Ethics Across Campus

The Ethics Across Campus (EAC) program at Colorado School of Mines
serves as an umbrella for multiple ethics-related teaching, research, and outreach activities.

 

Ethics bowl

A competition of ideas: the APPE – Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl.
Join the Mines team, and hone your critical thinking skills!

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Ethics of Art(ificial Intelligence) Initiative

In conjunction with The International Day of Action for Academic Integrity on October 18th, 2023, Mines hosted an AI Creativity intiative that asked students to reflect on the ethics of using generative artificial intelligence (genAI) to produce visual art. Entries were required to include an image and a 250-word “artist’s note” that described what kind/how much genAI was used, critically reflected on how they used AI, and explored the ethical considerations involved in generating AI art.

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University Ethics Scholars

Participate in Ethics Bowl and take at least one ethics course to become a University Ethics Scholar.
This honor is noted on your transcript and at your graduation ceremony.

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Daniels Fund Program

The Daniels Fund Program in Professional Ethics Education
is dedicated to providing support for Mines faculty to integrate principle-based ethics into their curricula.
Mines is the first STEM-focused university to receive Daniels Fund grants for ethics.

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Ethics Across Campus

Fostering an atmosphere of integrity in all facets of campus life.

Welcome

Elite STEM schools, such as Mines, are uniquely situated to produce responsible engineers and scientists.EAC aims to develop an environment where students and faculty work together to produce graduates who are sought-after leaders and moral exemplars in STEM. Recent initiatives:

  • Researching and Developing Best Practices for Responsible Conduct of Research training
  • Updating the Mines Academic Misconduct processes
  • Sponsoring/coaching the Mines Ethics Bowl Team
  • Entering into institutional partnerships, with, for example, the Association for Professional and Practical Ethics
  • Providing guest lectures for STEM courses
  • Establishing an Advisory Board to improve our understanding ethical issues embedded in the practice engineering and science

EAC is dedicated to cultivating a culture of both rigorous academic training and innovative activities and pedagogies. If you have suggestions for ways to improve the campus culture, feel free to contact us at  swoodson@mines.edu or qzhu@mines.edu.

EAC Committee List

Alison Kerr, Teaching Assistant Professor
Marie Stettler Kleine, Assistant Professor, Engineering, Design, & Society
Sheena Martinez, Assistant Vice President of Student Life for Equity and Engagement Sandy Woodson, EAC Director and Department Head, Humanities, Arts, & Social Sciences

Ethics of Art(ificial Intelligence)

In conjunction with The International Day of Action for Academic Integrity on October 18th, 2023, Mines hosted an AI Creativity intiative that asked students to reflect on the ethics of using generative artificial intelligence (genAI) to produce visual art. Entries were required to include an image and a 250-word “artist’s note” that described what kind/how much genAI was used, critically reflected on how they used AI, and explored the ethical considerations involved in generating AI art.

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Recent Publications from Our Faculty

Snieder, R., Zhu, Q. Connecting to the Heart: Teaching Value-Based Professional Ethics. Sci Eng Ethics (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11948-020-00216-2

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