HU201 PROFESSIONAL ETHICS AND HUMAN VALUE Credits:02 L-T-P: 2-0-0 Engineering Ethics Senses of ethics’ variety of moral issues types of inquiry moral dilemmas ‘engineering – – – – moral autonomy Kohlberg’s theory Gilligan’s theory consensus and controversy – – – – professions and professionalism professional ideals and virtues theories about right action – – – self-interest customs and religion uses of ethical theories – – Engineering As Social Experimentation Engineering as experimentation engineers as responsible experimenters codes of ethics a – – – balanced outlook on law the challenger case study – Responsibility For Safety Safety and risk assessment of safety and risk risk benefit analysis reducing risk. – – – Responsibilities And Rights Collegiality and loyalty respect for authority collective bargaining confidentiality conflicts – – – – of interest occupational crime professional rights employee rights intellectual property – – – – rights discrimination – Global Issues Multinational corporations environmental ethics computer ethics weapons development – – – – engineers as managers consulting engineers engineers as expert witnesses and advisors – – – leadership sample code of conduct – REFERENCES: 1. Mike Martin and Roland Schinzinger, in Engineering”, McGraw Hill, New York, 1996. “Ethics 2. Charles D Fleddermann, Ethics”, prentice Hall, New Mexico, 1999. “Engineering 3. Laura Schlesinger, "How Could You Do That: The Abdication of Character, Courage, and Conscience", Harper Collins, New York, 1996. 4. Stephen Carter, "Integrity", Basic Books, New York, 1996
HU201 PROFESSIONAL ETHICS AND HUMAN VALUE Credits:02 L-T-P: 2-0-0 Engineering Ethics Senses of ‘engineering ethics’ – variety of moral issues – types of inquiry – moral dilemmas – moral autonomy – Kohlberg’s theory – Gilligan’s theory – consensus and controversy – professions and professionalism – professional ideals and virtues – theories about right action – self-interest – customs and religion – uses of ethical theories Engineering As Social Experimentation Engineering as experimentation – engineers as responsible experimenters – codes of ethics – a balanced outlook on law – the challenger case study Responsibility For Safety Safety and risk – assessment of safety and risk – risk benefit analysis – reducing risk. Responsibilities And Rights Collegiality and loyalty – respect for authority – collective bargaining – confidentiality – conflicts of interest – occupational crime – professional rights – employee rights – intellectual property rights – discrimination Global Issues Multinational corporations – environmental ethics – computer ethics – weapons development – engineers as managers – consulting engineers – engineers as expert witnesses and advisors – leadership – sample code of conduct REFERENCES: 1. Mike Martin and Roland Schinzinger, “Ethics in Engineering”, McGraw Hill, New York, 1996. 2. Charles D Fleddermann, “Engineering Ethics”, prentice Hall, New Mexico, 1999. 3. Laura Schlesinger, "How Could You Do That: The Abdication of Character, Courage, and Conscience", Harper Collins, New York, 1996. 4. Stephen Carter, "Integrity", Basic Books, New York, 1996
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