Tackling ethical issues in microbiology in an unbiased manner can be very challenging to do for undergraduate students. Using nonfiction books that are readily available is an easy and accessible way for student engagement. By combining this with lectures, podcasts and case studies about ethical issues pertaining to microbiology students, ethical critiques and discussion are done prior to their own ethical critiques of the books. Past iterations of this exercise would have a student give an ethical critique of an approved book as a presentation in addition to a paper at the end of the semester. Last semester it was changed to grouping students by ethical issues so they could provide the audience with case studies and discussion questions based on their books/ ethical issues covered.