JAGANNATH UNIVERSITY,
JAIPUR
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“Ethical Problems and Professional Responsibility
: Issues and Challenges”
ETHICS – BASIC KNOWLEDGE
Ethics, also called moral philosophy, the discipline concerned with what is morally
good and bad, right and wrong. The term is also applied to any system or theory of
moral values or principles. Ethics could have come into existence only when human
beings started to reflect on the best way to live. This reflective stage emerged long
after human societies had developed some kind of morality, usually in the form of
customary standards of right and wrong conduct
ENGINEERING AS PROFESSION AND ITS ETHICS
Professions is an occupation in which an individual uses an
intellectual skill based on an established body of knowledge and
practice to provide a specialized service in a defined area,
exercising independent judgment in accordance with a code of
ethics and in the public interest.
Engineering Ethics is the study of moral issues and decisions
confronting individuals and organization engaged in engineering.
The field examines and sets the obligations by engineers to society,
to their clients, and to the profession.
UNETHICAL PRACTICES IN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY
Use of Black
Money
Time and Cost
over runs
Unsafe
construction
Exploitative
Profit
margins
THE DILEMMA…
Engineer’s View Consumer’s View
Safety Safety
Security Economically
Reliability Reliability
Economically Security
CODE OF ETHICS
What is a Code of Ethics?
Need of Code of Ethics?
Law and Ethics
Best ethics, Can I buy ethics??
CODE OF ETHICS…
1. using their knowledge and skill for the
enhancement of human welfare and the
environment;
2. being honest and impartial and serving with
fidelity the public, their employers and clients;
3. striving to increase the competence and prestige
of the engineering profession; and
4. supporting the professional and technical societies
of their disciplines.
Fundamental Principles -
RESPONSIBITIES : WHISTLE BLOWING
A whistle blower (whistle-blower or whistle blower) is a person who
exposes misconduct, alleged dishonest or illegal activity occurring in an organization.
The alleged misconduct may be classified in many ways; for example, a violation of
a law, rule, regulation and/or a direct threat to public interest, such as fraud, health
and safety violations, and corruption.