Course Name ENGINEERING ETHICS AND COMPUTER LAWS

The course includes moral issues and decisions confronting individuals and organizations
Course Description involved in engineering. This subject will focus on the study the code of ethics, conflict of
interest, safety and risk trade-offs in design, confidentiality, behaviour in the work place,
intellectual property, patents, trade secrets and contemporary issues in engineering.
Number of Units for 2 units lecture
Lecture and Laboratory
Number of Contact Hours 2 hours lecture
per week
Prerequisite Fifth Year Standing
Course Objectives After completing this course, the student must be able to:
1. Understand the fundamentals of professionalism and ethics with the focus
on the fields of engineering
2. Study the codes of ethics, conflict of interest, safety and risk trade-offs in
design, confidentiality, behaviour in the work place, intellectual property,
patents, trade secrets and contemporary issues in engineering.
1. Principles of Ethics
2. Professional Ethics, Codes of Conduct, and Moral Responsibility.
3. Ethical Issues
Course Outline 3.1 Professional Responsibility
3.2 Health and Safety
3.3 Privacy
3.4 Security
4. Philippine IT and related Laws
4.1 Electronic Commerce Act
4.2 Access Device Regulations Act
4.3 Intellectual Property Code
5. Transnational Issues
5.1 Cybercrimes
5.2 Electronic Commerce
5.3 International Agreements
6. Social Issues
6.1 Digital Divide, Equity and Access
6.2 Online Communities and Social Networking
6.3 Nanoethics and Other Emerging Issues
Laboratory Equipment None