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Markkula Center for Applied Ethics

Ethics Curricula

With more than 35 years of experience in creating curricula, the Center offers a variety of lesson plans and course modules for middle, high school, and college students in addition to its online courses, webinars and curricula resources for students and professionals.

Teaching Modules and Resources

This teaching module for business ethics, leadership and management courses includes two videos, homework assignments, and class discussion, all designed to spark conversation about ethical issues associated with whistleblowers and corporate governance.

Ethics in Technology Practice
A compendium of materials provides an overview that clarifies what we mean when we talk about “tech ethics”; relevant frameworks for ethical decision-making; seven concise case studies; an ethical toolkit for integrating consideration of ethics throughout product development; a sample workflow integration of the tools; a list of best practices in technology design and engineering; and more.

An Introduction to Cybersecurity Ethics
This ethics module for cybersecurity-related courses includes a reading, homework assignments, and case studies, all designed to spark a conversation about ethical issues that students will face in their role as cybersecurity professionals.

An Introduction to Data Ethics 
Designed to be incorporated in data science courses, this module includes a reading, homework assignments, and case studies to spark a conversation about ethical issues that students will face in their role as data practitioners.

An Introduction to Software Engineering Ethics 
Designed to be incorporated into software engineering/computer science classes, this module includes a reading, homework assignments, and case studies to spark a conversation about relevant ethical issues.

Your Privacy Online 
Your Privacy Online can be incorporated into a variety of university and high school level classes.

A Template for Technology Ethics Case Studies
This template provides the basics for writing ethics case studies in technology (though with some modification it could be used in other fields as well).

Teaching Module on the Papal Encyclical on the Environment 
A resource on "Laudato Si'" includes excerpts from the document and teaching notes.

Digital Journalism Ethics Resources for Newsrooms and Classrooms 
Videos and other material explore ethical issues in online reporting.

Embedding Ethics into Computing Curricula: Resources and Suggestions
For faculty in computer science or computer engineering looking to integrate coverage of ethics into curricula and student-focused events, this page offers a variety of teaching resources.

 

Lesson Plans

Character Education Lesson Plans 
Character education curricula integrate ethics into the language arts, world history, U.S. history, human science, and earth science.

Build. Plant. Grow. Faith Formation Curriculum 
Tied to the Catholic Lectionary, Build.Plant.Grow provides character education lessons for schools and parishes using readings from the Bible and children's literature.

 

Previously Held Online Courses/MOOCs

Thinking Ethically About the Environment 
This short course helps students - from high school to adult learners - to recognize and use moral language to describe how they value the earth.