PM13: Enigineering and Research Ethics #1

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Introduction

Welcome to the course, Engineering and Research Ethics, a 5-credit course offered within the graduate school Industrial Product Realisation at the School of Engineering, Jönköping University. The course is developed in collaboration with the national graduate school Produktion2030.

Course content

The course covers the major themes and concepts in research and engineering ethics, such as the professional responsibilities of engineers, dual-use problems, whistleblowing, scientific misconduct, authorship and credit in research, informed consent, conflicts of interest, and the engineer’s responsibility for sustainable development. Professional engineering codes of ethics and major research ethical declarations will be introduced.

Some of the topics studied during the course are:

• Critical discussion of laws and regulations that regulate research and engineering ethics,
• fraud and misconduct in science,
• the ethics and value of technology and scientific progress,
• ethical aspects of research collaborations,
• intellectual ownership,
• authorship and scientific writing issues, and
• the scientist in society

Learning outcomes

On completion of the course, the student should:

Knowledge and understanding

• demonstrate knowledge and understanding of laws and regulations governing research ethics in general and engineering sciences in specific, and
• demonstrate knowledge and understanding of good research practice, as agreed on European, national (Sweden), and institutional (Jönköping University) levels.

Skills and abilities

• demonstrate the ability to identify ethical challenges for researchers involved in the development and implementation of new technologies in society,
• describe and analyse the ethical challenges affecting one’s own research field and research practice, and
• apply laws, regulations and guidelines governing research involving general data management and data management involving humans and personal data

Judgement and approach

• demonstrate the ability to make assessments of ethical aspects of his or her own research, and
• demonstrate insight into the possibilities and limitations of research, its role in society and the responsibility of the individual for how it is used

Type of instruction:

Prerequisites:

Admitted to a third-cycle programme or equivalent.

Examination and grades:

The course is graded Fail (U) or Pass (G).

The grade Pass requires active participation in seminars and the completion of written assignments

Name of the Test, Value,  Grading
Assignments, 3 credits, U/G
Seminars*, 2 credits, U/G (*Active attendance in seminars is mandatory)