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CS-EJ5491 - Digital Ethics and Sustainability D, Lectures, 21.10.2024-8.12.2024

Please note! Course description is confirmed for two academic years, which means that in general, e.g. Learning outcomes, assessment methods and key content stays unchanged. However, via course syllabus, it is possible to specify or change the course execution in each realization of the course, such as how the contact sessions are organized, assessment methods weighted or materials used.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Student has ability to a) identify short and long term future consequences of plans and decisions from an integrated scientific, ethical and intergenerational perspective and to merge this into a solution-focused approach, moving towards a sustainable society b) realize ethical and sustainability considerations when developing new products/technologies c) recognize and address diverse obstacles in transforming a technology into a business d) recognize both benefits and real-world concerns that digitalization brings to the fields of IT and sustainability.

Credits: 1

Schedule: 21.10.2024 - 08.12.2024

Teacher in charge (valid for whole curriculum period):

Teacher in charge (applies in this implementation): Olli-Pekka Mutanen

Contact information for the course (applies in this implementation):

CEFR level (valid for whole curriculum period):

Language of instruction and studies (applies in this implementation):

Teaching language: English. Languages of study attainment: English

CONTENT, ASSESSMENT AND WORKLOAD

Content

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    In Digital Ethics and Sustainability course we explore key challenges facing the environment, society, business and the Information technology sector, and ask some difficult and justified questions about how to address these challenges. These issues are explored on an organizational and a broader institutional or societal level introducing mainstream and more critical views of corporate responsibility, sustainability and the role of business and technology in our society. Then we extend the discussion to look at the digital ethics issues, hot topics in IT such as Big Data and Analytics and related real-world concerns, cost of digitalisation from a sustainability point of view and explore a number of cases that raise the topic of digital ethics.

Assessment Methods and Criteria

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    Scale: Pass / fail. Assessment is based on a quiz measuring students understanding of the online contents, and a written analysis reflecting course domain related phenomena.

Workload

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    The course consists of two online content parts, both accompanied with a related assignment. The first part is composed of a series of videos on informal 'fireside chat' type of discussions with experts who have extensive experience from the domain area both from an academic and practical perspective. This part is concluded with a related quiz (test). In the second part we are combining some domain related theory with our own experiences by producing a reflective analysis on the phenomenon.

     

DETAILS

Study Material

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    Online contents.

Substitutes for Courses
Prerequisites
SDG: Sustainable Development Goals

    4 Quality Education

    8 Decent Work and Economic Growth

    9 Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

    12 Responsible Production and Consumption

FURTHER INFORMATION

Further Information

  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    Teaching Language: English

    Teaching Period: 2024-2025 I-V
    2025-2026 No teaching

    Registration:

    This course is not available to degree or exchange students.

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