{"id":896,"date":"2025-04-23T14:01:38","date_gmt":"2025-04-23T14:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eng.pdn.ac.lk\/mgn\/?page_id=896"},"modified":"2026-04-06T03:03:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T03:03:09","slug":"ma1100-ethics-and-sustainability","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eng.pdn.ac.lk\/mgn\/ma1100-ethics-and-sustainability\/","title":{"rendered":"MA1100 \u2013 Ethics and Sustainability"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\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 0;\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        h3 {\n            color: #000000\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        .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\n<p><strong>Credits:<\/strong> 2<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Pre-requisites:<\/strong> None<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Core \/ Optional:<\/strong> Compulsory <\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Aim(s):<\/strong> To impart knowledge on basic concepts of sustainability and ethics. <\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Intended Learning Outcomes: <\/p><\/strong>\n\n<ol>\n<li><strong>explain<\/strong> the concept of morality and how it relates to standard ethical practices in the Education and Engineering Profession.<\/li>\n<li><strong>reflect<\/strong> ethical conduct as a student and an engineering professional in contributing to decision-making in engineering activities.<\/li>\n<li><strong>interpret<\/strong> the sustainability concepts and practices in different industrial sectors.<\/li>\n<li><strong>assess<\/strong> the economic, social, and environmental impacts of development activities.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n<p><strong>Course Content:<\/p><\/strong>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Ethics and Morality:<\/strong> Concept of morality, personal morality, common morality, core values.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Academic Integrity:<\/strong> Usage of information; citation and acknowledgement; plagiarism; implementation.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Professional Ethics:<\/strong> Engineers in an organisation; introduction to BES Code of Ethics.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ethics and Sustainability:<\/strong> Ethical considerations in decision making for sustainable development projects \u2013 application of BES Code of Ethics.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Global environmental and social issues:<\/strong> Global environmental targets with particular emphasis on global warming and resource limitation; the creation of new global environmental practices in broad areas; health of children; applications for distribution.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Concept of Sustainable Development:<\/strong> Concept of sustainable development, three pillars of sustainability, the need for a sustainable approach of understanding sustainable development goals (SDGs).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Introduction to Tools and Concepts for sustainable development of industries:<\/strong> Concepts of Life Cycle Thinking, design for sustainability, cleaner production, sustainable consumption and production, circular economy.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n<p><strong> Time Allocation:<\/p><\/strong>\n<table>\n<colgroup>\n        <col style=\"width:60%;\">\n        <col style=\"width:40%;\">\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>Theory<\/td>\n<td class=\"text-right\">15<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Small group activities<\/td>\n<td class=\"text-right\">15<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Assignments<\/td>\n<td class=\"text-right\">&#8211;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Practical<\/td>\n<td class=\"text-right\">&#8211;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Independent Learning<\/td>\n<td class=\"text-right\">70<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n<p><strong> Marks Allocation:<\/p><\/strong>\n<table>\n<colgroup>\n        <col style=\"width:60%;\">\n        <col style=\"width:40%;\">\n        \n    <\/colgroup>\n<thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Assessment<\/th>\n<th class=\"text-right\">Percentage Marks<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Continuous Assessments\n<br>Small group Activities 40%, Quizzes 20% <\/br><\/td>\n<td class=\"text-right\">60%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Final Assessment<\/td>\n<td class=\"text-right\">40%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Recommended Reading: <\/p><\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Harris, C. E., Pritchard, M.S., Rabins, M.J. (2009) Engineering Ethics: Concepts and Cases, Wisconsin: Cengage Learning, USA.<\/li>\n<li>Kelly, W. E., Luke, B., Wright, R.N. (2017): Engineering for Sustainable Communities: Principles and Practices, ASCE Press.<\/li>\n<li>Martin, M. W., Schinzinger, R. (2016), Introduction to Engineering Ethics, McGraw-Hill, USA.<\/li>\n<li>Robertson, M. (2017): Sustainability Principles and Practice, Routledge, UK.<\/li>\n<li>The Institution of Engineers Sri Lanka. (2017). Code of Ethics. The Institution of Engineers Sri Lanka.<\/li>\n<li>Whitbeck, C. (2011). Ethics in Engineering Practice and Research, Cambridge: University Press.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Credits: 2 Pre-requisites: None Core \/ Optional: Compulsory Aim(s): To impart knowledge on basic concepts of sustainability and ethics. 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