Senses of‘ Engineering Ethics’–Variety of moral issues–Typesofinquiry–Moral dilemmas–Moral Autonomy–Kohlberg‘stheory–Gilligan‘stheory–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 GovindarajanM,NatarajanS, SenthilKumarV. S,EngineeringEthics,PrenticeHallof India,NewDelhi,2004. 2 CharlesB.Fleddermann, ―EngineeringEthics,PearsonPrenticeHall,NewJersey,2004. 3 CharlesE.Harris,Michael S.Pritchardand MichaelJ.Rabins,―EngineeringEthics – ConceptsandCases,CengageLearning, 2009. 4 EdmundGSeebauerandRobertLBarry,―FundamentalsofEthicsforScientistsand Engineers,OxfordUniversityPress, Oxford,2001. 5 LauraP.HartmanandJoeDesjardins,―BusinessEthics:DecisionMakingforPersonalIntegrityandSocialResponsibilityMcGrawHilleducation, IndiaPvt.Ltd.,NewDelhi, 2013.
Text Book:
1 MikeW.MartinandRolandSchinzinger,Ethicsin Engineering,TataMcGrawHill,New Delhi,2003 2 R.RGaur,RSangal,GP Bagaria,Afoundationcoursein HumanValuesandprofessional Ethics,Excelbooks,NewDelhi,2010, ISBN978-8-174-46781-2