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Engineering Ethics Overview and Importance

This document discusses engineering ethics and provides an overview of key concepts. It defines ethics and explains why studying engineering ethics is important. It distinguishes between personal ethics, professional ethics, and codes of ethics. It also discusses moral autonomy, preventive ethics, aspirational ethics, and positive engineering. Engineering is presented as a profession with attributes like requiring specialized knowledge and being self-regulating through codes of ethics. Codes of ethics are intended to guide engineers but are not a substitute for sound ethical judgment.

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Engineering Ethics Overview and Importance

This document discusses engineering ethics and provides an overview of key concepts. It defines ethics and explains why studying engineering ethics is important. It distinguishes between personal ethics, professional ethics, and codes of ethics. It also discusses moral autonomy, preventive ethics, aspirational ethics, and positive engineering. Engineering is presented as a profession with attributes like requiring specialized knowledge and being self-regulating through codes of ethics. Codes of ethics are intended to guide engineers but are not a substitute for sound ethical judgment.

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Engineering Ethics

Electrical Engineering Department


UMT

1
Question
 Downloading pirated books?
 Is it ethical?
 Is it legal?
 Can an unethical act be justified?

2
Points from Chapter 1
 You were told to read Chapter 1 from both
books

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Example

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Example

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Example

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Ethical Issues

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Definition of ethics

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Engineering ethics

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Why study engineering ethics
 To get awareness of importance of ethics
within engineering profession
 To realize that technical work has far-
reaching impacts on society
 Because work of engineers can affect public
health and safety
 And can also influence business practices and
even politics

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Moral Autonomy
 What is moral autonomy?

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Personal vs. Professional ethics
 What is the difference?

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Ethics and law
 Distinction between what is legal and what
is ethical?

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Similarity between...
 Engineering ethics and engineering design

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 Material till slide 15 (previous one) taken
from Engineering Ethics by Charles B.
Fleddermann (Book 1)
 Material in the next slides taken from
Engineering Ethics: Concepts and Cases by
Charles E. Harris, Jr. et al (Book 2)

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Types of ethics or morality
 Common morality
 Personal morality
 Professional ethics

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Preventive ethics
 What is the meaning of preventive ethics?

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Preventive ethics

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Aspirational ethics
 What are aspirational ethics?

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Positive engineering
 What could be examples of positive
engineering?

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Professionalism and Code of Ethics
 Chapter 2 of Book 1

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Brief case study

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Code of ethics
 We can develop a framework for
understanding ethical problems
 One part of the framework is code of ethics
developed by professional engineering
organizations
 These can guide engineers and give them
insight into ethical problems

23
Engineering as a profession
 Attributes of a profession

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Engineering as a profession
 Note the words judgement and discretion in
attribute 1 in previous slide

25
Engineering as a profession
 We will consider engineering as a profession

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Codes of ethics
 Codes express the rights, duties and
obligations of members of the profession

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Codes of ethics
 Provide a framework for ethical judgement
for a professional
 Can only serve as starting point for ethical
decision making
 Are never a substitute for sound judgement

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Codes of ethics
 Is not a recipe for ethical behaviour
 Is never a substitute for sound judgement
 Is not a legal document
 You cannot be arrested for violating its
provisions, though expulsion from society may
result

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Codes of ethics
 There are objections to code as well
 Engineers not aware of codes
 Have never read it
 Do not consult it
 There can be internal conflicts in codes
 How?

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