Date: 06/03/2026
Time: 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM EST
Credit: 1 Hour

COURSE INTRODUCTION & OUTLINE:

Given the role of engineers and engineering in the contemporary world, here a global approach to engineering ethics is taken. While this might make sense to students growing up now, it is, in fact, a departure from the tradition.

Engineering ethics is an area of study that originated in the United States. Because the US model of engineering ethics was first, it has become somewhat of a global standard. The problem is that this model carries within it some uniquely US or Western features, such as an emphasis on ethical theory and the ideal of professions. Some of these features are neither readily nor appropriately adaptable to other parts of the world.

It is thus necessary to rethink engineering ethics from the ground up, which is the approach taken here.


Course Number:  LWP060326
Field of Study: Laws and Ethics
Level: Basic
Presenter:
Ronald Finger
Prerequisites: 
None