ECE 316 - Engineering Ethics

Summer 2009 | Fall 2009 | Spring 2010 | Summer 2010

Section	Type	Times	Days	Location	Instructor
E2	LCD	0930 - 1050	T R	329 Gregory Hall	Philip Hillmer
E3	LCD	1230 - 1350	T R	57 Everitt Lab	Philip Hillmer

Web Page	http://courses.ece.uiuc.edu/ece316/
Official Description	Ethical issues in the practice of engineering: safety and liability, professional responsibility to clients and employers, whistle-blowing, codes of ethics, career choice, and legal obligations. Philosophical analysis of normative ethical theories. Case studies. Same as PHIL 316. Credit is not given for both ECE 316 and CS 210. Junior standing is required. Prerequisite: RHET 105.
Hours	3 hours.
Subject Area	Core Curriculum
Course Prerequisites	Credit in RHET 105
Course Directors	Michael C Loui
Description	Ethical issues in the practice of engineering: safety and liability, professional responsibility to clients and employers, whistle-blowing, codes of ethics, career choice, legal obligations; case studies.
Notes	Same as: PHIL 316
Credit	3 hours
Goals	To develop skills in moral reasoning To learn to read critically To improve writing skills in an engineering context
Topics	Ethical theories: utilitarianism, duty rights The nature of engineering: experimentation, safety, risk, negligence Professionalism, relationships with clients Obligation to employers: loyalty, conflict of interest, confidentiality Whistle-blowing, rights of engineers Codes of ethics Career choice The profession and the law, regulations, licensing Special topics: selections from computer ethics, environmental ethics, social impacts of technology
Computer Usage	Word processing to revise papers for resubmission
Course Prerequisites	Junior standing; RHET 105.
Topical Prerequisities	Freshman Composition (expository writing)
Texts	C.E. Harris, M.S. Pritchard, and M.J. Rabins, Engineering Ethics: Concepts and Cases, Wadsworth, 1995.
ABET Category	Humanities: 100%