ENGINEERING ETHICS

By: McXimillian Estorco

ETHICS=MORALITY-Ethics is the

study of morality.

-Branch of knowledge concerned with moral principles.

-Is about right and wrong, good and bad, values and what to be done.

ENGINEERING ETHICS:

What? Why? How?

And When?

is engineering ethics?

Engineering Ethics is the study of moral issues and decisions confronting individuals and organizations engaged in engineering.

Is the study of the decisions, policies, and values that are morally desirable in engineering practice and research.

WHY STUDY ENGINEERING ETHICS

To understand the standards governing what is acceptable behavior in the practice of engineering.

HOW SHOULD BE TAUGTH

The best way to teach engineering ethics is by using cases…

example

WHEN SHOULD IT BE EMPHASIZED IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION

Students should be introduced to ethics in as many times and places inside and outside the curriculum as possible.

Guest lecturesPresentations to student chapters of professional societiesAnd many other possibilities present themselves.

By studying ENGINEERING ETHICS the students improve the ff:MORAL AWARENESS COGENT MORAL REASONINGMORAL COHERENCEMORAL IMAGINATIONMORAL COMMUNICATIONMORAL REASONABLENESSRESPECT FOR PERSONSMORAL HOPEINTEGRITY

THE SCOPE OF

ETHICS

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Engineering asSocial

Experimentation

The Engineers

Responsibility For Safety

Moral Values

Technological

Development

Ethical Dilemmas

Promoting Responsible

Conduct

Micro & Macro Issues

Engineering Ethics are Social Experiments

that generate both new responsibilities for creating benefits preventing harm and pointing out dangers

Moral Values pervade all aspect of technological development, and hence ethics and excellence in engineering go together

Micro & Macro IssuesMicro Issues concern the decisions made by individuals and companiesMacro Issues concern more about global issues

Both Micro & Macro Issues are important in Engineering ethics and often they are come together

Technological developmentwarrants cautious optimism-

optimism with cautions

Promoting responsible conduct promulgating and obeying the right laws and preventing wrong doing.

Ethical Dilemmasproblems that may occur in

engineering, as elsewhere, because moral values are myriad and can conflict

The Engineers Responsibility for Safety

safety consideration must be included in design from the start

-It is an engineer’s duty to protect the safety and well being of the public

“Always do the right thing –this will gratify

some and astonish the rest…”– Mark Twain

“Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws…”

– Japanese proverb

Thank you!!! :)