Contemporary Issues and Ethics

Response Journal 3 discusses a subject from the news that may pose an ethical problem for engineers.
Summarize the subject, explaining how it poses an ethical problem. Go into detail analyzing why it is an
ethical situation and what challenges or solutions you see for the problem. Be sure to use the standard
citation/referencing system that Finkelstein recommends in Chapter 14 of PBTW or one that is used in
your major. Failure to document these sources correctly will result in a grade of Unacceptable.

Providing Context and Thinking Critically

Context

Response journals require you to do two different things: provide context and think critically. Your first
short paragraph should provide context. If you are required to read a Sherlock Holmes story or a news
story, you should summarize the main points of those items. This portion should be rather short—a
quarter to a half a page.

Thinking Critically

The next paragraphs demonstrate your critical thinking abilities. Show that you have not only read, but
have paid attention, should react to the reading or summary by asking questions, offering answers,
thought about, dissected, and learned from the material. Use your engineering problem-solving abilities to
question and examine.

Format

Journal entries should be more than one double-spaced page, and should contain at least three or four
complete paragraphs. They should be a maximum of two pages.

All journal assignments must

•     be double-spaced
•     be submitted to the Blackboard Assignments tab
•     be in a standard 12-point font
•     be in standard academic essay format
•     have standard 1” margins on each side
•     have numbered pages
•     include an appropriate heading
•     include an appropriate title
•     acknowledge all aid from students, professors, family members, etc. at the end of every
assignment.

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