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 SOCIAL EXPERIMENTATION
Engineering as Experimentation – Engineers as responsible Experimenters – Codes of Ethics – A
Balanced Outlook on Law –Plagiarism- Case studies
RESPONSIBILITIES AND RIGHTS
Collegiality and loyalty-Respect for Authority – Collective Bargaining – Confidentiality –
Conflicts of Interest – Occupational Crime – Professional Rights – Employee Rights – Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) – Discrimination.
UNIVERSAL HUMAN VALUES - INTRODUCTION
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
UNIVERSAL HUMAN VALUES - HARMONY
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.
2 Charles B. Fleddermann, ―Engineering Ethics, Pearson Prentice Hall, New Jersey, 2004.
3 Charles E. Harris, Michael S. Pritchard and Michael J. Rabins, ―Engineering Ethics –
Concepts and Cases, Cengage Learning, 2009.
4 Edmund G Seebauer and Robert L Barry, ―Fundamentals of Ethics for Scientists and
Engineers, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2001.
5 Laura P. Hartman and Joe Desjardins, ―Business Ethics: Decision Making for Personal Integrity and Social Responsibility Mc Graw Hill education, India Pvt. Ltd.,New Delhi,
2013.
Text Book:
1 Mike W. Martin and Roland Schinzinger, Ethics in Engineering, Tata McGraw Hill, New
Delhi,2003
2 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
