In an age of such rapid innovation, we are often so wrapped up in excitement for new science and flashy discoveries that we forget the implications of the technology itself and whom it affects: stakeholders, end users, and all those involved in its creation.   

Dr. Brit Shields is a senior lecturer of Bioengineering and leader of the University of Pennsylvania’s Engineering Ethics Initiative. In this episode, Claire Kang and Dr. Shields discuss her engineering ethics curricula for the Bioengineering course sequence, as well as the importance of educating young scientists that they must think on a larger moral and societal scale when creating technology.