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2024　Master's Social and Business Rules and Ethics B1

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Academic unit or major
Entrepreneurship courses
Instructor(s)
Izumi Akira  Sugou Shigeo  Nishio Taku  Koyanagi Yoshiyuki  Wakayama Koji 
Class Format
Lecture    (Livestream)
Media-enhanced courses
Day/Period(Room No.)
Tue5-6()  
Group
B1
Course number
ENT.C527(LAC.M527*)
Students who enrolled in or before AY 2023 must register using the course number marked with an asterisk (*).
Credits
1
Academic year
2024
Offered quarter
2Q
Syllabus updated
2024/3/15
Lecture notes updated
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Language used
Japanese
Access Index

Course description and aims

This course provides students with an overview of the rules of society and business that will be relevant when they build their own careers in industry or academia after completing the master's degree program. In particular, the course covers intellectual property rights such as the Patent Act, the Trademark Act, Design Act, and the Copyright Act, as well as standards, following an overview of laws in society and business. Compliance, ethics, crisis management, and SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) will also be covered with some actual cases.

The aim of this course is to acquire an overview of the rules of society and business, which many students have not had much opportunity to know before, and to understand that the rules are closely related to realize innovation using technology in society, and that it is necessary to actively know the broad framework of the rules in order to build their own career in the real world. Understanding the broad framework of rules is essential for successful communication with those who do not specialize in technology, in order to realize innovation in the real world.
Students are expected not only to acquire relevant knowledge, but also to regard the content of the lecture as their own personal issues, and to consider how it will be specifically valuable/applicable to their own future career development.
Classes are delivered in Japanese, so students should have Japanese language skills enough to understand the content of the classes.

This course is classified as a "livestream" with direct teaching by Zoom. Therefore, students are required to attend every lecture in real time. If students are unable to attend regularly due to other activities such as laboratory seminars or other lectures, do not take this course.

This course will be offered in 2Q (B1,B2) and 3Q (C). Since their contents are the same, students are advised to select the course according to their own study plan.

Student learning outcomes

By taking this course, students acquire the following
1)Understand there are various rules in society and business, and that they play a major role in utilizing technology, find out what will be applicable from the class toward building their own future careers, and develop their own perspectives on them.
2)Understand it is necessary to know a basic framework of rules when building a career in the real world, find out what will be applicable from the class toward building their own future careers, and develop their ownperspectives on them.
3)Understand compliance, ethics, crisis management, and the SDGs, find what will be applicable from the class toward building their own future careers, and develop their ownperspectives on them.

Course taught by instructors with work experience

✔ Applicable How instructors' work experience benefits the course
Lecturers with extensive experience in the Japanese government, a public organization and private companies deliver classes on various rules and regulations they have been involved with in their work based on their own experiences.

Keywords

Rules, laws, standards, compliance, crisis management, intellectual property rights, ethics, SDGs

Competencies that will be developed

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

Class flow

Classes will be on-line via Zoom. It is important to ensure interactivity between the lecturers and students in the class, so students should participate in real time in principle.

In classes, PowerPoint presentations will be used, with many examples and charts to facilitate understanding. Students are encouraged to actively participate in the class by joining Zoom polling and asking questions.

An assignment will be given in each class, and students will be required to write and submit a report. The reports will be reflected in the evaluation and their contents should be something that students can refer back to in the future as they build their own careers.

Feedback on submitted reports that would be valuable for students to share will be provided at a later date, with comments from the lecturer if necessary.

Lecturers:
　SUGOU Shigeo, Senior Expert, Intellectual Property Division, Intellectual Property, Legal and Licensing Headquarters, AIST Solutions Co. (former Chief Patent Officer, Central Research Laboratory, NEC Corporation)
　NISHIO Taku, General Manager of Fine Chemical Division ,Lion Chemical Co., Ltd.
　IZUMI, Akira, Specially Appointed Professor, Career Development Section, Center for Entrepreneurship Education, Tokyo Tech.

※More lecturers will be assigned. The order of classes may be changed due to the availability of external lecturers, or the content of the classes may be changed.

Course schedule/Required learning

  Course schedule Required learning
Class 1 Introduction, overview of social and business rules, need to study rules (IZUMI Akira) Students are able to understand an overview of the rules in society and the legislation on the safety of household products, as a example, and find out what will be applicable for their future careers.
Class 2 Risk management, fair research and ethics (IZUMI Akira) Students are able to understand the necessary efforts to reduce risks such as safety as well as the rules and ethics of conducting fair research, and find out what will be applicable for their future careers.
Class 3 Patent Act (SUGOU Shigeo) Students are able to understand an overview of Patent Act, and find out what will be applicable for their future careers.
Class 4 Copyright Act, Unfair Competition Prevention Act, Trademark Act, and Design Act. (SUGOU Shigeo) Students are able to understand an overview of Copyright Act, Unfair Competition Prevention Act, Trademark Act, and Design Act, and find out what will be applicable for their future careers.
Class 5 Security export control and rules for business and academia, and SDGs (IZUMI Akira) Students are able to understand the key laws and other rules that are relevant to their work in industry or academia, and find out what will be applicable for their future careers.
Class 6 Safety management, compliance, and ethics in the company (NISHIO Taku) Students are able to understand how safety management is carried out in the company as well as its approach to the SDGs, and find out what will be applicable for their future careers.
Class 7 International standardization and summary of classes (IZUMI Akira) Students are able to understand that international standards can be developed by private sector engineers themselves, and find out what will be applicable for their future careers.

Out-of-Class Study Time (Preparation and Review)

To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.

Textbook(s)

No textbook. In principle, lecture materials prepared by the lecturers will be uploaded to T2SCHOLA in advance of each class.

Reference books, course materials, etc.

All reference books are written in Japanese, so please refer to the syllabus in Japanese.

Assessment criteria and methods

An assignment is given in each class and the students are required to attend it in real time, and write and submit a report on it. The reports submitted by the due date will be evaluated with the same weight for each class on how deeply they consider the assignment and how well they describe the results of their consideration.

Related courses

  • ENT.C401(LAC.M401*) ： Master's Career Development Basics
  • ENT.C413(LAC.M413*) ： Master's Career Design Practice
  • ENT.C511(LAC.M511*) ： Master's Career Development Role Models
Students who enrolled in or before AY 2023 must register using the course number marked with an asterisk (*).

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

A device to connect to Zoom is necessary. (preferably a PC, tablet, or other device with as larger display.) Make sure you have downloaded the latest version of Zoom application.
Ensure an Internet environment with a speed of 600 kbps/1.2 Mbps (upload/download) or higher, without worrying about data volume, during lecture time.

Classes are delivered in Japanese, so students should have Japanese language skills enough to understand the content of the classes.
Students can write their reports in either Japanese or English.

Other

The corresponding GA for this course is GA1M.

For inquiries regarding Entrepreneurship Courses (for students enrolled in AY2024) ,and Career Development Courses (for students enrolled in or before AY2023), please contact us at: Center for Entrepreneurship Education (CEE) (e-mail: cee.info@jim.titech.ac.jp )

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