Circular Economy & Technology Assessment

5 ECTS | 50€ | Self-paced online course | 9 May – 29 July 2023

The course covers the core concepts and business models of Circular Economy. It also dives into professional values, responsibilities and judgement: an introduction to what professional work requires from an ethical point of view. Ethical theory, such as utilitarian ethics, rule based ethics, virtue ethics, rights based ethics and a few more are also studied.

The focus will also be on CSR, Corporate Social Responsibility or CR, Corporate Responsibility. We work in a context, an organization and these organizations define much of the boundaries for the professional behavior. Thus, it is important for an employee to have an idea about corporate values and ethics as well. 

Technology Assessment, core concepts, aims with TA, criteria, different methods etc. are studied.

Learning outcomes

After the course the student should be familiar with basics in Circular Economy, ethical theory, corporate ethics and technology assessment. Most importantly, the student should have an understanding of the human aspects of (engineering) work. A goal is to give the students building blocks in their strive towards ethical autonomy at work.

Methods

All lectures and tasks for the course will be shared with you on the course platform Moodle. During the course, there will be a few online sessions for questions and answers. Otherwise, the course will be asynchronous, with small tasks to do spread over several weeks. In other words,  you can do the work with this course where and when it suites you, in your own pace, fast or slow.

Discussions will be opened in Moodle on the topics and small case studies to be handed in and to comment on other’s contributions.