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Professional Ethics and Environmental Protection (Course Outline)

The document outlines the course 'Professional Ethics and Environmental Protection' taught by Colonel S M Saiful Islam at the Bangladesh University of Professionals. It includes course objectives, evaluation criteria, and a tentative lecture plan covering topics such as ethical behavior in IT, environmental protection, and case studies. The course aims to instill ethical practices in students and raise awareness about environmental issues.

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Professional Ethics and Environmental Protection (Course Outline)

The document outlines the course 'Professional Ethics and Environmental Protection' taught by Colonel S M Saiful Islam at the Bangladesh University of Professionals. It includes course objectives, evaluation criteria, and a tentative lecture plan covering topics such as ethical behavior in IT, environmental protection, and case studies. The course aims to instill ethical practices in students and raise awareness about environmental issues.

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Course Title :

PROFESSIONAL ETHICS AND


ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Credit Hour: 3.0

ORIENTATION & COURSE OUTLINE

Course Teacher :
Colonel S M Saiful Islam, SUP, psc
CSE (BUET), MBA (IBA), MDS
ITIL® (Expert), Prince2® (Practitioner), CDCP®, ISO 27001 Lead Auditor®

Department of Computer Science & Engineering


Bangladesh University of Professionals
Class Goals

• Know each other

• Course information

• Motivation for the studies of Professional Ethics

• Understand why Engineers need to know Environmental Protection

• Tentative course outline

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Course Information

▪ Course Name: GED-2211 Professional Ethics and Environmental Protection

▪ Credit: 03

▪ Lecture Day & Time:

▪ Text Books:
1. Ethics in Information Technology by George W. Reynolds, Fifth Edition.
2. Engineering Ethics Concepts & Cases, Charles E Harris, Jr, Fourth Edition.
▪ Other References:
▪ Other Reading Materials: Research articles and (other) book chapter

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What the Course will Look like

▪ Lectures
▪ Readings (Articles and book chapters)
▪ Presentation/ Discussion
▪ Case study
▪ Assignments
▪ Class Test

Lecture Sessions will be Interactive !


Device-free !

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Course Objective

▪ To make the students understand the importance of ethical behavior

▪ To expose the students to the ethical practices to be followed in IT and business decision making

▪ To sensitize the students to become responsible persons who will uphold ethics in business when
they pursue their career

▪ To make the students understand the ethical practices towards consumers, users and other
stakeholders

▪ To learn the basic and create awareness of environment and ecology. To know about the role of
an individual in preserving the natural resources and about the various legislations, acts and
NGO’s that aims to control pollution

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Course Evaluation

Final Exam 50%

Mid-term 20%

Class Test* (n + 1, n is the credit hour) 10%

Assignments 10%

Class attendance 10%

Total: 100%

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Tentative Lecture Plan

Lecture Topics
Lec-1 Introduction to Ethics, Why Professional Ethics?
Lec-2 A Practical Ethics Toolkit, 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (Book Review)
Lec-3 Virtue Ethics: Social change, evolution, Globalization etc.
Lec-4 Ethics in the business world, Ethics in Information Technology
Lec-5 Ethical Considerations in Decision Making
Lec-6 IT Professionals, Professional Codes of Ethics, Professional Organizations, IT Users
Lec-7 Ethics in IT Organization, Professional Organization: ACM Standards and Codes
Institutionalization of Ethical Conduct
Lec-8 NSPE Codes, IEEE Code of Conduct, ISO code
Lec-9 Ethical Problem-Solving Techniques
Lec-10 Case Study Methodology & One Test Case Solving
Lec-11 ICT Act Right to Information (RTI) Patents and Royality
MID TERM EXAM

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Tentative Lecture Plan

Lec-12 Case Study - A


Lec-13 IT Security Incidents: A Major Concern
Lec-14 Implementing Trustworthy Computing
Lec-15 Risk and Liability in Engineering
Lec-16 Case Study - B
Lec-17 Social Engineering
Lec-18 The Rights and Responsibilities of Engineers
Lec-19 Ethical Dilemmas Choices (Whistle Blowing)
Lec-20 Case Study - C
Lec-21 Engineering and Environment Protection
Lec-23 Introduction to Philosophy of Engineering Metaphysics
Lec-24 Case Study - D
FINAL EXAM

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Thank You
For Your Attention
+8801769004659 [email protected]

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