Class Articles on Ethical Issues in Electrical Manufacturing #
- Lithium Mining in NV:
- Cobalt Mining
- Conflict Minerals
Further Resources on Engineering Ethics #
Note: Some articles are sourced from ES 2 labs and Phil 57
Courses at Tufts: #
- Phil 24: Introduction to Ethics
- Phil 57: Philosophy of Technology
- ES 2 Equity Learning Assistant
- List of Phil Spring 2026 Courses
Articles: #
- The Culture of Engineering Overlooks the People it’s Supposed to Serve
- Disrupting the Gospel of Tech Solutionism to Build Tech Justice
- Crash Test Dummies Made Cars Safer (For Average-Size Men)
- Disability Design: We are the Original Lifehackers
- Design Practice: Nothing About Us Without Us
- Environmental Justice for Black Communities
- White House Takes Aim at Environmental Racism, but Won’t Mention Race
- Fixing Racial Bias in Pulse-Ox Sensors
- The New Artificial Intelligentsia
- Engineering Ethics Blog
To Watch: #
- Vox Video: Are We Automating Racism?: Incredible overview about bias in engineering and algorithms
- Joy Buolamwini: Compassion Through Computation
- All Light Everywhere: A documentary about the parallels between cameras, surveillance, and weapons
To Listen: #
- NPR: Fighting Bias in Algorithms
- ASME Techcast: Ethics in Engineering Education
- Engineering Commons Project: Ethics
Academic Journals: #
Books (some available in Nolop/Tisch): #
- Technology and Virtues by Shannon Vallor
- Race After Technology by Ruha Benjamin
- Ethics for the Information Age by Michael Quinn
- Automating Inequality by Virginia Eubanks
- Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado Perez
- Alone Together by Sherry Turkle
- A Dangerous Master by Wendell Wallach
- Apple in China by Patrick McGee
Codes of Ethics: #
- ASME Code of Ethics
- Order of the Engineer Obligation (as a senior, you can choose to take this pledge and receive an engineering ring)
- National Society of Professional Engineers Code of Ethics