COURSE SYLLABUS
Master of Science in Engineering and Technology Management
ETM 5110 Seminar—Ethics For Practicing Engineers
Instructor: Mr. C. Michael Carolina
Office: ATRC 204
Telephone: 405-744-2446
Email: carolcm@okstate.edu
Prerequisite: Admission to the MSETM program or consent of instructor
Objective: This course is designed for practicing engineers and scientist who meet the
criteria for admission to the Master of Science in Engineering and Technology
Management. Is uses a values-based professional ethics approach and its application to
decision making in a technology-intensive environment. The course is intended to
increase awareness of ethical issues; to focus on the planning and management of a
ethics/legal compliance program; to explore leaders’ commitment to principles and
ethics, including the fair treatment of employees, rewards for ethical conduct, and
concerns for meeting the expectations of external stakeholders.
Using case studies and documented cases in current news magazines and media, the
course explores ethics as it affects engineering and engineering decisions, general
management, entrepreneurship, product development, project management, and risk
management.
COURSE SYLLABUS
Master of Science in Engineering and Technology Management
ETM 5110 Seminar—Ethics For Practicing Engineers
Reference Materials:
George Iwaki and Oscar Hauptman, Final Voyage of the Challenger. HBR Product
Number 9-691-037 (11/28/90).
Linda Tertino, Gary Weaver, David Gibson, and Barbara Ley Toffler, Managing Ethics
and Legal Compliance: What Works and What Hurts. HBR Product Number CMR146
(11/01/99).
Joseph L. Badaracco, Leading Quietly. HBR Press (2002).
Selected other case studies and current news magazines and newspaper articles.
Fall 2002 Schedule:
Week 1 – August 21, 4:30-7:30 p.m.
Week II - August 28, 4:30-7:30 p.m.
Week III – September 4, 4:30-7:30 p.m.
Week IV – September 11, 4:30-7:30 p.m.
Biographical Summary
Instructor:
Mr. C. Michael Carolina
Industry Relations, OSU Education and Research Foundation
Adjunct Professor, OSU College of Engineering, Architecture
and Technology
Background:
5 Years in Environmental Enforcement/Consumer Safety
5 Years in Education (Physical Sciences, Tulsa Community
College)
25 Years in Industry (Western Electric, AT&T and Lucent
Technologies)
Retired as Engineering Director, Lucent’s Oklahoma City
Facility. Duties included Product, Process, Current and
NPI Engineering
July, 2001:
Biographical Summary (cont’d.)
Associations:
CEAT Associates Advisory Board
College of Engineering, Board of Visitors, University of
Oklahoma
Director, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (OMRF)
Director, Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism
(MIPT)
Jim Thorpe All Sports Association and Oklahoma Sports Hall
of Fame
Other Boards of Directors
Education:
Bachelor of Science, Oklahoma State University
Master of Science, University of Oklahoma
Post graduate studies, University of Oklahoma and Vanderbilt
University
AT&T Executive Development Program, Princeton, New Jersey