Engineering education community/stakeholders

Proposal 7 All participants and stakeholders in the engineering community (industry, government, institutions of higher education, professional societies et al.) should commit the resources, programs, and leadership necessary to enable participation in engineering to achieve a racial, ethnic, and gender diversity consistent with the American population. 

The engineering community, including industry, universities, professional organizations, and all stakeholders must have committed involvement and partnership in the Kindergarten-12 educational system. 

As corrupt business and construction practices are the norm in some environments, students must learn not only that there are differences in what is considered acceptable practice they must also learn how to intellectually critique dubious ethical norms. We expect that exploration for and demonstration of universal and/or ubiquitous moral values will be an important component in international ethics education. One of the examples is the concept of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) (Baker 2004). CSR focuses on accountability of organizations to a broad group of stakeholders including employees, customers, suppliers, community organizations, subsidiaries and affiliates, joint venture partners, investors and shareholders. CSR policies are based on social justice principles, human rights, and environmental standards. CSR can make our science, engineering and management students better understand that we do not inherit the earth from our ancestors we borrow it from our children - a Native American proverb. Balanced evaluations are necessary. 

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