Research Guides
MSE 311 - Integrated Junior Laboratory I: Ethics
Plagiarism
To Avoid Plagiarism
If you quote or summarize another author's words, provide attribution. Always cite the original work using quotation marks and the appropriate citation style. You maybe be familiar with APA, Chicago, or MLA styles.
Two of the main citation styles used by professionals in your field are ACS (American Chemical Society) and IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers).
If you quote or summarize another author's words, provide attribution. Always cite the original work using quotation marks and the appropriate citation style. You maybe be familiar with APA, Chicago, or MLA styles.
Two of the main citation styles used by professionals in your field are ACS (American Chemical Society) and IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers).
Quoting, Summarizing, and Paraphrasing
Whether you are quoting, paraphrasing, or summarizing, the evidence or selected text you use must be relevant to your writing, must support your argument, must be carefully framed or incorporated, must be attributed and cited when necessary, must be properly punctuated according to your discipline’s style, and must be explicated or analyzed.
- Courtesy of the Odegaard Writing & Research Center
Ethics
Ethics Links
Ethics is an important element in all professional training.
Serious ethical misconduct may result in the loss of professional status as well as professional income !
The links below provide engineering ethics examples, case studies, and various professional codes of conduct. Use these links to help with ethics assignments or just to educate yourself about professional ethical expectations.
| Murdough Center for Engineering Professionalism | See the 'Ethics Resources' link for ethics seminars, case studies, and more ... |
| Onlineethics.org | The Online Ethics Center for Engineering & Science |
| National Society of Professional Engineers | NSPE Ethics Reference Guide, NSPE Code of Ethics, Case studies, Consolidated Table of Contents to the Opinions of the Board of Ethical Review, Subject Reference Guide to NSPE Code of Ethics. |
| Ethics Resource Center | Articles, case studies, ethics toolkit, webcasts |
| Centre for Computing & Social Responsibility | Use the search box at the top of the page for access to lots of applied ethics articles |
| Ethics in Computing | Extensive resource covering computer ethics in commerce, social justice, computer abuse, intellectual property, speech issues, privacy, risks as well as many basic ethics articles. |
| Selected Codes of Ethics for Engineers: | |
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• American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) |
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- Taken from the University of Utah Materials and Science Engieering Research Guide
Important Links
- UW Plagiarism & Academic Conduct Policies
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Department of Human-Centered Design and Engineering's guide to plagiarism.
Some Important Ethical Concepts
Confidentiality
Conflict of Interest
Professional Competence
Gifts
Public Safety
Environmental Ethics
Human Research Subjects
Political Activity
Intellectual Property
Outside Employment
Collaboration
Human Rights
Authorship
Plagiarism
Workplace Safety
Animal Research Subjects
Nepotism
Academic Freedom
Bias
Freedom of Speech
Whistleblowing
Deception in Research
Cultural Sensitivity
Censorship
Moonlighting
Sustainable Development
Academic Ethics
Criticism
Scientific Misconduct
Accuracy
Professional Responsibility
Multiple Relationships
- Taken from the University of Utah Materials and Science Engieering Research Guide