ETHICS FOR PROFESSIONALS

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Graduate/professional standing or declared in Capstone Certificate in Applied Engineering Management Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Summer 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify when a decision has ethical dimensions, articulate what professional ethical behavior means, and explain why it matters Audience: Graduate 2. Apply ethical decision-making strategies and relevant codes of ethics to explore, analyze, and effectively resolve workplace and profession-specific ethical challenges Audience: Graduate 3. Apply behavioral science concepts to explore the role of self-interest in our decision making and to explain why good people sometimes behave unethically Audience: Graduate 4. Identify and explain the diverse social, global, and cultural frameworks that play a role in some ethical challenges Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify when a decision has ethical dimensions, articulate what professional ethical behavior means, and explain why it matters Audience: Graduate 2. Apply ethical decision-making strategies and relevant codes of ethics to explore, analyze, and effectively resolve workplace and profession-specific ethical challenges Audience: Graduate 3. Apply behavioral science concepts to explore the role of self-interest in our decision making and to explain why good people sometimes behave unethically Audience: Graduate 4. Identify and explain the diverse social, global, and cultural frameworks that play a role in some ethical challenges Audience: Graduate