About this course
All engineers will come to face ethical challenges in their professional practice. If these challenges are not dealt with wisely, their careers, their organizations, and most importantly, the wellbeing and safety of
people and our environment may be exposed to risk.
This course will provide you with a practical framework for dealing with such situations, an understanding of the professional rules of ethics for engineers and how to apply them.
The course discusses the following topics:
- Codes of ethics as an expression of professional rules of conduct
- Different types of codes of conduct
- Challenges and limitations in codes of ethics
- Whistleblowing and the circumstances in which it is morally warranted
- Conflicts of interest and ways of handling them
- The importance of communication with societal stakeholders and best ways of achieving it
Learning Formats: Videos
Institutions: Delft University of Technology