GE2025 Professional Ethics in Engineering - SUBJECT CATALOG

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SYLLABUS:

GE2025           PROFESSIONAL ETHICS IN ENGINEERING                                         L T P C

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UNIT I ENGINEERING ETHICS       9

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 – Uses of Ethical Theories

UNIT II            ENGINEERING AS SOCIAL EXPERIMENTATION           9

Engineering as Experimentation – Engineers as responsible Experimenters – Research Ethics - Codes of Ethics – Industrial Standards - A Balanced Outlook on Law – The Challenger Case Study

UNIT III           ENGINEER’S RESPONSIBILITY FOR SAFETY    9

Safety and Risk – Assessment of Safety and Risk – Risk Benefit Analysis – Reducing Risk – The

Government Regulator’s Approach to Risk - Chernobyl Case Studies and Bhopal

UNIT IV          RESPONSIBILITIES AND RIGHTS            9

Collegiality and Loyalty – Respect for Authority – Collective Bargaining – Confidentiality – Conflicts of Interest – Occupational Crime – Professional Rights – Employee Rights –  Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) - Discrimination

UNIT V            GLOBAL ISSUES      9

Multinational Corporations – Business Ethics - Environmental Ethics – Computer Ethics - Role in Technological Development – Weapons Development – Engineers as Managers – Consulting Engineers – Engineers as Expert Witnesses and Advisors – Honesty – Moral Leadership – Sample Code of Conduct

TOTAL : 45 PERIODS

TEXT BOOKS :

1.  Mike Martin and Roland Schinzinger, “Ethics in Engineering”, McGraw Hill, New York

(2005).

2.  Charles E Harris,  Michael S Pritchard and Michael J Rabins, “Engineering Ethics – Concepts and Cases”, Thompson Learning, (2000).

REFERENCES:

1.   Charles D Fleddermann, “Engineering Ethics”, Prentice Hall, New Mexico, (1999).

2.  John R Boatright, “Ethics and the Conduct of Business”, Pearson Education, (2003)

3.  Edmund G Seebauer and Robert L Barry, “Fundamentals of Ethics for Scientists and Engineers”, Oxford University Press, (2001)

4.  Prof. (Col) P S Bajaj and Dr. Raj Agrawal, “Business Ethics – An Indian Perspective”, Biztantra,

New Delhi, (2004)

5.   David Ermann and Michele S Shauf, “Computers, Ethics and Society”, Oxford

University Press, (2003)