Decision-makers often turn to scientists and engineers to assist them to navigate through complex environmental, health and societal challenges pervaded by systemic uncertainty, ambiguity and ethical implications.
This course prepares you to meet the requests and demands of current and future decision-makers and in this course, you will analyze ethical challenges associated with environmental dilemmas and apply different decision making tools relevant to environmental management and regulation.
Environmental Management & Ethics
Offered By
Technical University of Denmark (DTU)
Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
Week
1Welcome and introduction
The environmental ethical dilemmas that we face a immense. In this module, we will introduce you to our course on Environmental Management & Ethics.
1 video (Total 12 min), 1 quiz
1 practice exercise
Introduction to Environmetal Management & Ethics6m
Week
2Environmental ethics
In this module, we will introduce you to environmental ethics in general and three different kinds of environmental ethics in specific.
4 videos (Total 30 min), 2 quizzes
1 practice exercise
Environmental ethics20m
Week
3Environmental management of wicked problems
In the past, environmental problems were local and we could use our senses to detect them. We could see them, smell them and feel them and we could develop uniform solutions to them. They were tame problems. More and more of the environmental dilemmas and problems that we face are not tame. In this module, you will learn about environmental management of wicked problems in contrast to tame problems.
1 video (Total 11 min), 1 quiz
1 practice exercise
Environmental management of tame and wicked problems20m
Week
4Decision-support tools
Tools and methods such as cost-benefit analysis, risk assessment, technology assessment often provide support to decision-maker when it making decisions about how to best management the environment and environmental resources. These decision-support tools have different ethical foundations and different set of values embedded in them, which are important to have in mind.
6 videos (Total 80 min), 4 quizzes
6 videos
DPSIR9m
DPSIR- Example8m
Cost-benefit analysis18m
Stakeholder analysis12m
Stakeholder analysis - Example9m
Technology assessment20m
3 practice exercises
Cost-benefit analysis12m
Stakeholder analysis12m
Technology assessment12m
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Top Reviews
By MT•Jan 14th 2018
Update knowledge of Environmental management and ethics that i am learning from this course! Nicely designed.
By PK•Dec 9th 2017
The idea behind ethics is great and impressive, needs to learn by all development activists.
Instructors
Steffen Foss Hansen
Associate ProfessorDepartment of Environmental Engineering
Lauge Peter Westergaard Clausen
PhD studentEnvironmental Engineering
About Technical University of Denmark (DTU)
DTU focuses on research in technical and natural sciences that contributes to the development of society. As an industrially orientated university, our goal is to supply high-level international research based on combining theory with constructing models and empirical methods.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Once you enroll for a Certificate, you’ll have access to all videos, quizzes, and programming assignments (if applicable). Peer review assignments can only be submitted and reviewed once your session has begun. If you choose to explore the course without purchasing, you may not be able to access certain assignments.
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