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Engineering Ethics – Moral issues, Ethical

theories and their uses
2. Engineering as Experimentation – Code of
Ethics
3. Engineer’s responsibility for safety
4. Responsibilities and rights
5. Global issues of engineering ethics
Ethics
Ethics is derived from the Greek word ‘ethos’,
referring to the philosophical science that deals
with the rightness and wrongness of human
actions.
Ethics refers to the most important values and
beliefs of an individual and/or a society. These
beliefs help to shape the character of the
people in that society, teaching them what is
good and bad.
Values
Value is that which makes actions, character,
traits and objects of any one to be good or bad.
Examining the moral qualities of people or
actions and their non-moral characters
inevitably raises the qualities of the nature or
source of those values.
Integrity
Integrity is one of the core qualities that the
professional practitioners should possess. It
refers to honesty and open mindedness either
with oneselves or others. Mostly this involves
the discovery of truth and it’s communication.
Very specifically integrity refers to the capacity
to communicate the truth in proper manner so
that it enables the client and others to make
informed-decisions.
Work Ethics

Attendence Cooperation
Character Respect
Teamwork
Appearance
Attitude
Productivity
Organisational Skills
Communication
Self Respect
Self respect means treating oneself with dignity.
Self respect helps a person to act in a positive
manner and to stand against harmful actions.
It is to be noted that people without self
respect usually never mind being unethical.
Commitment
Commitment implies:
 To friends-maintaining confidentiality
 To Customers-Rendering proper service
 To Community-Responsibility
Unkept commitment leads:
 Increase in stress level
 Unfulfilling life
 Isolation and depression
 Feeling of guilt
 Business loss
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Engineering Ethics
 the study of moral issues and decisions
confronting the individuals and organisations
engaged in engineering field
 moral ideals, character, policies and
relationships of people and corporation
involved in technological activity.
Engineering Ethics
 the study of moral issues and decisions
confronting the individuals and organisations
engaged in engineering field
 moral ideals, character, policies and
relationships of people and corporation
involved in technological activity.
Engineering Ethics
 the study of moral issues and decisions
confronting the individuals and organisations
engaged in engineering field
 moral ideals, character, policies and
relationships of people and corporation
involved in technological activity.
Ethics
“Do the Right Thing”
Behaving Ethically Includes:
Being honest.
Keeping promises.
Doing your job well.
Not stealing.

Definitions
Ethics involves a discipline that examines good or bad
practices within the context of a moral duty
Ethics of Accounting Information
Accounting ethics is primarily a field of applied
ethics, the study of moral values and judgments
as they apply to accountancy. It is an example
of professional ethics.
Accounting ethics were first introduced by Luca
Pacioli, and later expanded by government
groups, professional organizations, and
independent companies. Ethics are taught in
accounting courses at higher education
institutions as well as by companies training
accountants and auditors.
Ethics of Human Resource Mgt.
The ethics of human resource management
(HRM) covers those ethical issues arising
around the employer-employee relationship,
such as the rights and duties owed between
employer and employee.
Ethics of Sales and Marketing
Marketing ethics is the area of applied ethics
which deals with the moral principles behind
the operation and regulation of marketing.
Some areas of marketing ethics (ethics of
advertising and promotion) overlap with media
ethics.
Ethics of Production
This area of business ethics deals with the
duties of a company to ensure that products
and production processes do not cause harm.
Some of the more acute dilemmas in this area
arise out of the fact that there is usually a
degree of danger in any product or production
process and it is difficult to define a degree of
permissibility, or the degree of permissibility
may depend on the changing state of
preventative technologies or changing social
perceptions of acceptable risk.
Why are Ethics Important in Business?
Running a business ethically is good for
business. However, "business ethics" if properly
interpreted means the standards of conduct of
individual business people, not necessarily the
standards of business as a whole.
Why are Ethics Important in Business?
Running a business ethically is good for
business. However, "business ethics" if properly
interpreted means the standards of conduct of
individual business people, not necessarily the
standards of business as a whole.
Why are Ethics Important in Business?
Running a business ethically is good for
business. However, "business ethics" if properly
interpreted means the standards of conduct of
individual business people, not necessarily the
standards of business as a whole.
Ethical Issues in Business
 Employee-Employer Relations
 Employer-Employee Relations
 Company-Customer Relations
 Company-Shareholder Relations
 Company-Community/Public Interest
Ego
A personality measure of the strength of a person’s
convictions
Ethical Leadership
Managers must provide a good role model by:
Being ethical and honest at all times.
Telling the truth; don’t hide or manipulate information.
Admitting failure and not trying to cover it up.
Communicating shared ethical values to employees
through symbols, stories, and slogans.
Rewarding employees who behave ethically and punish
those who do not.
Protecting employees (whistleblowers) who bring to light
unethical behaviors or raise ethical issues.
Ethical Leadership
Respect for human dignity
• Create culture that values employees, customers, and suppliers.
• Keep a safe workplace.
• Produce safe products and services.
Respect for basic rights
• Protect rights of employees, customers, and communities.
• Avoid anything that threatening safety, health, education, and living
standards.
Be good citizens
• Support social institutions, including economic and educational
systems.
• Work with local government and institutions to protect environment.
SWOT Analysis
… A strategic planning tool that separates influences
on a business’s future success into internal and
external factors
 Social Responsibilities
 Stake Holders
 Risk reduction and risk retension
 Moral and Immoral managers
Integrity
Integrity is the bridge between responsibility in
private and professional life.
Individual Authority in Org
the power or right to give orders, make decisions,
and enforce obedience.
Responsibility
the state or fact of having a duty to deal with
something or of having control over someone.
A duty or obligation to satisfactorily perform or
complete a task
Honest
used to persuade someone of the truth of something.
1. Truthfulness 2. Trustworthiness