Courses:
Responsible Conduct in Research and
Innovation (RCiRI)
Ethics for Engineers, Researchers and Innovators (EthicsERI)
The planned schedule is one session per week (3 hours/week)
Schedule: Friday, 10:00-13:00
Language: English
Classroom: Campus Nord. Building C6. Room C6-E106
Dates: September 27th – October 25th 2024
Estimated workload: 15 hours of lectures plus recommended readings
Equivalence in credits: 2 ECTS
The number of attendees is limited to 40 (first come first served)
Online attendance is not planned as the course is based on discussion of case studies and requires active participation.
MIRI students must deliver a report at the end of the course.
This course is offered once a year (fall semester).
REGISTRATION
IS CLOSED
Registration: check the Doctoral School site
All human activities have implications on our society. Research activity not only does but also the overall research system is based on trust. Then, responsible research conduct is of outmost importance. The goal of the course is to provide an overview of the rules and professional practices that are considered as responsible conduct of research and engineering. Ph. D. students, post-doctoral researchers and everybody involved in research and innovation must know the principles and practices that define a responsible conduct and the ones that are not appropriate and are identified as misconduct.
Topics include:
Introduction on Responsible Research and Innovation
Research misconduct
Authorship
Plagiarism
Peer reviews
Conflicts of interest
Mentor/mentee relationship
Collaborative research
Data Management
Intellectual Property
Information Privacy
AI tools for research
Attendance certificate will be issued at the end of the course.
Attendance is required to receive credit for the course
(requirements: minimum 60% of sessions and active participation in the
debates).
Signatures of students will be collected during the session to demonstrate
attendance.
MIRI students must deliver a short report or discussion case at the end of the seminar. The report should be two or three pages long.
The report may be either:
- A case study (comment one of the cases or articles discussed in class).
- A case study of your own selection.
- A summary of one of the topics of the course.
- A short discussion about some of the questions presented in the slides at the end of each topic.
- A comment about one of the documents or videos given as complementary material.
Codi integritat en la recerca de la UPC (in Catalan)
The planned schedule is one session per week (3 hours/week)
Schedule: Friday, 10:00-13:00
Language: English
Classroom: Campus Nord. Building C6. Room C6-E106
Dates: February 28th – March 28th 2025
Estimated workload: 15 hours of lectures plus recommended readings
Equivalence in credits: 2 ECTS
The number of attendees is limited to 40 (first come first served)
Online attendance is not planned as the course is based on discussion of case studies and requires active participation.
MIRI students must deliver a report at the end of the course.
This course is offered each semester (twice a year).
REGISTRATION IS CLOSED
MIRI Students (SIRI): fill this form
Ph.D. Students: check the Doctoral School site
All human activities have implications on our society. Professional exercise in engineering, being a researcher or running innovation projects imply making decisions that are not exclusively technical, they involve ethical considerations.
Theoretical sessions are complemented with numerous examples and study cases.
Well known and recent study cases will be used as the basis of the lectures. With the discussion of the cases theoretical concepts will be presented.
Topics include:
Ethics. Introduction and theoretical approaches.
Moral behaviour, psychological aspects, common principles.
Ethics in the profession of engineering.
Character and practical wisdom.
Moral responsibility of the engineer.
Ethics in making professional decisions.
Responsibility for safety and health.
Respect for persons.
Respect to people’s privacy and intimacy.
The right use of Technology.
Responsible AI
Research and Innovation.
Attendance certificate will be issued at the end of the course.
Attendance is required to receive credit for the course
(requirements: minimum 60% of sessions and active participation in the
debates).
Signatures of students will be collected during the session to demonstrate
attendance.
MIRI students must deliver a short report or discussion case at the end of the seminar. The report should be two or three pages long.
The report may be either:
- A case study (comment one of the cases or articles discussed in class).
- A case study of your own selection.
- A summary of one of the topics of the course.
- A short discussion about some of the questions presented in the slides at the end of each topic.
- A comment about one of the documents or videos given as complementary material.
Ethics in Engineering Practice and Research (2nd Edition)
Author: Caroline Whitbeck
Publisher: Cambridge University Press 2011
ISBN 978-0-521-89787-6
Business Ethics in Action
Author: Domčnec Melé
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Limited (Red Globe Press) 2019
ISBN 978-1-137-609175
[In Spanish]
Ética para ingenieros
Rafael Escolá Gil - José Ignacio Murillo Gómez
EUNSA 2000
ISBN 84-313-1744-2
The planned schedule is one session per week (3 hours/week)
Schedule: Friday, 10:00-13:00
Language: English
Classroom: Campus Nord. Building C6. Room C6-E106
Dates: April 25th – May 30th 2025
Estimated workload: 15 hours of lectures plus recommended readings
Equivalence in credits: 2 ECTS
The number of attendees is limited to 40 (first come first served)
Online attendance is not planned as the course is based on discussion of case studies and requires active participation.
MIRI students must deliver a report at the end of the course.
This course is offered once a year (Spring Semester).
REGISTRATION IS CLOSED
MIRI Students (SIRI): fill this
form
Ph.D.
Students: check the Doctoral School site
AI has emerged as a powerful technology and it is expected it will impact all human activities and professional developments. Some deployments pose serious concern about its ethical implications.
The course reviews some of the recommendations and guidelines published related with AI developments. Also, the main regulations and laws are examined. The course addresses the ethics of two main areas: using AI tools for research, and doing research in AI.
Theoretical sessions are complemented with numerous examples and study cases.