Handbook

This course aims to help students understand the importance and necessity of professional and ethical responsibility. The course also focuses on engineering leadership in the context of professional engineering roles.

The course is designed to provide an understanding of the complex, interrelated working environments in which engineers practice, and introduce practical guidance for interacting professionally when practising their profession, especially within large and small organisations under strong commercial drivers.

The course covers topics including theories of leadership, the leadership of teams, organisational behaviour, strategic planning, uncertainty and risk, the interaction of laws with engineering projects and innovations, the role of engineering in society; assessment of innovation in processes and products, engineering ethics principles and practice, an introduction to ethical systems, the application of ethical frameworks to engineering practice with particular reference to electrical engineering and computing, codes of ethics in the professions. Ethical analyses will be specifically informed by codes of practice provided by the Engineers Australia and other engineering professional organisations.