Engineering as a profession is meant to serve the public by strictly adhering to codes of conduct and placing paramount the health, safety and welfare of public. However it raises few conflicting questions like : who is the public? Does it include future generation? Who decides what is best for public? Do engineers have managerial and technical responsibilities? What is the acceptable risk? Do Engineers have responsibilities towards the environment also?
Engineering ethics is the study of moral issues and decisions confronting individuals and organizations engaged in engineering and the study of related questions about the moral ideals, character, policies and relationships of people and corporations involved in technological activity.
To prepare students for their professional responsibilities as Engineers. To help them recognize and think through ethically significant problem situations that are common in Engineering and to evaluate the existing ethical standards for ENGINEERING Practice.
INTENDED AUDIENCE: Any interested student
CORE/ELECTIVE: Core
UG/PG: PG. can be taken up by UG students also.
PREREQUISITES: Basic understanding of business managementl
INDUSTRY SUPPORT: Being ethical is an integral part of being a good engineer. So this course will have strong industry support.
4857 students have enrolled already!!
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR:
SusmitaMukhopadhayay, Associate Professor, VGSOM (Ph.D.,Calcutta University, Fellow ISI, Kolkata)
Susmita Mukhopadhyay's areas of specialization include Human Resource Management and Industrial Psychology, Business Values and Ethics, and Organizational Behaviour. A gold medalist in M.Sc., she is the recipient of the Young Scientist Award and Search of Excellence Award. She was selected for the Microfinance Researchers Alliance Fellow Program Centre for microfinance, Institute of Financial Management and Research, Chennai, in 2009.
COURSE LAYOUT:
Week 1 : Introduction to Ethical Reasoning and Engineer Ethics Week 2 : Professional Practice in Engineering Week 3 : Ethics as Design - Doing Justice to Moral Problems Week 4 : Central Professional Responsibilities of Engineers Week 5 : Computers, Software, and Digital Information Week 6 : Rights and Responsibilities Regarding Intellectual Property Week 7 : Workplace Rights and Responsibilities Week 8 : Responsibility for the Environment
SUGGESTED READING MATERIALS:
Ethics in Engineering practice and Research (2nd Edition) by Caroline Whitbeck Cambridge
Ethics in Engineering MW Martin and R Schinzinger MC Graw Hill
Engineering Ethics and Environment P a Vesilind and AS Gunn Cambridge
CERTIFICATION EXAM :
The exam is optional for a fee.
Date and Time of Exams: April 28 2019(Sunday) Morning session 9 am to 12 noon; Afternoon Session 2 pm to 5 pm.
Registration url: Announcements will be made when the registration form is open for registrations.
The online registration form has to be filled and the certification exam fee needs to be paid. More details will be made available when the exam registration form is published.
CERTIFICATION:
Final score will be calculated as : 25% assignment score + 75% final exam score
25% assignment score is calculated as 25% of average of Best 6 out of 8 assignments
E-Certificate will be given to those who register and write the exam and score greater than or equal to 40% final score. Certificate will have your name, photograph and the score in the final exam with the breakup.It will have the logos of NPTEL and IIT Kharagpur.It will be e-verifiable at nptel.ac.in/noc.
