ETHICS

Course Description

The aim of this course is to awaken a sense of moral responsibility as decision makers. It can be happen by giving the moral imagination of students, helping students to recognize ethical issues and think ethically about the possible outcomes of making decisions, developing analytical skills on how to analyze an ethical situation and use neutral techniques to make an ethically optimal decision. This course is designed to introduce moral rights and responsibilities of engineers in relation to society, employers, colleagues and clients. Importance of intellectual property rights and conflicting interests. Ethical aspects in engineering design, manufacturing, and operations. Cost-benefit-risk analysis and safety and occupational hazard considerations.

ETHICS

Evaluation Tools (Active Term)

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Course outcomes

1. 01 decide on engineering dilemmas based on scientific knowledge and ethical rules
2. 02 assess managerial decisions on purpose knowing that they may harm the fellow workers, general public, organisation or environment
3. 03 observe local and international ethical codes of conduct of their profession
4. 04 evaluate possible actions to take which may cause conflict of interest
5. 05 identify importance of honesty, confidentiality, trust and reliability

Course Syllabus

Reference Books & Course Materials

1. 01 Charles E. Harris, Michael S. Pritchard, and Michael J. Rabins; "Engineering Ethics: Concepts and Cases", Fourth Edition, 2009, 2005 Wadsworth, Cengage Learning

Learning Outcomes

1. L01 Explain fundamental concepts of professional ethics, engineering ethics, moral responsibility, and preventive versus aspirational ethics. SOLO 4
2. L02 Analyze ethical problems in engineering cases by considering stakeholders, possible harms, responsibilities, and consequences. SOLO 4
3. L03 Evaluate professional decisions involving honesty, confidentiality, trust, reliability, intellectual property, and conflicts of interest. SOLO 5
4. L04 Discuss engineers’ responsibilities related to public safety, risk, liability, organizational decision-making, and responsible disobedience. SOLO 5
5. L05 Report ethical judgments in written case-based assignments using appropriate professional reasoning. SOLO 3

Program Outcomes

1. P01 Becoming aware of sufficient theoretical knowledge in basic engineering and agricultural science
2. P02 Having sufficient theoretical knowledge in basic agricultural production especially in pomology, viticulture, olericulture, floriculture and agronomy, and their breeding
3. P03 Being well equiped with practical experiences in agriculture
4. P04 Finding the source of environmental, biotic, abiotic, technical and economical problems in agricultural crops which reduce yield and quality, and create solutions to related problems
5. P05 Defining, classifying and naming cultivated crop plants and knowing how to manage them
6. P06 Breeding of horticultural and field crops, developing new cultivars and producing propagation materials of new developed varieties
7. P07 Applying up-to-date methods and techniques for preserving genetic resources and environment for sustainable use in agricultural commodities
8. P08 Evaluating, asseying and analyzing the changes in cultivation of horticultural and agronomic crops in respect to irrigation, fertilization, defining pests and diseases and after postharvest handling
9. P09 Establishing and managing orchards, vineyards and field crop productions and greenhouse operations
10. P10 Obtaining data in horticulture and field crops along with researching, considering, recording, consulting and expert abilities, project writing and applying
11. P11 Identifying different roles in enchancing individual abilities and skills beside taking responsibilities, participations in team works under any given conditions
12. P12 Easily accessing to appropriate information and thinking analytically in their interested area and subjects. They can do accurate timing and planning in agricultural productions in year round. They think analytically, prepare questionaries, have an exploratory and creative vision and use the obtained knowledge for the benefit of farmers and societies
13. P13 Having ability to transfer information and also able to easily communicate with the people in the field at different levels. They have self - confidence and self- improvement skills as well

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