Suggested preparation: Interest in engineering practice; no specialist ethics background is required.
Optional preparation: Corporate Social Responsibility: Free Course.
About this course
Examine engineering decisions through ethical frameworks, professional responsibilities and historical cases. The recordings connect codes of conduct with conflicts among individual, organizational and public interests.
Topics and lesson examples
- Course Introduction
- 7: Case Studies: Finish Challenger Case; Ford Pinto Case
- 13: Solving Ethical Problems: Discussion of Heroes, Journeys, and Virtue in Mythology
- 18: Codes of Ethics (cont.)
- 24: Student Presentation
Course at a glance
| Provider | MIT |
|---|---|
| Platform | YouTube · MIT OpenCourseWare |
| Access | Free Video |
| Level | Intermediate — WikiFree study-level assessment |
| Language | English |
| Available lessons | 23 |
| Video duration | 27h 25m · self-paced |
| Details checked | 10 October 2026 |
Preparation and study approach
Suggested preparation: Interest in engineering practice; no specialist ethics background is required.
Follow the available videos in sequence, pausing to summarize the main argument or reconstruct a worked example. Keep a short list of assumptions, unfamiliar terms and questions to revisit. Additional reading, problem solving and practice will take time beyond the listed video duration.
Using this video classroom
Select a lesson from the list, or search for a topic. Previous and Next move through the sequence. You can mark lessons complete; progress is stored in this browser without a WikiFree account.
Free access and course scope
The public MIT OpenCourseWare videos in this classroom are free to watch. This listing provides the available playlist recordings, which may include selected lectures, recitations, demonstrations or supporting discussions rather than every component of the original campus course. Textbooks, equipment, software licenses, supervised labs, graded assignments and instructor feedback are not supplied by WikiFree. No purchase is required to watch the videos or use the note-based study approach above.
WikiFree independently organizes these resources for self-paced study. Watching does not award an MIT certificate, academic credit or admission to MIT.
Video provider and credit: MIT OpenCourseWare on YouTube. WikiFree titles, descriptions and cover artwork are independently prepared.
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Compare course focus, level and study time
| Course | Level | Focus | Study time |
|---|---|---|---|
| This course — Free MIT Course: Engineering Ethics and Responsible Decision-Making | Intermediate | Course Introduction · 7: Case Studies: Finish Challenger Case; Ford Pinto Case · 13: Solving Ethical Problems: Discussion of Heroes, Journeys, and Virtue in Mythology | 27h 25m of video; practice time is additional |
| Corporate Social Responsibility: Free Course | Beginner | Corporate responsibility · Stakeholder awareness · Business ethics | 40m of video; practice time is additional |
| CIMA BA4: Free Ethics, Governance and Business Law Course | Beginner | CIMA BA4 study · Professional ethics · Corporate governance | 4h 42m of video; practice time is additional |
| Free MIT Course: Copyright Law Fundamentals for Technology | Beginner | MIT Course: Copyright Law Fundamentals for Technology | 7h 36m of video; practice time is additional |
Provider: MIT. Videos play from the MIT OpenCourseWare channel on YouTube.
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