Engineering Ethics

Course Information

College Tsuyama College Year 2021
Course Title Engineering Ethics
Course Code 0020 Course Category Specialized / Elective
Class Format Lecture Credits Academic Credit: 2
Department Advanced Mechanical and Control System Engineering Course Student Grade Adv. 1st
Term First Semester Classes per Week 2
Textbook and/or Teaching Materials Textbook: Hayashi, Miyazawa et al. "Ethics of Engineers (Revised Edition)" Corona Publishing Co., Ltd., Reference Book: Hisatake Kato "Ethics of Technology and Humans" NHK Library, etc.
Instructor HOSOTANI Kazunori,MIYASHITA Takuya

Course Objectives

Purpose of study: Understand the necessity of engineering ethics and engineer ethics, and acquire a basic sense of responsibility for future activities as an engineer.

Achievement goal:
・ Recognize the responsibility and originality that engineers have on society, and be able to give consideration so that the results of technology will be accepted by society.
・ Understand the historical and social background and importance of engineer ethics, and explain the role and responsibility of engineers in society.
・ Understand and explain basic matters related to engineer behavior such as accountability, whistleblowers, product liability, and risk management.
・ Through the examination of issues by the group, it is possible to promote collaborative work with a sense of ownership.

Rubric

Ideal LevelStandard LevelAcceptable LevelAcceptable Level
Achievement 1It is possible to understand and explain that engineers are aware of the responsibilities and creativity that society has, and to give consideration so that the results of technology will be accepted by society, and even apply it.Be able to understand and explain that engineers recognize the responsibilities and creativity that society has, and take care to ensure that the results of technology are accepted by society.It is possible to recognize the responsibility and originality that engineers have on society, and to recognize the importance of giving consideration to the acceptance of technological results by society.It has not reached the left.
Achievement 2Understand the historical and social background and importance of engineer ethics, understand and explain the roles and responsibilities of engineers in society, and even apply them.Understand the historical and social background and importance of engineer ethics, and understand and explain the roles and responsibilities of engineers in society.Understand the historical and social background and importance of engineer ethics, and recognize the importance of the role and responsibility of engineers in society.It has not reached the left.
Achievement 3Can understand and explain basic matters related to engineer behavior such as accountability, whistle-blowing, product liability, and risk management, and can even apply them.Understand and explain basic matters related to engineer behavior such as accountability, whistleblowers, product liability, and risk management.Recognize the importance of basic matters related to engineer behavior such as accountability, whistleblowers, product liability, and risk management.It has not reached the left.
Achievement 4Through the examination of issues by the group, it is possible to promote collaborative work with a sense of ownership, to lead the members as a coordinator of discussions, and to actively present their own opinions.Through the examination of issues by the group, it is possible to promote collaborative work with a sense of ownership, actively participate in discussions, and speak multiple times.Through the examination of issues by the group, it is possible to promote collaborative work with a sense of ownership and to participate in discussions.It has not reached the left.

Assigned Department Objectives

Teaching Method

Outline:
* Relationship with business: In this course, faculty members who were engaged in the management and operation of large-scale computers and networks at other institutions will make use of their experience to teach about engineer ethics issues in the information society. In addition, faculty members who were engaged in design / development at an electronics manufacturer and information programming at an environmental research company will use their experience to give lessons on engineer ethics issues that can occur in the real world.

By general / specialty: Specialty, natural science basics / common

Basic discipline of choice : Engineering ethics / engineer ethics

Major related to learning goals: This subject is the major learning goals "(( 5) Along with studying engineering ethics and taking special lectures on engineer ethics, you can broadly understand engineer ethics. "

Relationship with Engineer Education Program: The main learning and educational goals of this subject are "(G) Understanding of Engineer Ethics, G-1: Deepening Understanding of Ethical, Economic and Safety Consideration, Engineers Being aware of the responsibility to society and being able to explain it, but incidentally, it is also involved in "B-1".

Class outline: Modern society is built on many technologies, and misuse of technologies can pose a serious crisis to society and nature. For this reason, engineers must have a responsibility to correctly understand the meaning of the technology they handle and to make it useful for society and nature. From this point of view, we deal with engineering ethics in general.
Style:
Class method: Classes are conducted in various ways such as board writing, projectors, discussions, and presentations, mainly through case studies in the fields of machinery / control and electronics / information. It is necessary to think for yourself, investigate, and actively exchange opinions.

Grade evaluation method: The grades of the first half (Miyashita) and the second half (Hosoya) are evaluated equally. In the first half, group reports are evaluated at 40%, and individual reports including evaluations by others are evaluated at 60%. In the second half, reports including report assignments are evaluated at 60%, and group discussions and presentations are evaluated at 40%.
Notice:
Precautions for taking this course: This course is a "course that requires study outside of class hours". Classes are offered for 15 credit hours per credit, but 15 credit hours are required in addition to this. Follow the instructions of your instructor for these studies.

Course advice: Courses that include essential content in the engineer education program. Those who aim to play an active role as engineers in the future must take this course. "This subject is related to environmental education and nuclear core human resource development. 』

Basic subjects: Ethics (1 year) and Engineering Ethics (5), general engineering subjects, basic knowledge

related subjects such as society, economy, nature, environment, companies, etc . : Advanced technology special lecture (special 1, specialized) 2), Special Research (Special 1, Special 2), Environmental Science (Special 1), Contemporary Philosophy (Special 2), Bioengineering (Special 1), etc.

Advice on Courses: General Course Faculty of Industrial Ethics (5) Following the overview, this subject taught by a professional teacher aims at more practical engineering ethics education. A broad perspective on science / technology, manufacturing, society / economy, companies, the global environment, etc. is important. This subject is an environmental education related subject.
In this lecture, attendance less than 30 minutes from the start of class will be delayed, and attendance after that will be treated as absent.

Characteristics of Class / Division in Learning

Active Learning
Aided by ICT
Applicable to Remote Class
Instructor Professionally Experienced
Elective subjects

Course Plan

Theme Goals
1st Semester
1st Quarter
1st ・ Guidance Understand the purpose of education, learning content, evaluation method, etc. Also, decide the discussion group in the first half
2nd ・ Learning content outside class hours: Report on discussion content (weekly)
3rd ・ Determining discussion issues and division of roles within the group Understand and explain the items on the left
4th ・ Learning content outside class hours: ・ Survey and organization based on discussion content (weekly)
5th ・ Group discussion 1 [Clarification of discussion points] Understand and explain the items on the left
6th ・ Learning content outside class hours: ・ Preparation for general discussion
7th ・ Group discussion 2 [Summary for general discussion] Understand and explain the items on the left
8th ・ Learning content outside class hours: Preparation of presentation materials
2nd Quarter
9th ・ Overall discussion [evaluation by others] Understand and explain the items on the left
10th ・ Learning content outside class hours: Survey on issues to be examined
11th ・ Regroup discussion after general discussion Understand and explain the items on the left
12th ・ Learning content outside class hours: Meeting for preparation of general report
13th ・ Summary of group discussions, report preparation Summarize the results of group discussions regarding the content of the first half of the discussion
14th ・ Learning content outside class hours: Preparation of group reports and individual reports
15th ・ Guidance
16th ・ Learning content outside class hours: [Preparation for discussion]

Evaluation Method and Weight (%)

ExaminationPresentationMutual Evaluations between studentsSelf EvaluationTaskGroup discussionTotal
Subtotal020505520100
Basic Proficiency0000000
Specialized Proficiency0000000
Cross Area Proficiency020505520100