Planning and Scoping Grant  Grant Number: SBR-952928      This workshop was funded by the National Science Foundation through the Societal Dimensions of Engineering, Science, and Technology, Program Director,  Rachelle Hollander.  It addressed three areas: (1) the selection and development of case studies relevant to BSE practice in Puerto Rico; (2) the structuring of an interdisciplinary retreat in which ethicists and  BSE teachers and practitioners could work together to devise strategies for integrating ethics across the curriculum; (3) ways in which the integration activities identified in the retreat could implemented, measured,  evaluated, and improved.  The Planning and Scoping Workshop involved  BSE faculty, ethicists, and outside advisors.  Those invited from the outside were: Michael Pritchard, Michael Rabins, Vivian Weil,  Robert Ashmore, Deborah Mayo, Nestor Ortiz, and Mauricio Ramos.  John Perhonis represented the NSF.  The backgrounds of these advisors ranged from philosophers and engineers to representatives of private  industry.  They also integrated perspectives from South America, the Caribbean and North America.  This workshops helped us to prepare a grant proposal to the NSF for a more comprehensive retreat involving  ethicists and BSE faculty from UPRM. Interdisciplinary Research and Training        On December 14-19, 1998, faculty members from the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez (UPRM) and the InterAmerican University participated in a retreat held at the Copamarina  Hotel in Guanica, Puerto Rico.  The participants discussed ethics in the teaching and practice in business, science, and engineering (BSE).  The Center for Philosophy in its Interdisciplinary Function  (directed by Professor Elena Lugo) and CoHemis (co-directed by Professor Jorge Velez Arocho and coordinated by Luz L. Vega) -- both organizations out of RUM -- organized this retreat which was funded by the National  Science Foundation, Societal Dimensions of Engineering, Science, and Technology, Program Director Rachelle Hollander.   Grant Number: SBR-9810253 Pre Retreat Identification of needs pertaining to integrating ethics into BSE practice and teaching in Puerto Rico. Retreat Interdisciplinary retreat held in Guanica, Puerto Rico December 14-19, 1998 to provide BSE ffaculty with instruction in practical and professional ethics and to  develop activities designed to integrate ethics across the BSE curriculum in a Puerto Rican context.  Post Retreat Phase in which we will carry out the integration projects identified during the retreat such as a booklet of cases from the Puerto Rican, BSE  context.  Also to carry out integration and dissemination activities identified during the retreat.     [Initiative] [Grants] [Staff] [Pictures] [What's new] [Links]