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 inthe 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 Ethic
Reference Book:
Govindarajan M, Natarajan S, Senthil Kumar V. S, Engineering Ethics, Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi, 2004. Charles B. Fleddermann, ―Engineering Ethics, Pearson Prentice Hall, New Jersey, 2004. Charles E. Harris, Michael S. Pritchard and Michael J. Rabins, ―Engineering Ethics – Concepts and Cases, Cengage Learning, 2009. Edmund G Seebauer and Robert L Barry, ―Fundamentals of Ethics for Scientists and Engineers, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2001.
Text Book:
Mike W. Martin and Roland Schinzinger, Ethics in Engineering, Tata McGraw Hill, New Delhi,2003 R.R Gaur, R Sangal, G P Bagaria, A foundation course in Human Values and professional Ethics, Excel books, New Delhi, 2010, ISBN 978-8-174-46781-2
