1. 1. A presentation by Shivam Shukla
2. 2. CONTENTS INTRODUCTION WHY ENGINEERS NEED ETHICS PROFESSIONAL ETHICS WHO DECIDES ETHICS RELATING TO ENGINEERS BRANCHES OF ETHICS ETHICAL THEORIES WHISTLE BLOWING CONCLUTION
3. 3. System of moral principles Principles of right and wrong Principles of conduct governing behavior of an individual or a group Standards rules and guidelines. Socially accepted conducts. ETHICS IS IN ESSENCE PRACTICAL RATHER THYAN BEING PHILOSPHICAL
4. 4. WHY ENGINEERS NEED ETHICS
5. 5. Why engineers need ethics ? Because engineering is not just a way of making just a living . It is profession, a calling in which individuals are personally committed to using their skills and abilities to achieve a high social goal . Engineering is not just a way of making money . It is a moral commitment In decision making, rules do not encompass every situation No set of rules or policies can anticipate every ethical problem Engineers should be sensitive to ethical questions Engineers make decisions crucial to society at large
6. 6. Professional Ethics Distinguished from common morality and personal ethics Common morality- set of moral believes shared by almost everyone Personal ethics- Set of moral beliefs that a person holds A set of standards adopted by professionals in so far as they view themselves acting as a professionals An example of role morality because professionals have both an obligation not harm their clients or employers and an obligation to contribute to their well being
7. 7. MORALITY VS ETHICS
8. 8. Who Decides? Standards adopted by Professional Community NSPE(National society of professional engineers ), ASME etc. May conflict with personal ethics
9. 9. Ethics as Relating to Engineering Engineering often is based on Preventative Ethics which is based on two dimensions: 1. Engineers must be able to think ahead to anticipate possible consequences of their professional actions. 2. Engineers must be able to think effectively about those consequences and decide what is the ethically correct manner to handle the situation.
10. 10. Branches of Ethics Applied ethics - 1)Analysis of specific controversial moral issues like euthanasia, whistle blowing 2) Addresses the problem of knowing what is right, wrong good or bad Normative ethics 1) Ideal litmus test of reasonable behavior 2) The golden rule of doing to other as we want them do to us Meta ethics 1) Does not concern with what is right or wrong but instead it questions about the nature of morality. Eg -ISIS 2) It questions whether morals as we know exits in the world naturally or invention of man. Eg sati pratha Descriptive ethics 1)Referred as comparative ethics because it compares ethical systems 2)Comparing the ethics of one society against other
11. 11. Ethical theories Virtue ethics :- ethics grounded in virtue and moral character Deontology : duty or principle behind the action. Utilitarianism : The consequence of action
12. 12. Indian ethics Considered as the most ethical society of the world . Example VASUDHEV KUTUMBKAM
13. 13. VASUDHEV KUTUMBKAM
14. 14. Ethical dilemmas or value conflict
15. 15. Ethical dilemmas or value conflict A value is quality characteristics or standard considered meritorious important or desirable Value issues common to ethical dilemmas include dishonesty, selfishness, inefficiency Value conflict is a qualitative conflict also termed as ethical dilemmas and crisis of conscience
16. 16. Case study(citi corp center in manhattan ) Sky scrapper has to be built Welding quality and weld material chosen was inappropriate An engineer came to know that the practice is not safe told his senior manger but was ignored After sometime removed from the job Wrote letter to the senator and got succeeded in the safe design
17. 17. VALUE CONFLICT
18. 18. WHISTLE BLOWING Disobedience by protest The most controversial topic in engineering ethics
19. 19. What is whistle blowing ? According to American heritage dictionary , a whistler blower is a person who reveals a wrong doing within a organization to the public or to those in positions of authority
20. 20. Types of whistle blowing Internal whistle blowing External whistle blowing Open whistle blowing Anonymous whistle blowing
21. 21. When the whistle blow is permissible The harm to the public by the product is serious The employee reported to his seniors earlier Getting no results from higher authorities
22. 22. Conclusions Ethics determines role morality active and passive responsibility of an engineer Deals with the ethical dilemmas like value conflict and conflict of interest Guides an engineer in case of decision making Exchequer for an employee during gifts , bribes or kick bags
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