This course provides an introduction to the topic of ethics in engineering with a special focus on chal-lenges provide by ecological requirements. Future developments and the well-being of the world society will dependent on technical solutions. The development and the application of technical artifacts has nu-merous impacts beyond pure functioning. Therefore the course will cover the areas:
- Why engineering ethics?
- Engineering and Responsibility
- A Matter of Moral
- Individual Moral and the Organizational Context
- Honesty, Integrity, and Reliability
- Safety, Risk, and Liability
- Solving Ethical Problems
- Engineering and Environment
- Ethics, Competing Values, and Stakeholders
- Professionalism
