SF3033 Energy Environment Ethics and Society Syllabus:
SF3033 Energy Environment Ethics and Society Syllabus – Anna University Regulation 2021
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
1. Moral awareness proficiency in recognizing moral problems in engineering like plagiarism and patenting
2. Enable the students to create an awareness on Engineering Ethics and Human to instill Moral and Social Values and Loyalty and to appreciate the rights of others
3. Convincing moral reasoning (comprehending, assessing different views
4. Ethics is the branch of philosophy that concerns itself with the good and evil nature (morality) of actions
5. It contains moral and social principles (rules) for doing business.
UNIT I ENERGY
Linkage with development, world energy scenario, fossil fuel resource- estimates and Vduration, India’s energy scenario; Finite/ depleting energy resources, coal, oil, gas, nuclear fission, promises and present status of nuclear fusion energy; Renewable energy, solar, hydro, wind, biomass, ocean, tidal, wave and geothermal. Synergy between energy and environment, global environment issues, greenhouse gas emission, global warming, green energy solutions.
UNIT II SOCIETY AND ENVIRONMENT
Exponential growth in population, environmentally optimum sustainable population, free access resources and the tragedy of commons; environment problems and impact of P.A.T (Population, Affluence and Technology), environmentally beneficial and harmful technologies environment impact assessment policies and auditing interaction between environment, life support systems and socio-culture system.
UNIT III ECOSYSTEM
Definition, concepts, structure, realm of ecology, lithosphere, hydrosphere biosphere, atmospheretroposphere-stratosphere; energy balance to earth, matter and nutrient recycling in ecosystems; nitrogen, oxygen, carbon and water cycles, food producers, consumers and decomposers, food chains-, biodiversity, threat and conservation of biodiversity. Worldviews ‘ and environmentally sustainable economic growth, introduction to Design For Environment (DFE), product lifecycle assessment for environment and ISO 14000; triple bottom-line of economic, environment and social performance; environmental ethics, its world impact and challenges.
UNIT IV ETHICS AND MORAL VALUES
Ethical situations, objectives of ethics and its study, role morality and conflicts; values, policies and Organization Culture; Non-professional, quasi- and hardprofessionals; preventive, personal, common and professional ethics; different ethical value criteria like utilitarian, virtue, right and duty ethics with discussion on the case of priority for improvement of urban (high traffic) or rural (low traffic) intersections causing equal number of fatalities; codes of ethics and their limitations; Institute of engineers code for corporate member, IEEE and ACM professional-code
UNIT V ENGINEERING ETHICS
Senses of ‗Engineering Ethics‘ – Variety of moral issues – Types of inquiry – Moral dilemmas – Moral Autonomy – Kohlberg‘s theory – Gilligan‘s theory – Consensus and Controversy – Models of professional roles – Theories about right action – Self-interest – Customs and Religion – Uses of Ethical Theories.
TOTAL: 45 PERIODS
COURSE OUTCOMES:
Students able to
CO 1 Upon completion of the course, the student should be able to apply ethics in society, discuss the ethical issues related to engineering and realize the responsibilities and rights in the society.
CO 2 Ability to identify the gap based to a survey of the relevant literature
CO 3 Ability to undertake field and laboratory experiments in a systematic way
CO 4 Ability to work independently on a scientific question and arrive at a conclusion
CO 5 Ability to communicate the work undertaken effectively.
TEXT BOOKS:
1. Modern Production Management – S.S. Buffa, Pub. – John Wiley.
2. MartandTelsang, “Industrial Engineering and Production Management”, First edition, S. Chand and Company, 2000
REFERENCES:
1. Miller G. T Jr; Living in the environment; Cengage Publisher
2. Govindrajan, Natrajan, Santikumar; Engineering Ethics; PHI pub.
3. Raynold G.W. “Ethics in Information Technology; Cengage.
4. S Chand &Company“Energy Environment Ethics &Society”, December 2009
5. Professional Ethics And Human Values – R.S. Naagarazan PHI New Delhi.