Course title
生命倫理・安全管理   [Bioethics and Safety Management]
Course category	technology speciality courses	Requirement		Credit	1
Department		Year	2～4	Semester	1st
Course type	1st	Course code	022154
Instructor(s)
一川 尚広, 隅蔵 康一, 大島 義人   [ICHIKAWA Takahiro]
Facility affiliation	Faculty of Engineering	Office	afjgxte/L1151	Email address

Course description

A technologist should acquire the ethic not only as the individual, but also as an expert. In this class, we learn the issues of ethics about bio-technology with case studies and the ethic attitude that engineers should have systematically.　This is a lesson subject by a faculty member who has practical experience while playing an active part in the advanced research field. The theme in the first half of this lecture (1ｓｔ to 7th class) will be “Environmental Safety”, which consists of the meaning of environmental safety, environmental safety management in organizations, waste management as a specific subject of environmental safety, risks in research and development, and risk management that researchers should aim for. In the second half of this lecture, the special topic lectures on “Intellectual Property and Bioethics,” “Ownership of Human Materials” and “Biobank and Its Ethical Issues” will be held.

Expected Learning

(1) To understand the ethics that engineers should have systematically (2) To acquire ability to extract the issue of ethics to be inherent from the examples that occurred in the past (3) To learn the technique to advance the research and development of chemistry, biotechnology and information processing field based on the engineer ethics (4) To acquire basic knowledge of “Intellectual Property and Bioethics,” “Ownership of Human Materials” and “Biobank and Its Ethical Issues” and to express his/her own idea. (5) To correctly understand the importance of environmental safety in research and the risks involved in research and development. (6) To acquire the skills to be an engineer who can balance research promotion with independent risk management.

Course schedule

1. Meaning of “safety” and the analogy between the environment and safety 2. Environmental safety management, compliance, and social responsibility in organizations 3. Importance of waste management 4-5. Risks in research sites and the importance of voluntary risk management 6-7. Summary of the first half 8-9. Intellectual Property and Bioethics 10-11. Ownership of Human Materials 12-13. Biobank and Its Ethical Issues 14-15 Summary of the last half

Prerequisites

none

Required Text(s) and Materials

As for the first to 7th class, the materials will be distributed at the beginning of the first class. As for the 8th to 15th class, the materials will be distributed at the beginning of the 8th class.

References

none

Assessment/Grading

Only students who attend the all of classes are evaluated. They are evaluated for the last report (90%) and attitude of study (10%) as five levels with S, A, B, C, and D.

Message from instructor(s)

From Prof. Oshima: Research at universities plays an important role as the foundation of a nation of science and technology, but at the same time, accidents during experimental research are frequent. In order to carry out research safely without stagnating research activities, it is essential for those involved in research to have an attitude of voluntary risk management. Through this lecture, participants are expected to acquire the independent risk management skills required of engineers and researchers.

Course keywords

Ethics, engineering ethics, bioethics, research ethics, ethics, accountability, applied ethics, Safety, Environmental safety, Risks, Accident cases, Voluntary risk management

Office hours

※ To contact Yoshito Oshima, please send an e-mail to oshima@k.u-tokyo.ac.jp ※ To contact Koichi Sumikura, please send an e-mail to sumikura@grips.ac.jp

Remarks 1

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Related URL

大島：http://www.oshimalab.k.u-tokyo.ac.jp/ 隅藏：https://gist.grips.ac.jp/faculty/sumikura.html

Lecture Language

Japanese

Language Subject

Last update

2/19/2021 5:02:25 PM