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Name: Approaches in Environmental Ethics For Business and Engineering
ID: m32584
Language: English (en)
Summary: This module has been developed for students in Business Administration and Engineering. Students learn to integrate ethics into environmental problem-solving by studying different approaches (deontology, utilitarianism, virtue) that take different perspectives (individualistic/holistic, anthropocentric/nonanthropocentric) on real world environmental problems. Three cases taken from Puerto Rico introduce these themes: Super Aqueduct, Windmills, and Gas Pipelines. The characterization of environmental problems as "wicked" comes from Rittel and Weber. Students are given tools for tackling these ill-structured situations that resist more traditional approaches. Ethical approaches in environmental are presented to help uncover the ethical, social, political, economic and ecological dimensions of interdisciplinary environmental problems. Real world cases provide a practical "laboratory" in which students can try out and test problem solving frameworks. Finally, reflective activities and reference materials are provided to help achieve module closure. This module has been developed as part a project funded by the National Science Foundation, "Collaborative Development of Ethics Across the Curriculum Resources and Sharing of Best Practices," NSF-SES-0551779.
Subject: Business
Keywords: Business, Ecology, Engineering, Environment, Ethics
License: Creative Commons Attribution License CC-BY 3.0
Authors: William Frey (wfrey@uprm.edu)
Copyright Holders: William Frey (wfrey@uprm.edu)
Maintainers: William Frey (wfrey@uprm.edu)
Latest version: 1.10 (history)
First publication date: Dec 29, 2008 5:33 am -0600
Last revision to module: Nov 1, 2011 6:12 am -0500
Based On: EAC Toolkit - Student Module Template
Originally By: Jose A. Cruz-Cruz (j.cruz@upr.edu), William Frey (wfrey@uprm.edu)

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Version History

Version: 1.10 Nov 1, 2011 6:12 am -0500 by William Frey
Changes: 
Added presentation taped in Spanish at Schoenstatt on October 30, 2011.
Version: 1.9 Feb 14, 2011 8:59 am -0600 by William Frey
Changes: 
Changed Via Verde Presentation
Version: 1.8 Jan 25, 2011 2:12 pm -0600 by William Frey
Changes: 
Added Schoenstatt presentation given January 22, 2011.
Version: 1.7 Dec 2, 2010 3:57 pm -0600 by William Frey
Changes: 
Revised presentation
Version: 1.6 Nov 16, 2010 3:22 pm -0600 by William Frey
Changes: 
Added presentation with exercises or thought experiments.  These largely coincide with the module with the exception that the virtues are more carefully worked out in the presentation.
Version: 1.5 Oct 21, 2010 7:53 am -0500 by William Frey
Changes: 
Added presentation on environmental ethics
Version: 1.4 Oct 5, 2010 10:50 am -0500 by William Frey
Changes: 
Changed module title and description.  Also changed key words to provide a better profile of module.  More changes are planned for future versions.
Version: 1.3 Nov 5, 2009 2:31 pm -0600 by William Frey
Changes: 
Minor edits to different sections.  More to come.  Added Deep Ecology Platform along with exercise.  Edited El Yunque Exercise.  Added story from Stone of bison drowning in Yellowstone river.  Added three references to Bibliography.
Version: 1.2 Nov 3, 2009 8:36 am -0600 by William Frey
Changes: 
Removed duplicated textbox on Norton's sustainability values/virtues
Version: 1.1 Nov 1, 2009 1:48 pm -0600 by William Frey
Changes: 
First version.  New versions will appear shortly with edits and additional content.

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