| Course title | |||||
| 工学倫理 [Engineering Ethics] | |||||
| Course category | technology speciality courses | Requirement | Credit | 2 | |
| Department | Year | 3～4 | Semester | 1st | |
| Course type | 1st | Course code | 023554 | ||
| Instructor(s) | |||||
| 夏 恒 [NATSU Wataru] | |||||
| Facility affiliation | Graduate School of Engineering | Office | Email address | ||
| Course description |
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Because of frequent occurrence of serious accidents in our daily life and dishonest acts in research activities due to lack of the ethic awareness, the education of engineering ethics becomes more and more important these years. Moreover, in order to correspond to the problems like global warming and aging society, the ethics awareness of university students of science and technology should be improved. In this lecture, the relationship between the technology and our society, the technicians' responsibilities to the society, actions that we should take, and important factors in engineering ethics will be explained and discussed. This subject corresponds to the specialized basic subject of the curriculum. In addition, since the lecture charge of the subject has experience in charge of planning and implementation of research and development, and organizational management in a company, more practical lesson can be carried out based on his own experiences and various cases. |
| Expected Learning |
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Arrival criteria: 1. Understand the relationship among science and technology, engineers and society. 2. Be aware of the responsibilities of engineers to society. 3. Define the actions to be taken to fulfill social responsibility. 4. Understand the importance of safety and security efforts and consideration of the global environment. 5. Understand the necessary skills for the engineer. Corresponding criteria in the Diploma Policy: See the Curriculum maps. |
| Course schedule |
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1. Guidance Importance of engineering ethics Current state of engineering ethics education Aim, purpose, structure, and scholastic evaluation of the lecture 2. Consideration of engineering ethics based on the different results of the nuclear power plant and the bullet train in the Great East Japan Earthquake 3. Dishonest acts in research activities 4. Lesson and prevention measures of dishonest acts in research activities 5. Comparison of the space shuttle Challenger and Citicorp Center 6. Profit and life of consumers Ford Pinto accident, Mitsubishi Fuso truck accident, etc. 7. Intermediate exercises: Investigation and analysis of ethics cases 8. Group activities: Share and discussion of ethics cases 9. Case Study: Gilbane Gold Environmental friendliness and whistle-blowing 10. Safety and risk management / Product liability 11. Introduction to the failure study 12. Technicians' quality / Action to protect environment 13. Group activities: Discussion and preparation for the final presentation 14. Group presentation and evaluation (1) 15. Group presentation and evaluation (2) 16. Final exercise |
| Prerequisites |
| In addition to the class hour, please refer to the texts and reference books, prepare and review according to the standard number of hours of our university. |
| Required Text(s) and Materials |
| All lecture materials will be upload through online education system, Moodle. |
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| Assessment/Grading |
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Essays, reports 40% Intermediate test 30% Final exam 30% |
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| Office hours |
| For consultations and questions, Friday, from 13 o'clock to 15 o'clock, in Room 308, Building 6. In addition, email communication (summer@cc.tuat.ac.jp) is also possible. |
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| Last update |
| 4/7/2022 3:40:45 PM |