2024 Faculty Courses School of Engineering Undergraduate major in Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Science and Engineering Ethics (Electrical and Electronic Engineering)
- Academic unit or major
- Undergraduate major in Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- Instructor(s)
- Shigeru Nakagawa
- Class Format
- Lecture (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 3-4 Tue
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- EEE.L331
- Number of credits
- 100
- Course offered
- 2024
- Offered quarter
- 2Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 14, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
This course discusses and investigates the ethics for engineers; e.g. an aspect of social ethics for technology and industrial products, the social role and basics of the behavior of engineers, the relationship with organizations and laws, a corporate ethic and a code of ethics, injustice of researchers, copyright, and intellectual properties.
The aim of this course is for electrical and electronic engineers to be able to learn the basics for properly making an ethical judgment on their own.
Course description and aims
At the end of this course, students will be able to acquire the following abilities to:
1) Explain the aspects of social ethic for technology and industrial products.
2) Explain the social role and basics of the behavior of engineers and the relationship with organizations and laws.
3) Explain the corporate ethics and code of ethics.
4) Explain the ethics of researchers, the compliance of copyright and the intellectual properties.
5) Have an interest in the ethics for engineers, researchers, and corporations, and learn to properly make an ethical judgment on their own.
Keywords
Ethic for engineers, engineering ethic, research ethic, corporate ethic, code of ethics, faulty product, figment, copyright, labor right, artificial material, specialist, bilateral character in science, intellectual property, PL raw, public harm, cross-cultural understanding, protection of environment, risk, whistle-blowing, accountability, dissimulation, secret preservation, invention, injustice of researchers
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
- ・Ethics, Practical problem-solving skills
Class flow
Students must read the assigned part of the lecture notes uploaded to OCW-I before coming to the class. Students must make a report on the tasks shown in the previous class and submit it in class. In 6th and 8th classes, a group study will be conducted. Students are divided into groups and should investigate and discuss the assigned issues. Finally presentations should be made in each group.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | What is engineering ethics？ | Can explain the necessity of the ethic for engineers. |
| Class 2 | Social role of engineers | Can explain the social role of engineers. |
| Class 3 | Basics of the behavior of engineers | Can explain the basics of the behavior of engineers. |
| Class 4 | Relationship with organizations and laws for engineers. The injustice of researchers, copyright, and intellectual property | Can explain the relationship with organizations and laws for engineers. Can explain the injustice of researchers, copyright, and intellectual property |
| Class 5 | Investigation and discussion to the appointed issues | Can investigate and discuss the appointed issues. |
| Class 6 | Presentation and comprehensive discussion | Can make the presentation for the appointed issues. |
| Class 7 | Summary and confirmation of the class | Can summarize the ethics for engineers with wide view. |
Study advice (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)
None
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Course materials can be found on T2SCHOLA.
KURODA Kotaro, TODAYAMA Kazuhisa, and ISEDA Tetsuharu, “Be a proud engineer” University of Nagoya Publishing 2012
Evaluation methods and criteria
Students’ course scores are conducted based on the due reports (70%),
and pesentation and comprehensive discussion (30%).
Related courses
- None
Prerequisites
No prerequisite.
Contact information (e-mail and phone) Notice : Please replace from ”[at]” to ”@”(half-width character).
Shigeru Nakagawa, snakagawa[at]ee.e.titech.ac.jpech.ac.jp
Office hours
Contact by e-mail in advance.