Teaching Ethical Challenges in Automatic Control

IFAC-PapersOnLine, vol. 55, pp. 91–96

Abstract

Control engineers are likely to face ethical challenges in their future work. In order to sensitize prospective engineers to this issue and provide them with a few guidelines, an innovative and interactive teaching format was developed. With the central component of a simulation game, students come into contact with real-life situations and the pitfalls hidden there. The positive evaluation of the teaching unit shows that the presented format engages the students and can convey the important knowledge.

Authors 2

1. Lorenz Dörschel corresponding Aachen Institute for Automatic Control

   RWTH Aachen University

   Affiliation as printed

   Institute for Automatic Control, RWTH Aachen University, Germany

2. D. Abel Aachen Institute for Automatic Control

   RWTH Aachen University

   Affiliation as printed

   Institute for Automatic Control, RWTH Aachen University, Germany