Courses – Fakultet tehničkih nauka u Novom Sadu

Subject: Engineering Ethics (17.IM1052)

Native organizations units: Department of Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, Chair of Production Systems, Organization and Management

General information:

Category	Professional-applicative
Scientific or art field	Media Engineering and Management Proizvodni i uslužni sistemi, organizacija i menadžment
ECTS	5

The subject is aimed at students create a sensitivity to ethical issues, empower them to proper ethical reasoning, behavior, and application of acquired knowledge in all aspects of professional life.

Students gain theoretical knowledge of the philosophical and psychological theories of morality and the relation of religion and morality. Also, students gain practical knowledge and application of stakeholder analysis instruments governing the ethics and application of acquired knowledge in the engineering profession

Introduction. Ethics and engineering. Moral judgment in engineering. Conventional morality and ethical relativism. Utility and utilitarianism. Moral duty and justice. Religion and morality. Moral responsibility, virtue and moral judgment. Stakeholder theory and analysis. Ethics management instruments. Engineering and values??. Engineering Ethics. The theory of dual use. Judicial and economic systems. Corporations and morality. Safety, risk and environmental protection. Marketing, advertising and truth. Protection of intellectual property rights. Information Technology, and Ethics. Workers' rights, employment, and labor unions. The rights and obligations of employees in the firm. Accounting, Finance and ethical finance. International business, multinational companies and morale. Corruption. The global common good

Lectures, case studies, practical exercises and consultations.

Authors	Title	Year	Publisher	Language
Mladen Pečujlija,Ilija Ćosić	A professor’s moral thinking at the abstract level vs. the professor’s moral thinking in real life situation (consistency problem). Science and Engineering Ethics	2011	Springer	English
Mladen Pečujlija	Psychology of Morality	2012	Nova Publisher	English