ENGINEERING ETHICS AND INDUSTRIAL LAW

Course Objective
After the completion of this course, students will be able to understand the ethical and legal environment in which engineering is practiced.

Course Outline

  1. Background perspective (5 hours)
    1. Impacts and Consequence of Technology on Society: Effects of Major Technological Developments Such As Printing, Gunpowder, Mechanization, Computer, Organic Chemistry, Communication Satellites.
    2. Culture Motivation And Limitations, Eastern Vs Western Philosophy of Change And Development.
    3. Political and Social Limitations.
    4. Individual Freedoms Vs Societal Goals.
    5. Exponential Growth.
    6. Alternative Use of Scarce Resources, Caused of International Tensions.
    7. Risk and Overall Cost. Benefit Ratio Analysis in Engineering Decision Making.
    8. Education and Training of Technologists, Scientists and Engineers.

  2. Ethics and professionalism (4 hours)
    1. Perceptive On Morals, Ethics and Professionalism.
    2. Codes of Ethics and Guidelines for Professional Engineering Practice.
    3. Relationship of the Engineering Profession to Basic Science and Technology; Relationship to Other Professions.

  3. Roles of professional associations (4 hours)
    1. Regulation of the Practice of the Profession.
    2. Licensing.
    3. Guidance for Training New Entrants into the Profession.
    4. Advice and Assistance to Engineering Colleges.
    5. Upgrading and Maintaining the Professional and Technical Competence Of
    6. Members, Providing Technical Expertise As Requested For the Guidance and Assistance of Legislators.
    7. Seeing To the Matter of Safety and General Welfare of The Public In Engineering Works.

  4. Legal aspects of professional engineering in Nepal (6 hours)
    1. The Nepalese Legal System as it affects the Practice of Engineering.
    2. Provision for Private Practice and for Employee Engineers.
    3. Contract Law.
    4. Contract Documents.
    5. Liability and Negligence.
    6. Relationship to Foreign Firms Working in Nepal.

  5. Definition of industry, types of industries and kinds of industries in Nepal (2 hours)

  6. Industrial laws in Nepal and international perspective (4 hours)

  7. Capital and assets of the industry (2 hours)

  8. Industry registration rules, regulation and process in Nepal (3 hours)

  9. Facilities and exemptions to be obtained by different types of industries (SME, National, Export, Multinational etc) (2 hours)

  10. Types of industrial organizations (2 hours)
    1. Proprietorship firm, Company (private limited, public limited, foreign company, joint venture company)

  11. Manpower management (3 hours)
    1. Definition of labour. Labour relation and ILO & UN related provisions. Difference between supervisor staff and labour. Various form of trade union’ relation between trade union and management, role and responsibility of trade union, communication through trade union

  12. Case studies involving professional ethical issues chosen from a wide range of topics (8 hours)
    1. Intellectual Property Rights: Copyrights and Patent Protection.
    2. Personal Privacy and Large Computerized Data Bases.
    3. Industrialization Vs Protection of the Environment.
    4. Risk/ Benefit Considerations in Public Transportation.
    5. Engineers and the Military.
    6. Science and Technology for Medicine.

Reference

  1. Morrison, Carson and Hughes, Philip, “ProfessionalEngineeringPracticeEthical Aspects”, McGraw Hill Ryerson Ltd, Toronto, 1982.
  2. Sharath Babu & Rashmi Shetty, "Social Justice & Labour Jurisprudence" National Law School of India University, India, 2007.
  3. Uperety, Bharaj Raj, "Company Law", Legal Research and Development Forum, Kathmandu, Nepal, 2064.
  4. Sharma, A.M, Industrial Jurisprudence and Labour Legislation , Himalaya Publishing House, India, 2007
  5. Nepal Business Law, The Companies Act, 2008 & Contract Act, 2000, Nepal Investment Consultants Group, Kathmandu, Nepal.
  6. Industrial Enterprise Act, 2059”
  7. Firm Registration Act, 2014, Company Act, 2063”
  8. Foreign Investment and Technology Transfer Act, 2059
  9. Labour Act, 2048, Labour Regulations, 2049

Evaluation Scheme:
The Questions will cover all the chapters in the syllabus. The evaluation scheme will be as indicated in the table below:

Unit

Chapters

Hour

Mark Distribution*

1

Background perspective

5

4

2

Ethics and professionalism

4

8

3

Roles of professional associations

4

8

4

Legal aspects of professional engineering in Nepal

6

10

5

Definition of industry, types of industries and kinds of industries in Nepal

2

6

6

Industrial laws in Nepal and international perspective

4

8

7

Capital and assets of the industry

2

4

8

Industry registration rules, regulation and process in Nepal

3

8

9

Facilities and exemptions to be obtained by different types of industries (SME, National, Export, Multinational etc)

2

6

10

Types of industrial organizations

2

4

11

Manpower management

3

6

12

Case studies involving professional ethical issues chosen from a wide range of topics

8

10

Total

45

80

*Note: There may be minor deviation in marks dustribution.

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