Engineering Ethics

What is Profession ?

• a paid occupation, especially one that involves prolonged training and a formal qualification.

• person who works in a specified professional activity

• a person engaged in a specified activity, especially a sport, as a main paid occupation rather than as a pastime

What is Professionalism ?

• the competence or skill expected of a professional.

• an act of declaring that one has a particular feeling or quality, especially when this is not the case.

• a way of thinking and living rather than an accumulation of learning

What is Engineering Ethics ?

• The rules of conduct and standards governing conduct and practice involving professional in engineering

• the practical application of science and engineering to a wide range of real world problems

• the standards for morally right and wrong conduct

Ethics refers to the study of the ______________ that we all have to make in our lives.

• moral choices

• professional choices

• personal choices

What are the 4 ethical theories ?

• autonomy, non-maleficence, beneficence and justice

•  deontology, utilitarianism, rights, and virtues

• respect, fairness, trust, and responsibility.

What is Ethical Decision making ?

• a situation faced when individuals collectively make a choice from the alternatives before them

• a strict procedure utilizing objective knowledge and logic

• the process of evaluating and choosing among alternatives in a manner consistent with ethical principle

If another instance is considered where a man works for a company, being in some crucial position where he has access to all the confidential information and if he works as an unofficial adviser to his wife’s company, it would be morally wrong, where a moral conflict definitely arises. This can be termed as ?

• conflict in workplace

• conflict in interest

• conflict in family

A conflict of interest is

• a general disagreement between two or more individuals.

• when an employee spends company time working on a personal project

• a conflict between an employee and his/her manager.

• a conflict between an individual’s personal interests and his/her professional obligations.

What is Moral Dilemma ?

• a situation in which a difficult choice has to be made between two courses of action, either of which entails transgressing a moral principle

• those concerned with or relating to human behavior, especially the distinction between good and bad behavior

• the evaluation of a certain behavior as good or bad, or as right or wrong

What Moral Is this ?

"The language to communicate about one’s moral views should be so precise and clear, that the expression or words should not alter the original meaning"

• Moral Coherence 

• Moral Communication 

• Moral Imagination