 10.3991/ijep.v12i1.21781
Subject(s) - clarity , perception , curriculum , psychology , engineering education , medical education , exploratory factor analysis , engineering ethics , pedagogy , engineering , medicine , clinical psychology , mechanical engineering , biochemistry , chemistry , neuroscience , psychometrics
Existing studies on the ethical perception of engineering students is based on observations among students who have been exposed to ethical courses in engineering schools. Whether the students have never been exposed to engi-neering ethical curriculum, can they perceive the specific ethical standards (such as the NSPE Code of Ethics) that apply to engineers? It is also not clear about the factors affecting the ethical perception of those students? This study aims to provide clarity in this area by examining the ethical per-ception of students who have never been exposed to engineering ethical cur-riculum. The results of quantitative analysis from survey data with 654 Vi-etnamese engineering students showed that the students have a positive per-ception of specific ethical standards that apply to engineers. Finally, the Pearson correlation analysis, exploratory factor analysis, and linear regression analysis are used to examine the effect of students 'characteristics (such as gender, student year, GPA, voluntary blood donation of students, students' opinion on technology) on the ethical perception of engineering students.