2017 Ethics of Engineers (Master Course) C

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Academic unit or major
Career development courses
Instructor(s)
Furuta Kenji     
Class Format
Lecture     
Media-enhanced courses
Day/Period(Room No.)
Mon7-8(J221)  
Group
C
Course number
LAC.M525
Credits
1
Academic year
2017
Offered quarter
3Q
Syllabus updated
2017/11/10
Lecture notes updated
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Language used
Japanese
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Course description and aims

Ethics in Engineering Practice are based on mutual reliabilities among Engineers. Each Engineer believes to do best practice in any cases. However,to find a best practice and a best decision is not so easy. It is necessary to have many experiences and knowledges. Therefore,many present incidents and accidents are disucussed in this lesson. A virtual experience is very usuful method to make a individual philosophy for professional engineer.

Student learning outcomes

1. To be able to answer about "Risk Management" with sufficiet responsibilities.
2. To be able to recognize and address ethical issues.
3. To have an opinion concerning "Safety Management" in the future Japanese society.

Keywords

Engineering ethics ,Accountability,Social responsibility,Risk communication,Risk managemennt

Competencies that will be developed

Specialist skills Intercultural skills Communication skills Critical thinking skills Practical and/or problem-solving skills

Class flow

Lectures and discussions by using actual samples

Course schedule/Required learning

  Course schedule Required learning
Class 1 What is Engineer's Ethics? Social Responsibility of Engineer
Class 2 Responsiblity of Engineer on the Fukushima Nuclear Accident-1 Risk Management Learnig from the Fukushima Nuclear Accident
Class 3 Responsiblity of Engineer on the Fukushima Nuclear Accident-2 Accountability Learning from the Fukushima Nuclear Accident
Class 4 Difference of Decision and Behavior between Engineer and Manager Reliable Engineer
Class 5 Human Errors are the primary causes of an accident or not? ・Human Errors vs Human Factors ・Root cause analysis
Class 6 Dilemma of Engineer and Whistle-blowing Whistle-blowing Standard.
Class 7 How Safe is enough Safe? Difference of Safety Concept between Japan and Europe&America

Textbook(s)

Masayoshi Nakamura"Engineerring Ethics and Risk Management" Ohmsha 2012

Reference books, course materials, etc.

Masayoshi Nakamura"Concept and Practice of Safety Management" Ohmsha 2013

Assessment criteria and methods

・Intelligilibility of the lecture(80%)
・Reports(20%)

Related courses

  • Engineers ethics 1,
  • Engineers ethcs 2

Prerequisites (i.e., required knowledge, skills, courses, etc.)

Concerning of safety management and risk management

Contact information (e-mail and phone)    Notice : Please replace from "[at]" to "@"(half-width character).

masayoshi.nakamura[at]jcom.zaq.ne.jp

Office hours

After lecture

Other

Similar courses in Department of Innovation science is targeting business person however this course is to help students establish own standard of ethics and responsiblity as an engineer.

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