Engineering Ethics

STSO-4210

This course explores the ethical issues that engineers encounter in their professional practice. It also examines social values and law and policy issues that shape engineering and technological decision making. Using case studies, professional codes of conduct, and scholarly literature, the course examines the responsibilities of engineers in relation to their employers, clients, co-professionals, and their responsibility for public safety and welfare. Topics include the history of engineering, professionalism vs. the demands of business, engineering vs. management decision making, whistle-blowing, proprietary rights and trade secrecy, and conflicts of interest.

4 credits PDII Option for Engr Majors
Prereqs:
none

Past Term Data

Offered
Not Offered
Offered as Cross-Listing Only
No Term Data
Spring Summer Fall
(Session 1) (Session 2)
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
Engineering Ethics (4c) [PDII]
  • Dean Andrew Nieusma
Seats Taken: 15/15
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
Engineering Ethics (4c)
  • Stephen Charles Pierce
Seats Taken: 25/24
Engineering Ethics (4c)
  • Sara Feathers
  • Stephen Charles Pierce
Seats Taken: 23/25
2009
Engineering Ethics (4c)
  • Stephen Charles Pierce
Seats Taken: 24/24
Engineering Ethics (4c)
  • Sara Feathers
  • Stephen Charles Pierce
Seats Taken: 29/25
2008
Engineering Ethics (4c)
  • Stephen Charles Pierce
Seats Taken: 26/25
Engineering Ethics (4c)
  • Stephen Charles Pierce
Seats Taken: 27/25
2007
Engineering Ethics (4c)
  • Stephen Charles Pierce
Seats Taken: 24/25
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998