naa a22 4500 510779085 CHVBK 20180411083240.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20130601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11948-011-9349-0 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11948-011-9349-0 The Effectiveness of Ethics Education: A Quasi-Experimental Field Study [Elektronische Daten] [Douglas May, Matthew Luth] Ethical conduct is the hallmark of excellence in engineering and scientific research, design, and practice. While undergraduate and graduate programs in these areas routinely emphasize ethical conduct, few receive formal ethics training as part of their curricula. The first purpose of this research study was to assess the relative effectiveness of ethics education in enhancing individuals' general knowledge of the responsible conduct of research practices and their level of moral reasoning. Secondly, we examined the effects of ethics education on the positive psychological outcomes of perspective-taking, moral efficacy, moral courage, and moral meaningfulness. To examine our research hypotheses, we utilized a pretest-posttest quasi-experimental design consisting of three ethics education groups (control, embedded modules, and stand-alone courses). Findings revealed that both embedded and stand alone courses were effective in enhancing participants' perspective-taking, moral efficacy, and moral courage. Moral meaningfulness was marginally enhanced for the embedded module condition. Moral judgment and knowledge of responsible conduct of research practices were not influenced by either ethics education condition. Contrary to expectations, stand alone courses were not superior to embedded modules in influencing the positive psychological outcomes investigated. Implications of these findings for future research and practice are discussed. Springer Science+Business Media B.V., 2011 Ethics education nationallicence Responsible conduct of research nationallicence Positive organizational scholarship nationallicence Moral efficacy nationallicence Moral courage nationallicence Moral meaningfulness nationallicence Moral reasoning nationallicence May Douglas International Center for Ethics in Business, The University of Kansas, 330 Summerfield Hall; 1300 Sunnyside Ave., 66045-7585, Lawrence, KS, USA aut Luth Matthew The University of Kansas, 102 Summerfield Hall; 1300 Sunnyside Ave., 66045-7585, Lawrence, KS, USA aut Science and Engineering Ethics Springer Netherlands 19/2(2013-06-01), 545-568 1353-3452 19:2<545 2013 19 11948 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11948-011-9349-0 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11948-011-9349-0 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- May Douglas International Center for Ethics in Business, The University of Kansas, 330 Summerfield Hall; 1300 Sunnyside Ave., 66045-7585, Lawrence, KS, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Luth Matthew The University of Kansas, 102 Summerfield Hall; 1300 Sunnyside Ave., 66045-7585, Lawrence, KS, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Science and Engineering Ethics Springer Netherlands 19/2(2013-06-01), 545-568 1353-3452 19:2<545 2013 19 11948 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer