Ethics and Leadership in Engineering - GSOE9510

Faculty: Faculty of Engineering

School: School of Electrical Eng and Telecommunications

Course Outline: http://www.ee.unsw.edu.au

Campus: Sydney

Career: Postgraduate

Units of Credit: 6

EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)

Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3

Excluded: ELEC4122

CSS Contribution Charge: 2 (more info)

Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule

Further Information: See Class Timetable

Description

The role of engineering in society; assessment of technological innovations. Engineering ethics principles and practice; an introduction to ethical systems; the application of ethical frameworks to engineering practice and related technologies; codes of ethics in the professions. Social, legal, environmental and economic considerations; sustainability. Theories of leadership; leadership of teams. Organisation behaviour.