COURSE SYLLABUSMaster of Science in Engineering and Technology Management

ETM 5110 Seminar—Ethics For Practicing Engineers

Instructor: Mr. C. Michael CarolinaOffice: ATRC 204Telephone: 405-744-2446Email: carolcm@okstate.edu

Prerequisite: Admission to the MSETM program or consent of instructor

Objective: This course is designed for practicing engineers and scientist who meet the criteria for admission to the Master of Science in Engineering and Technology Management. Is uses a values-based professional ethics approach and its application to decision making in a technology-intensive environment. The course is intended to increase awareness of ethical issues; to focus on the planning and management of a ethics/legal compliance program; to explore leaders’ commitment to principles and ethics, including the fair treatment of employees, rewards for ethical conduct, and concerns for meeting the expectations of external stakeholders.

Using case studies and documented cases in current news magazines and media, the course explores ethics as it affects engineering and engineering decisions, general management, entrepreneurship, product development, project management, and risk management.

COURSE SYLLABUSMaster of Science in Engineering and Technology Management

ETM 5110 Seminar—Ethics For Practicing Engineers

Reference Materials:George Iwaki and Oscar Hauptman, Final Voyage of the Challenger. HBR Product Number 9-691-037 (11/28/90).

Linda Tertino, Gary Weaver, David Gibson, and Barbara Ley Toffler, Managing Ethics and Legal Compliance: What Works and What Hurts. HBR Product Number CMR146 (11/01/99).

Joseph L. Badaracco, Leading Quietly. HBR Press (2002).

Selected other case studies and current news magazines and newspaper articles.

Fall 2002 Schedule:

Week 1 – August 21, 4:30-7:30 p.m.

Week II - August 28, 4:30-7:30 p.m.

Week III – September 4, 4:30-7:30 p.m.

Week IV – September 11, 4:30-7:30 p.m.

Week V – September 18, 4:30-7:30 p.m.

Biographical Summary

Instructor: Mr. C. Michael CarolinaIndustry Relations, OSU Education and Research FoundationAdjunct Professor, OSU College of Engineering, Architectureand Technology

Background: 5 Years in Environmental Enforcement/Consumer Safety5 Years in Education (Physical Sciences, Tulsa CommunityCollege)25 Years in Industry (Western Electric, AT&T and LucentTechnologies)

July, 2001: Retired as Engineering Director, Lucent’s Oklahoma CityFacility. Duties included Product, Process, Current and NPI Engineering

Biographical Summary (cont’d.)

Associations:CEAT Associates Advisory Board

College of Engineering, Board of Visitors, University of

Oklahoma

Director, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (OMRF)

Director, Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism

(MIPT)

Jim Thorpe All Sports Association and Oklahoma Sports Hall

of Fame

Other Boards of Directors

Education: Bachelor of Science, Oklahoma State University

Master of Science, University of Oklahoma

Post graduate studies, University of Oklahoma and Vanderbilt

University

AT&T Executive Development Program, Princeton, New Jersey