Department of Civil Engineering

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Lecturer	Nabil BOUADJILA
Information	Master - Geotechnics Department of Civil Engineering Website : https://www.univ-soukahras.dz/en/module/3700 Semester : S2 Unit : UET 1.2 Credit : 1 Coefficient: 1
Content	A- Ethics and professional conduct I. Notions of Ethics and Deontology (3 weeks) 1. Introduction 1. Definitions: Morality, ethics, professional conduct 2. Distinction between ethics and professional conduct 2. MESRS Charter of Ethics and Professional Conduct: Integrity and honesty. Academic freedom. Mutual respect. Requirement for scientific truth, objectivity and critical thinking. Equity. Rights and obligations of the student, the teacher, the administrative and technical staff. 3. Ethics and professional conduct in the world of work Legal confidentiality in business. Loyalty to the company. Responsibility within the company, Conflicts of interest. Integrity (corruption in the workplace, its forms, its consequences, methods of combating and sanctions against corruption) II. Integrity and responsible research (3 weeks) 1. Respect for the principles of ethics in teaching and research 2. Responsibilities in teamwork: Professional equality of treatment. Conduct against discrimination. The search for the general interest. Inappropriate conduct in the context of collective work 3. Adopt responsible conduct and combat abuses: Adopt responsible conduct in research. Scientific fraud. Conduct against fraud. Plagiarism (definition of plagiarism, different forms of plagiarism, procedures to avoid unintentional plagiarism, detection of plagiarism, sanctions against plagiarists, etc.). Falsification and fabrication of data. B- Intellectual property I- Fundamentals of intellectual property (1 week) 1- Industrial property. Literary and artistic property. 2- Rules for citing references (books, scientific articles, communications in a congress, theses, dissertations, etc.) II- Copyright (5 weeks) 1. Copyright in the digital environment Introduction. Database copyright, software copyright. Specific case of free software. 2. Copyright in the Internet and e-commerce Domain name law. Intellectual property on the internet. E-commerce site law. Intellectual property and social networks. 3. Patent Definition. Rights in a patent. Usefulness of a patent. Patentability. Patent application in Algeria and around the world. 4. Trademarks, designs and models Definition. Trademark Law. Design law. Appellation of origin. The secret. Counterfeiting. 5. Geographical Indications Law Definitions. Protection of Geographical Indications in Algeria. International treaties on geographical indications. III- Protection and valorization of intellectual property (3 weeks) How to protect intellectual property. Violation of rights and legal tool. Valorization of intellectual property. Protection of intellectual property in Algeria.
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