{"id":844,"date":"2025-04-23T10:36:13","date_gmt":"2025-04-23T10:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eng.pdn.ac.lk\/mgn\/?page_id=844"},"modified":"2026-02-24T07:51:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T07:51:21","slug":"engineering-ethics-ma210","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eng.pdn.ac.lk\/mgn\/engineering-ethics-ma210\/","title":{"rendered":"Engineering Ethics \u2013 MA210"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p><style>\n        body {\n            font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\n            background-color: #f9f9f9;\n            margin: 0;\n            padding: 0 0px;\n        }\n        .container {\n            max-width: 1000px;\n            margin: 30px auto;\n            background-color: #fff;\n            padding: 20px;\n            box-shadow: 0 0 10px rgba(0,0,0,0.1);\n        }\n        h2 {\n            color: #800000;\n        }\n        .section-title {\n            background-color: #fff8dc;\n            padding: 10px;\n            margin-top: 30px;\n            border-top: 2px solid #800000;\n            font-weight: bold;\n            font-size: 1.2em;\n            color: #800000;\n        }\n        .content-block {\n            margin-bottom: 20px;\n        }\n        ol {\n            padding-left: 40px;\n        }\n        li {\n            margin-bottom: 10px;\n        }\n        .bold {\n            font-weight: bold;\n        }\n        .grey-box {\n            background-color:#fff;\n            padding: 15px;\n        }\n        .table-section {\n            display: flex;\n            gap: 20px;\n            margin-top: 20px;\n        }\n        table {\n            border-collapse: collapse;\n            width: 60%;\n            background-color: #fff;\n        }\n        th, td {\n            border: 1px solid #ccc;\n            padding: 8px 12px;\n            text-align: left;\n        }\n        th {\n            background-color: #fff8dc;\n            color: #800000;\n        }\n        .half-table {\n            width: 48%;\n        }\n\t.text-left {\n\t\ttext-align: left;\n\t}\n\n\t.text-right {\n    \t\ttext-align: right;\n\t}\n    <\/style><\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Credits:<\/strong> 1 <\/p>\n<p><strong>Pre-requisites:<\/strong> None<\/p>\n<p><strong>Compulsory \/ Optional:<\/strong> Compulsory for the Department of Mechanical Engineering \/ Optional for Other Departments <\/p>\n<p><strong>Aim(s):<\/strong> To provide knowledge for engineering undergraduates to conduct themselves ethically.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Intended Learning Outcomes: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Describe the concept of morality.<\/li>\n<li>Explain importance of ethical conduct as a student and as an engineer.<\/li>\n<li>Reflect concept of ethical practice in sustainable development.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<p><strong>Course Content: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Ethics and Morality: Ethics and Morality: Concept of morality; personal morality; common morality; core values.<\/li>\n<li>Academic Integrity as Students:  Using information; citation and acknowledgement; plagiarism; impersonation<\/li>\n<li>Professional Ethics:  Engineers in the organization; ethics at the workplace; introduction to IESL code of ethics.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<p><strong> Time Allocation:<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<colgroup>\n        <col style=\"width:50%;\">\n        <col style=\"width:50%;\">\n        \n    <\/colgroup>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Learning component<\/th>\n<th class=\"text-right\">Hours<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Lectures<\/td>\n<td class=\"text-right\">7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Tutorials Small Group Discussion<\/td>\n<td class=\"text-right\">8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Assignments<\/td>\n<td class=\"text-right\">&#8211;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Independent Learning<\/td>\n<td class=\"text-right\">35<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n<p><strong> Marks Allocation:<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<colgroup>\n        <col style=\"width:50%;\">\n        <col style=\"width:50%;\">\n        \n    <\/colgroup>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Assessment<\/th>\n<th class=\"text-right\">Percentage Marks<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Small Group Activities \/ Case Studies \/ Assignments \/ Presentation<\/td>\n<td class=\"text-right\">60<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>End Semester Examination<\/td>\n<td class=\"text-right\">40<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Credits: 1 Pre-requisites: None Compulsory \/ Optional: Compulsory for the Department of Mechanical Engineering \/ Optional for Other Departments Aim(s): To provide knowledge for engineering undergraduates to conduct themselves ethically. 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