MODULE 2

MODULE 2

ENGINEERING ETHICS & ETHICAL THEORIES

Multiple Choice

Behaving ethically means doing..?

• what your friends do.

• only what’s legal.

• the right thing.

• what benefits you the most.

Poll

Do you think doing the right thing and doing what's legal, the same ?

• YES

• NO

SENSES OF ENGINEERING ETHICS

Engineering Ethics

• Ethics: Rules/Guidelines that establish rightful conduct of individuals or groups in the society.
  

• Engineering Ethics: study of moral issues and decisions confronting individuals and organizations involved in engineering
  

• the study of related questions about moral conduct, character, ideals, and relationships of people and organizations involved in technological development.

Poll

The first and foremost obligation of registered professional engineers is to:

• The public welfare

• Their employer

• The government

• The engineering profession

SENSES(meaning) OF ENGINEERING ETHICS

• NORMATIVE SENSE
  

• DESCRIPTIVE SENSE
  

NORMATIVE SENSE

• thoroughly analyzing, studying, and then applying the moral codes, decisions, policies, and values, in transactions, finding accurate solutions to moral problems, and justifying moral judgments in engineering practices

DESCRIPTIVE SENSE

• involves what individuals and groups of engineers believe or act without providing a proper justification for their actions.

Poll

WHICH SENSE OF ENGINEERING ETHICS DO YOU THINK YIELDS BETTER RESULTS

• NORMATIVE

• DESCRIPTIVE

VARIETY OF MORAL ISSUES

• MICRO ISSUES
  

• MACRO ISSUES
  

MICRO ISSUES

• typical everyday problems or decisions that involve individuals and organizations and the moral implications of their actions while pursuing their objectives.

MACRO ISSUES

• deals with social and moral crises that are largely unknown butthe repercussions of which are global and may gravely harm humanity.

Poll

An Engineer who observes his colleague copying confidential information unauthorized

• Micro Issue

• Macro Issue

CAUSES

• RESOURCE CRUNCH(time, money, the decay of technology)
  

• OPPORTUNITIES(double standard, selfish employees and employers who create an internal unethical problem),

• ATTITUDE(due to lack of ethical training and failure in facilitating ethical conduct in the workplace).