Perceptions of Ethical Behavior in Ethical Mentoring Relationships Between Women Graduate Students and Faculty in Science and Engineering

Document Type

Conference Paper

Journal/Book Title/Conference

American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, Engineering Ethics Division

Publisher

American Society for Engineering Education

Location

Salt Lake City, UT

Publication Date

6-25-2018

Award Number

NSF, Division of Engineering Education and Centers (EEC) 1653140

Funder

NSF, Division of Engineering Education and Centers (EEC)

Abstract

The purpose of this Work In Progress (WIP) qualitative study was to explore how underrepresented women graduate students and faculty in Science and Engineering understand and perceive what constitutes ethical behavior in a mentoring research relationship centered around the six ethical principles of Beneficence, Nonmaleficence, Autonomy, Fidelity, Fairness, and Privacy. This WIP paper focuses on the responses of eight graduate students and four faculty to six case studies that targeted a specific ethical mentoring principle, and it represents an expansion of a larger study currently under review. The goals of this WIP paper are to: (a) explore participant understanding of each ethical mentoring principle; (b) elucidate participant perceptions of ethical issues in six case studies; and (c) reveal what ethical behaviors participants expect from their respective mentor/mentee if they placed themselves in the situation of the case studies.

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