Senses of ‘Engineering Ethics’ – Variety of moral issues – Types of inquiry – Moral dilemmas – Moral Autonomy – Kohlberg‘s theory – Gilligan‘s theory – Consensus and Controversy– Uses of Ethical Theories.
Engineering as Experimentation – Engineers as responsible Experimenters – Codes of Ethics – A Balanced Outlook on Law –Plagiarism- Case studies
Collegiality and loyalty-Respect for Authority – Collective Bargaining – Confidentiality – Conflicts of Interest – Occupational Crime – Professional Rights – Employee Rights – Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) – Discrimination.
Need, Basic Guidelines, Content and Process for Value Education - Understanding Harmony in the Human Being - Harmony in Myself! - Understanding Harmony in the Family and Society- Harmony in Human- Human Relationship
Understanding Harmony in the Nature and Existence - Whole existence as Co-existence Implications of the above Holistic Understanding of Harmony on professional Ethics
Reference Book:
1 Govindarajan M, Natarajan S, Senthil Kumar V. S, Engineering Ethics, Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi, 2004.
Text Book:
1) Mike W. Martin and Roland Schinzinger, Ethics in Engineering, Tata McGraw Hill, New Delhi,2003