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Outcome 8: An understanding of professional and ethical responsibility

Level 5 performance characterized by:

  • Student understands and abides by the ASCE Code of Ethics and the UD Students' Code of Conduct
  • Participates in class discussions and exercises on ethics and professionalism
  • Demonstrates ethical behavior among peers and faculty
  • Takes personal responsibility for his/her actions
  • Is punctual, professional, and collegial; attends classes regularly
  • Evaluates and judges a situation in practice or as a case study, using facts and a professional code of ethics
  • Uses personal value system to support actions, but understands the role of professional ethical standards for corporate decisions

Level 3 performance characterized by:

  • Student is aware of the existence of the ASCE Code of Ethics and other bases for ethical behavior
  • Does not take the discussion of ethics seriously but is willing to accept its existence
  • Does not model ethical behavior among peers and faculty
  • Doesn't recognize the need to take personal responsibility for his/her actions
  • Sometimes exhibits unprofessional behavior; is sometimes absent from class without reason
  • Evaluates and judges a situation in practice or as a case study using personal understanding of the situation, possibly applying a personal value system
  • Uses personal value system to support actions, but confuses personal ethics with professional ethics

Level 1 performance characterized by:

  • Student is not aware of any codes for ethical behavior
  • Does not participate in or contribute to discussions of ethics; does not accept the need for professional ethics
  • Student has been caught cheating or plagiarizing the work of others
  • Blames others for own issues and problems
  • Is frequently absent from class and is generally not collegial to fellow students, staff, and faculty
  • Evaluates and judges a situation in practice or as a case study using a biased perspective without objectivity
  • Uses personal value system to support actions to the exclusion of all other ethical standards
Highlights
Jack Puleo has won the NSF Early Career Development Award
Jack Puleo, assistant professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Delaware, has received a prestigious National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Award to study swash zone sediment transport. The swash zone is the area near the shoreline where waves wash up and down the beach face.

The five-year $444,229 award is aimed at developing a broader understanding of the physics of coastal sediment transport in this area, thereby leading to significant improvement in the ability to predict such coastal phenomena as beach erosion and beach nourishment performance.

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