The Ethical and sustainable component will introduce the moral framework(s) upon which ethical decision making is based; this will include a close assessment of selected professional codes of ethics; you will be encouraged to recognise and reconsider your assumptions and attitudes relating to the assessment, sustainability and performance of natural, built and social systems. Different perspectives arising from case studies of failure of natural, built and social systems, along with resulting investigations and outcomes will be analysed considering the duty of care of professional managers. you will be introduced to the reporting of failures, deficiencies and associated investigations - and this will include discussion on "whistleblowing"; consideration will also be given to intellectual theft, including plagiarism.

The legal component will introduce students to matters such as innovation and liability, understanding the legal implications associated with assessment, investigation and arbitration.