抄録
High interest in engineering ethics in engineering education in Japan is, firstly, to meet the requirement of the Japan Accreditation Board for Engineering Education and, secondly, due to recent technological troubles in industry. Since the subject of engineering ethics has broad and deep backgound, it exceeds scope and ability of an engineering society representing one engineering field. Last year, the joint committee of engineering ethics has been established in cooperation of 12 leading engineering societies, associations and the Engineering Academy of Japan. Here is a short report of activities and prospects of the joint committee, mainly focusing on engineering education.
