Training Mining Engineers in the Context of Sustainable Development: A Moral and Ethical Aspect

This article discusses some aspects of engineering education in the context of sustainable development. It is provides a brief analysis of the concept of sustainable development, examines the role of the engineer in modern society, and lists the key engineering competencies formulated by the most respected organizations in the field of engineering education. An approach to the formation of competencies of technical university graduates from the viewpoint of professional ethics of engineers is analyzed. The article also reveals the essence of professional ethics and presents examples of ethical codes of engineering societies in different countries. A comparative analysis of the Russian Federal State Educational Standards of the third generation in the specialty "Mining Engineering" from the position of ethical principles of professional activity of a mining engineer has been carried out. It is concluded that the requirements for the preparation of the modern mining engineer in terms of sustainable development and trends in the formation of the FSES of the third generation in the specialty "Mining Engineering" contradict each other. The article analyzes the results of questioning of first-year engineering students of Saint -Petersburg Mining University (Russia) of the norms of engineering ethics. The issue of insufficient ethical training of specialists in technical universities is raised. Attention on improving educational programs in technical areas and specialties is focused, as well as conducting further research to study the possibilities of the educational environment in the formation of moral and ethical competencies of future engineers.