Chemical Education Journal (CEJ), Vol. 4, No. 1 /Registration
No. 4-15/Received February 8, 2000.
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Abstract: Fu Jen Catholic University requires all students to take a two semester-hour course in professional ethics, usually in their junior year. In the College of Science and Engineering, the course consists in an eight-week session (two hours per week) on general ethics with a required written report or midterm examination. This is followed by four two-week modules (two hours per week): information and computer ethics, bio-ethics, chemistry and the environment and finally research ethics.
The course for chemistry majors is described in detail. Both successes and difficulties in teaching the course are explored. Issues raised by students that may be of concern to the larger chemical community, both academic and industrial, will be noted: the difficulty of balancing a career with family life, concern for the environment, mistrust of the chemical industry, problems of graduate education.
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