2026 (Current Year) Faculty Courses Liberal arts and basic science courses Entrepreneurship courses
Master's Social and Business Rules and Ethics B2
- Academic unit or major
- Entrepreneurship courses
- Instructor(s)
- Akira Izumi / Koji Wakayama / /
- Class Format
- Lecture (Livestream)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 5-6 Fri
- Class
- B2
- Course Code
- ENT.C527
- Number of credits
- 100
- Course offered
- 2026
- Offered quarter
- 2Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 5, 2026
- Language
- Japanese
※ Courses with parentheses in the course number have different subject codes depending on the student's year of admission.
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
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 patent, trademark right, design right, and copyright, as well as standards, following an overview of laws in society and business. Compliance, ethics, and crisis management 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.
The overall contents of Master's Social and Business Rules and Ethics B1 and B2 in 2Q are identical, but the lecture order may be different. Therefore, when taking this course in 2Q, be sure to choose one of these courses and attend lectures in that course continuously. Students should not attend lectures in different courses from week to week.
Prior to taking the course, please make sure that students have downloaded the latest version of the Zoom application. (Avoid connecting with browsers such as Chrome as it may be unstable or have limited functionality.) To maintain students' concentration, the connected device is preferable to be the one with a larger display, such as a PC, and tablet. Students should prepare a camera and a microphone for interactive lectures, and keep their cameras connected during lecture time.
In order to avoid being unable to attend lectures in real time once a course starts due to a poor communication environment, prior to taking the course, students must 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.
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.
Course description and aims
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.
Student learning outcomes
実務経験と講義内容との関連 (又は実践的教育内容)
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
- 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:
NISHIO Taku, General Manager of Fine Chemical Division ,Lion Chemical Co., Ltd.
HIRATA Kazuya, International Cooperation Advisor, International Compliance Support Office, the International Support Center, Science Tokyo
IZUMI Akira, Specially Appointed Professor, Career Development Section, Center for Entrepreneurship Education, Science Tokyo
WAKAYAMA Koji, Specially Appointed Professor, Career Development Section, Center for Entrepreneurship Education, Science Tokyo
※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/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Security export control and rules for business and academia (HIRATA Kazuya, WAKAYAMA Koji) |
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 3 | 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 4 | Intellectual Property (1) : Patent (WAKAYAMA Koji) |
Students are able to understand an overview of patent system, and find out what will be applicable for their future careers. |
| Class 5 | Intellectual Property (2) : Copyright, Trademark right, Design right, and Unfair Competition Prevention (IZUMI Akira) |
Students are able to understand an overview of copyright, trademark right, design right, and Unfair Competition Prevention Act, 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, and find out what will be applicable for their future careers. |
| Class 7 | International standardization and summary of lectures (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. |
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)
No textbook. In principle, lecture materials prepared by the lecturers will be uploaded to Science Tokyo LMS 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.
Evaluation methods and criteria
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
Prerequisites
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.
Students should prepare a camera and a microphone for interactive lectures, and keep their cameras connected during lecture time.
Lectures are delivered in Japanese, so students should have Japanese language skills enough to understand the content of the lectures.
For assignment reports, both English and Japanese are acceptable.
Other
The corresponding GA for this course is GA1M.
For inquiries regarding Entrepreneurship Courses (for students enrolled in or after AY2024), and Career Development Courses (for students enrolled in or before AY2023), please contact us at: Center for Entrepreneurship Education (CEE) (e-mail: info@cee.isct.ac.jp)