Engineering

And Social
Responsibility
 GROUP 6

• Members:
• Alfredo Bunag
• Darwin Cruz
• Dennise Daniel
• Allein de Jesus
• Jacob Dionisio
• Renz Dulay
• Venus Emocling
“Engineering elevates the standard of
living and adds comfort in life.”

– Herbert Hoover
Roles of Engineers
for a Better
Society
 Role of Engineers in Society

• Understanding the material progress of the

world
 Role of Engineers in Society

• Social needs
 Role of Engineers in Society

• Social Understanding
 Social Responsibility?

• To deliver sustainable engineering system

• To provide low carbon energy technologies
• To provide robust physical infrastructure for
protection against calamities
 Client & Engineer’s Priority
Ranking

1. Safety 1. Safety
2. Economics 2. Reliability
3. Reliability 3. Security
4. Security 4. Economics
 Client’s Priority Ranking

1. Safety
2. Reliability
3. Security
4. Economics
 Ethics of IEEE

• To accept responsibility in making decisions

consistent with safety health and welfare of
public to disclose promptly factors that might
endanger the public or environment.
 Ethics of IEEE

• To improve the understanding of technology

and its appropriate applications and potential
consequences.
 CODE OF ETHICS FOR ENGINEERS

• Hold paramount the safety, health, and

welfare of the public.
• Perform services only in areas of their
competence.
• Issue public statements only in an objective
and truthful manner.
 CODE OF ETHICS FOR ENGINEERS

• Act for each employer or client as faithful

agents or trustees.
• Avoid deceptive acts.
• Conduct themselves honorably, responsibly,
ethically, and lawfully so as to enhance the
honor, reputation, and usefulness of the
profession.
 Conclusion

• Engineers have responsibility to think about

interaction between technology and society.
• Engineers are supposed to think about the
effects of their own actions and creations
especially if they affect society.
• thank you