Ethics for Engineering
Owner: Dr Melusine Pigeon
Number of students: 1
Formative Deadline: Friday W19
Learning Outcomes
Identify and analyse ethical concerns and make reasoned ethical choices informed by professional codes of conduct. Understand intellectual property and legal aspects of engineering.
Knowledge Requirements
For Knowledge, you should complete the “Ethics for Engineering” Moodle quiz available on this unit’s Moodle page.
Application Requirements
For Application, the page should include a section titled ‘Ethics for Engineering’ that includes the following elements. Each element should be a sub-section with a related title: 1) Description of an ethical consideration considered in the design of a work or product. And how it relates to a code of conduct of an engineering body (50-100 words or 1min audio/video) 2) Discussion of an intellectual property element linked to the work or product (100-250 words or 2 min audio/video). 3) Discussion of a legal aspect related to the work or product (100-250 words or 2 min audio/video). 4) All the sections should be supported with relevant references.
Synthesis Requirements
For Synthesis, the page should include a section titled ‘Ethics for Engineering’ that includes: 1) The requirements for Application level but 2) each of them in the form of a pro/con argumentation. In this argumentation you should provide for each argument made at least:
- one pro element
- one con element
- a critical judgement taking both into account. For this the word count is modified and doubled for each sub-section. If you decide to use the audio/video format, it could be the recording of a debate. 3) References are key here even for the audio/video format.
Knowledge Opportunities
After the lecture W9
Application Opportunities
Project week 2 W17