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 ofIndia, NewDelhi, 2004.
2 CharlesB. Fleddermann, ―Engineering Ethics, Pearson Prentice Hall, NewJersey, 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:
Mike W.Martin and Roland Schinzinger, Ethics in Engineering, Tata McGraw Hill, New Delhi, 2003
R.RGaur, R Sangal, G P Bagaria, A foundation course in Human Values and professional Ethics, Excel books, New Delhi, 2010, ISBN978-8-174-46781-2
