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.
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.
Engineering ethics ,Accountability,Social responsibility,Risk communication,Risk managemennt
Specialist skills | Intercultural skills | ✔ Communication skills | ✔ Critical thinking skills | ✔ Practical and/or problem-solving skills |
Lectures and discussions by using actual samples
Course schedule | Required learning | |
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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 |
Masayoshi Nakamura"Engineerring Ethics and Risk Management" Ohmsha 2012
Masayoshi Nakamura"Concept and Practice of Safety Management" Ohmsha 2013
・Intelligilibility of the lecture(80%)
・Reports(20%)
Concerning of safety management and risk management
masayoshi.nakamura[at]jcom.zaq.ne.jp
After lecture
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.