Course title
技術者倫理   [Engineering Ethics]
Course category general education courses  Requirement   Credit 2 
Department   Year 14  Semester 1st 
Course type 1st  Course code 020198
Instructor(s)
坪井 秀夫   [TSUBOI Hideo]
Facility affiliation Graduate School of Engineering Office   Email address

Course description
We study engineering ethics in this class. For prospective engineers, to obtain knowledge about ethics, to master a custom to think about with your mind, and to be able to think according to the engineering ethics, those are subjects in the class.
This course is offered as a courses for 'Science, Technology and Society' in General Education curriculum.
This course is designed by the lecturer having record of business experience. The lecturer is engaged in business conformed to engineering ethics as the Professional Engineer, Japan (Applied Science discipline). The lectures are designed based on his firsthand experiences such as research and development, design and manufacturing of apparatus.
Expected Learning
Master on the knowledge and the way of thinking about the ethics necessary for engineers. Master on ability such as investigating reliability of the information. And master the ability of right analysis and right judgement with logically and ethically. The lecturer assumes these as arrival standards.
Course schedule
1. Entrance to morals
2. Engineers and Ethics
3. Personal role in the organization
4. Human relation in the organization
5. Methods of the ethic practice
6. Identity of the engineer and qualification of the engineer
7. Legal responsibility and moral responsibility, foreign exchange and foreign trade act, and so on
8. Compliance and regulation administration
9. Why does the article fabrication happen?, part 1
10. Why does the article fabrication happen?, part 2
11. Accountability
12. Alarm whistle (or Whistle-blowing)
13. Environment and engineers
14. Claim of the property of engineer
15. Summary and Examination
Prerequisites
No
In addition to 30 hours in the classe, students are recommended to prepare for and revise the classes spending the standard amount of time as specified by the University.
Required Text(s) and Materials
No
References
Y. Sugimoto and S. Taki: Lecture in university, Engineering Ethics, 5th edition, Maruzen, 2016, in Japanese.
The lecturer introduces the reference books in a class.
Assessment/Grading
The examination and reports are assumed 80% of the whole, and the class participation points are assumed 20% of the whole in assessment.
The pass condition about presence: more than 11 days (more than 70%) .
Message from instructor(s)
The lecturer hopes that students will become excellent engineers having high senses about ethics.
Recently, the occurrences that are lacked of the knowledge as engineers and researchers seem to remarkably increase.
We consider about various problems to live admirably as the engineers, and, please consider various ways.
Course keywords
engineer, morals, ethics, engineering ethics, organization, misconduct, fabrication, falsification, whistle-blowing
Office hours
I am a part-time lecturer. About questions and the consultations, please come to a platform after a class work.
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Lecture Language
Japanese
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Last update
3/29/2019 9:33:34 PM