Topics covered in the course are:

• Rights and responsibilities of engineers;
• Engineering standards;
• Passive and active responsibility;
• The distribution of responsibility in engineering;
• Factors influencing ethical values;
• Solving ethical problems;
• Problem of many hands in engineering;
• Factors affecting moral responsibility and degrees of responsibility;
• Whistle-blowing.

This course includes:

• 10 hours of video material
• Articles
• Downloadable resources
• Applied learning project
• Case studies
• Codes of ethics
• Certificate of completion

Who is this course for?

This course is intended for engineering students, professionals and managers.

This course will benefit those who want to explore and ethical approach to designing and managing engineering projects, especially being more aware of the potential risks, lessons learned from past projects and get support in responsible decision making.

Prospective Participants

• Engineering Managers in companies, public organisations and NGOs;
• Policy makers working in engineering fields;
• Engineering professionals who want to improve their work;
• Engineering students who aspire to be successful engineers.

Pre-requisites 

• None.
• Participants should be interested in the topic and care to explore more how ethical guidelines and standards can be applied in their daily work and projects.

Upon successful completion of this course, participants will achieve the following learning objectives:

• Understand the distinction between professional and personal ethics;
• Recognise and describe the different forms of dishonesty that engineers may come across in practice;
• Understand the similarities between ethical problem solving and engineering design;
• Identify ethical issues at the different stages at the design process;
• Understand what codes of ethics are;
• Examine some codes of ethics of professional engineering societies;
• Describe how engineering designs may affect the distribution of responsibility;
• Analyse and evaluate the complex consequences and motives that typically attend moral issues in engineering practice;
• Describe the problem of many hands and explain how it applies to engineering;
• Apply the knowledge to a case study relevant to your work.

Skills you will gain

Business skills, Critical thinking, Problem solving, Analytic thinking, Decision making, Work ethic, Social responsibility, Professionalism.