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ENGINEERS AND SOCIETY BENG 4322


ENGINEERS AND SOCIETY

BENG 4322 SEM 1 SESI 2018/2019


BENG 4322 ENGINEER AND SOCIETY

1.0 Learning Outcomes

At the end of this subject, the students should be able to:

1. Apply ethical principles and commitment, to professional ethics, responsibilities and norms of engineering practice.   [PO8, LOD4, C4]
2. Apply reasoning informed by contextual knowledge to assess health, safety and legal issues and its subsequent responsibilities, relevant to professional practice. [PO6, LOD4, C4]
3. Understand the needs for sustainable development and the impact of engineering solutions on society and environment.      [PO7, LOD3, C5]

2.0 Synopsis

This course will discuss about ethics and professionalism, engineers and society, professional ethics, code of ethics,   ethics dealing with human relations, BEM, IEM, regulations on professional conduct, route to professional status, engineers as an employee or employer, decision making, competence of practicing engineering, accountability, liability, engineer’s legal liability specified in contract law, engineers and the environment, sustainability, etc.

3.0 Pre requisite

None.


4.0 Practical Application

None.

5.0 References

[1] The Institution Of Engineer, “Engineering Professionalism and Ethics” 4th Ed, 1995.
[2] Charles B Fleddermann, “Engineering Ethics” 3rd Ed, Prentice Hall, 2008.
[3] Mike W Martin, Roland Schinzinger, “Ethics in Engineering” 4th Ed, McGraw-Hill, 2005.
[4] Charles E Harris JR, Michael S Pritchard, Michael J Rabin, “Engineering Ethics” 2nd Ed, Thomson and Wadsworth, 2003.

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