Course Name: PROFESSIONAL ETHICS FOR TECHNOLOGIST Subject Teacher: Dr Asim Ali Abro

Course Code: HUM-411 7th Semester (Batch-19)

Tentative Teaching Plan (TTP)

Week Lecture No. Topic Activity

1 1 Introduction: Ethics and the development of Ethical
Theories.
2 The basic principles of ethics in different religions
2 3 Ethics in Islam, a comprehensive view.
4 Moral conduct and Faith
3 5 The five pillars of Islam and moral conduct.
6 Impact of Role Model on Personality Assignment:1
4 7 Qualities of a good professional
8 Ethics in Engineering
5 9 Etiquettes and Manners
10 Major theories of moral development
6 11 Codes of Ethics prescribed by professional bodies Class Quiz:1
12 Case studies illustrating ethical and moral dilemma
7 13 Legal components
14 Fundamental human rights
8 15 Principles of natural justices
16 Basic aspects of contract law
Mid Term Examination
9 17 Arbitration & Partnership
18 Evidence law and Labours Law
10 19 Drafting legal documents
20 Workplace responsibilities and rights
11 21 Environmental Ethics Class Quiz:2
22 Engineers and Technological Progress.
12 23 Debates and practices for dealing with engineering
ethics challenges
24 Plagiarism in Academic Writings
13 25 Unethical treatment of research Data Falsification and
Fabrication.
26 Professional ethics Covers: Fraud, Mismanagement,
Poor Product, and Corruption
14 27 Professional ethics Covers: deliberate design faults or Assignment:2
and harms from engineering projects/products
 28 Intellectual Property Rights: Patent and Software
Ownership Issues
15 29 Sustainability and Engineering Ethics
30 Sustainability and Engineering Ethics: adaptive design,
green technologies
16 31 Sustainability Planning (economics, environment and
equity)
32 Post midterm course Summery and students
interaction

Recommended Books:
1. Mike W. Martin and Roland Schinzinger, “Ethics in Engineering”, 4th Edition, McGraw Hill.
2. Harris Jr. C.E., Pritchard M.S. and M. J. Rabins, “Engineering Ethics: Concepts and Cases”, 5th
Edition, Cengage Learning, 2014.