GE 6075 Professional Ethics in

Engineering

Course Instructor
R.Thiruppathi
Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering

8428712883 ,thiruppathi.r@sece.ac.in
 Syllabus
(Anna University Curriculum)

UNIT I HUMAN VALUES

Morals, values and Ethics – Integrity – Work ethic – Service learning – Civic
virtue – Respect for others – Living peacefully – Caring – Sharing – Honesty
– Courage – Valuing time – Cooperation – Commitment – Empathy – Self
confidence – Character – Spirituality – Introduction to Yoga and
meditation for professional excellence and stress management.

UNIT II ENGINEERING ETHICS

Senses of ‘Engineering Ethics’ – Variety of moral issues – Types of inquiry –
Moral dilemmas – Moral Autonomy – Kohlberg’s theory – Gilligan’s theory
– Consensus and Controversy – Models of professional roles - Theories
about right action – Self-interest – Customs and Religion – Uses of Ethical
Theories.
Contd…,
UNIT III ENGINEERING AS SOCIAL EXPERIMENTATION
Engineering as Experimentation – Engineers as responsible Experimenters
– Codes of Ethics – A Balanced Outlook on Law.

UNIT IV SAFETY, RESPONSIBILITIES AND RIGHTS

Safety and Risk – Assessment of Safety and Risk – Risk Benefit Analysis and
Reducing Risk - Respect for Authority – Collective Bargaining –
Confidentiality – Conflicts of Interest – Occupational Crime – Professional
Rights – Employee Rights – Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) –
Discrimination.

UNIT V GLOBAL ISSUES

Multinational Corporations – Environmental Ethics – Computer Ethics –
Weapons Development – Engineers as Managers – Consulting Engineers –
Engineers as Expert Witnesses and Advisors – Moral Leadership –Code of
Conduct – Corporate Social Responsibility.
 Pre-Requisite
• Bodily appetites and conduct
• Code of conduct for Relationship with Family,
friends, teachers, professors, relatives, elders
and unknown etc..,
• Knowledge on organization/government
policies (E-g society, schools, College)
• Relationship with their materials which they
come across their lives.
Which Conditioning/code of conduct
makes you more trouble in life ???
Did you come across person like this??
Or you yourself felt inside like him??
 Why this course???
• The course is to inculcate the human values in the
learner to build right relationship with people,
ideology, professional, managerial, things and so on..,
• To aware Threatening and Challenges to an engineer in
safety, risks, morals on their
design/innovation/organizational level
• To approach any problems by modern psychology and
ancient spirituality.
• To impart ethical knowledge on engineering decision
• To know on theory on self authoritative and employee
rights
• To understand global issues on professional ethics
Engineering Failures which immolate
human lives??
 Unit-I
Human Values
UNIT I HUMAN VALUES
• Morals, values and Ethics – Integrity – Work ethic – Service learning – Civic
virtue – Respect for others – Living peacefully – Caring – Sharing – Honesty –
Courage – Valuing time – Cooperation – Commitment – Empathy – Self
confidence – Character – Spirituality – Introduction to Yoga and meditation for
professional excellence and stress management.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES OF UNIT-I

To inculcate knowledge on terms in ethics
To make them understand on human values
To know about professional excellence through
spirituality
Introduction