Note: The Accreditation for Higher Education Programmes (AHEP) is a standard produced by the UK's Engineering Council to assess the competence and commitment of engineers and technicians. It is used by Higher Education institutions to achieve accreditation for their engineering programmes. Users outside the UK can refer to their national frameworks or other international competencies to map ethics learning accordingly.
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Evaluate the environmental and societal impact of solutions to complex problems and minimise adverse impacts.
Identify and analyse ethical concerns and make reasoned ethical choices informed by professional codes of conduct.
Modules, Projects, Placement Preparation. Ethical Reasoning can best be applied in the context of engineering problems and projects. It can help students engage in skills and mindsets required of a professional engineer.
Practicing Ethical Reasoning:
Applying critical analysis to specific events in order to evaluate and respond to problems in a fair and responsible way.
