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Technological development
is not morally neutral. A number of ethical issues may
emerge during the design and development of (new) technologies. The
implications for the responsibility of engineers and corporations
are discussed and possibilities for Technology Assessment (TA) that
may help to fulfill these responsibilities are explored.
http://www.itas.fzk.de/deu/tadn/tadn012/poel01a.pdf
The paper discusses alternative food production, is it safe, alternative
livestock production (organic, free-range, etc.).
http://www.eursafe.org/pdf/dec2002.pdf
This is the Association for Institutional Research (AIR) website,
which comprises more than 3100 experts from higher education institutions
around the world. AIR seeks to and helps advance research that, will
improve the understanding, planning, and operation of higher education
institutions in the world. The site has a wealth of links that give
valuable information on issues of technology and education.
http://airweb.org/links/tech.cfm\
This is a search engine that returns valuable links to sites with
articles on ethics and the information age.
http://
www.arhs.net/related/Computers+Ethics
This is a wonderful site that has links to valuable important documents
for educational technology
http://www.lawrenceville.org/~bfreitas/documents.html
The article depicted in this site explains skepticism and its role
in Ethics
http://www.informit.com/isapi/product_id~{0811655E-D677-41CA-B526-313961D29BB4}/element_id~{967E107B-7721-47F9-A118-8B7CD0FF1A42}/st~{EE05C0B0-8EAF-4111-8162-3448C4C693B2}/content/articlex.asp
A PDF file that, talks about the truth on ethical relativism.
http://www.etsu.edu/philos/faculty/hugh/truth.in.ethical.relativism.pdf
These are PowerPoint slides that, discuss the ITEA standards for
technological literacy; background information to the standards is
given, an overview of the standards and benefits the reader expects
to achieve by reading and following the standards are discussed.
http://www.mtea.net/Downloads/Intro%20to%20STL.ppt
This site is a wonderful resource for the technology teacher, reports
on technology literacy and ITEA standards in the K12 environment are
discussed. The report outlines that technological literacy will enable
us to make a conscious choice.
http://www.pdkintl.org/kappan/kdug0103.htm
http://www.asme.org/gric/StateActionPrg/CA2003/wright_ITEA%20Presentation.pdf
http://www.ericfacility.net/databases/ERIC_Digests/ed459371.html
