Growth and Training Impact in IT A Measure of Ethical Reasoning.pdfVIP

Growth and Training Impact in IT: A Measure of Ethical Reasoning Belle Woodward, Assistant Professor, Southern Illinois University, bellew@ ABSTRACT a to ensure that the time and effort put into develop- ing curricula and materials for ethics instruction As technological advances reshape society and the does indeed lead to their intended outcome: im- workplace, the need for ethically-grounded informa- provement of ethical reasoning and increased fre- tion technology professionals has become para- quency of ethical behavior. This literature review mount. Recognizing the importance of pursuing the provides a discussion of the theoretical foundations ethical life as well as the unique ethical challenges of ethics while reviewing the evolution of assessment posed by rapidly evolving technologies, scholars of ethics instruction in the IT discipline. Next, the have recently debated how best to incorporate ethical author will describe the current state of ethics as- instruction in the information technology (IT) curri- sessment in the IT discipline while proffering a prac- culum. The controversy lies not so much in whether tice-oriented, discipline-specific approach to the as- ethics should be taught, but rather in how to evaluate sessment of growth or change in ethical reasoning the effectiveness of particular pedagogical practices skills, concept acquisi