Engineering and Research Ethics 5 credits

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 sustainbale development. Professional engineering codes of ethics and major research ethical declarations will be introduced. - 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.