How Engineers Perceive the Importance of Ethics in Finland

Autor/inn/en	Taajamaa, Ville; Majanoja, Anne-Maarit; Bairaktarova, Diana; Airola, Antti; Pahikkala, Tapio; Sutinen, Erkki
Titel	How Engineers Perceive the Importance of Ethics in Finland
Quelle	In: European Journal of Engineering Education, 43 (2018) 1, S.90-98 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0304-3797
DOI	10.1080/03043797.2017.1313198
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Ethics; Engineering; Technical Occupations; Engineering Education; National Surveys; Work Attitudes; Occupational Surveys; Age Differences; Cognitive Structures; Generational Differences; Administrator Attitudes; Employee Attitudes; Comparative Analysis; Correlation; Professional Associations; Finland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Ethik; Maschinenbau; Technical occupation; Technischer Beruf; Ingenieurausbildung; Work attitude; Arbeitshaltung; Berufsanalyse; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Cognitive structure; Kognitive Struktur; Arbeitnehmerinteresse; Korrelation; Finnland
Abstract	Success in complex and holistic engineering practices requires more than problem-solving abilities and technical competencies. Engineering education must offer proficient technical competences and also train engineers to think and act ethically. A technical "engineering-like" focus and demand have made educators and students overlook the importance of ethical awareness and transversal competences. Using two Finnish surveys, conducted in 2014 and 2016, we examine how engineers perceive working life needs regarding ethics. The data consider different age groups. We research whether an engineer's age affects their perception of the importance of ethics in their work and if there are differences between young experts and young managers in their use of ethics within work. The results indicate that practising engineers do not consider ethical issues important in their work. This especially applies to younger engineers; the older an engineer, the more important they consider ethics. No statistically significant difference was found between young engineering experts and managers. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01