Manufacturing: Legal and Ethical Considerations
Description
Foundations of legal concepts and ethical frameworks relevant to manufacturing, including IP, liability, sustainability, and IT-centric legalities.
Learning Objectives
Equip learners to identify and navigate legal risks, understand intellectual property and licensing, recognize ethical challenges in automation/AI, and comply with global legal and sustainability requirements for manufacturing.
Topics (8)
Examines quality obligations, warranty, risk allocation, and legal problems from complex supply webs.
Discusses key IP concepts, infringement scenarios, and open-source issues.
Considers worker displacement, fairness, privacy, and unintended consequences.
Covers ESG, supply chain transparency, responsible minerals act, and anti-bribery/anti-corruption.
Examines implications for cloud/SaaS, IIoT, and connected factories.
Discusses requirements for validation, non-repudiation, and auditability.
Focuses on Dodd-Frank Act, EU Conflict Minerals Regulation, and real supply chain examples.
Review of past product recalls, IP disputes, and sustainability lawsuits.