Numbering Code	U-ENG20 42105 LJ77	Year/Term	2022 ・ First semester
Number of Credits	2	Course Type	Lecture
Target Year		Target Student
Language	Japanese	Day/Period	Thu.3
Instructor name	MATSUBARA ATSUSHI (Graduate School of Engineering Professor) SOTOWA KENICHIRO (Graduate School of Engineering Professor) KANEKO KENTAROU (Graduate School of Engineering Senior Lecturer) YAMASHITA NOBUO (Graduate School of Informatics Professor) KAGEYAMA HIROSHI (Graduate School of Engineering Professor) ISEDA TETSUJI (Graduate School of Letters Professor) SHIMIZU YUYA (Center for the Promotion of Interdisciplinary Education and Research Program-Specific Assistant Professor) MIURA KEN (Graduate School of Engineering Professor) MATSUSAKA SHUJI (Graduate School of Engineering Professor) NAKAGAWA　MASAYUKI (Office of Society-Academia Collaboration for Innovation) TAKAHASHI YOSHIKAZU (Graduate School of Engineering Professor) ITOH SADAHIKO (Graduate School of Engineering Professor) HIGASHIGUCHI KENJI (Graduate School of Engineering Senior Lecturer) KANDA TAKAYUKI (Graduate School of Informatics Professor) TAKAGI IKUJI (Graduate School of Engineering Professor) OOWADA TAKU (Graduate School of Engineering Professor)
Outline and Purpose of the Course	Modern ethics based on engineering aspect are becoming essential to present engineers and scientists. Instructors from various faculties give lectures about ethics in their research fields.
Course Goals	The goal of this class is to understand engineering ethics, and to develop the ability to judge by yourself when you encounter ethical issues.
Schedule and Contents	(4/8) The central topic is what is ethics for engineers and what is significance of studying ethics for engineers. (4/15) “General research ethics" Lectures on the concept of writing academic papers with ethics. (4/22)”Ethical Theories for Engineering Ethics” This lecture focus on various ideas in ethics (utilitarianism, deontology, virtue ethics, professional ethics etc.) which will be useful for thinking about particular ethical problems in engineering ethics. This Lecture will be conducted online by using zoom. (5/6) “Engineering Ethics as a Professional Ethics:” This lecture discusses basic ideas of engineering ethics in comparison with other fields of applied ethics. In particular, it discusses the characteristics of engineering ethics as professional ethics and what engineers as professionals are required to do. (5/13) “Ethics for Engineers” Engineers have to go through some ethical issues about research, development, design, manufacturing, and maintenance. In particular, the ethical decisions of engineers need to be considered for society and environment. (5/20) Press Release is an essential process for introducing the research to our society through various medias. In this lecture, issues related to Press Release will be addressed and discussed with several examples including SNS release. Lecture will be conducted by Zoom. (5/27) "Ethics in Water Supply." It is a basic right in a society that a person can receive and use safe water in sufficient quantity. In addition, a person of water supply utility is recognized to be an essential worker. Taking drinking water supply as a topic, ethics required for a water supplier and an engineer is discussed. It is given by Zoom. (6/3) “Forensic Analysis” Forensic repots are sometimes requested by the court in order to clarify the charge of incidents. The nylon rope incident, the Wakayama curry poisoning incident, and the pig iron incident are explained as examples. How to write the forensic report is explained in order to avoid the ethical problems. (Zoom&Youtube) (6/10) “Patents and Ethics (Part 1)” This course will teach the students about 1) patent systems which protect inventions and research results and 2) ethical issues in patents. The first class, in preparation for the next subject of patent ethics, introduces Japan's patent system with comparisons to the patent systems in the world's major countries and international framework. (6/17)“Patents and Ethics (Part 2)” Students, equipped with the basic knowledge of patent systems by the previous lecture, will get familier with actual case studies on ethical and legal issues in patents. (6/24) "Urban Planning and Ethics" The lecture focuses on the norms regulating the actions of the engineers involved in planning and designing urban areas, as well as on the normative consciousness required to facilitate such planning and design, demonstrating some examples on urban transport planning. This will be given via Zoom. (7/1) “General research ethics of synthetic chemistry” Lectures on the concept of writing academic papers and patents of synthetic chemisty with ethics. (7/8) Architecture has developed by imitating beautiful buildings, but in recent years there has been an increase in the number of cases where copyright disputes have arisen. In addition, the appearance of architecture often causes landscape controversy because of its influence on the surrounding environment. Issues concerning the ethics and sociality of architecture are discussed while introducing overseas lawsuits and design processes. (7/15) The materials engineer may stand on the side using materials as well as a side supplying materials. Some examples are introduced and, by this lecture, are argued about an ethic found from each situation by materials engineer. Note that this lecture is going to be carried out in ZOOM, but may be changed to the on-demand on account of the speaker. (7/29) "Engineer ethics in mechanical design" Engineer ethics is not a passive and passive thinking that issues the action of simply following existing norms, but a more active and creative thinking to decide and design one's own actions. It requires the logical thinking and ethical thinking necessary for engineers. This is explained with past cases in mechanical design.
Evaluation Methods and Policy	Class participation and reports.
Course Requirements	None
Study outside of Class (preparation and review)	The assignment of the report will be given for each lesson.
Textbooks	Textbooks/References	Lecture materials will be distributed.
References, etc.	Omnibus Engineering Ethics , , (Kyoritsu Shuppan Co., Ltd.), ISBN:978-4320071964 Practical Engineering Ethics - A Short Course, New Edition, , (Kagaku-Dojin Publishing Company,INC), ISBN:9784759811551 Engineering Ethics (Revised Edition), , (CORONA PUBLISHING CO.,LTD.), ISBN:978-4-339-07798-8 World of Engineering Ethics (3rd Edition), , (Morikita Publishing Co., Ltd.), ISBN:978-4-627-97303-9
Courses delivered by Instructors with Practical Work Experience	分類： A course with practical content delivered by instructors with practical work experience
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