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SCOPE AND

AIMS OF

ENGINEERING

ETHICS

Submitted by Rafsun Jany Rafy(SH-092-009) M.A Batin(FH-092-011)

WHAT IS ETHICS?

 (^) Ethics is the study of the characteristics of the morals.  (^) It is about right and wrong, good and bad, values and what to be done.

SCOPE OF ENGINEERING

ETHICS

ETHICAL ISSUES FACED BY

ENGINEERS

Public Safety Bribery and Fraud Environmental Protection Fairness Honesty in Research and Testing Conflicts of Interest

WHY STUDY ENGINEERING

ETHICS?

Engineering ethics should be studied because it is important, both in preventing grave consequences of faulty ethical reasoning and in giving meaning to engineers’ endeavors, but it is complex. It cannot be understood through casual observation.  (^) Engineering decisions can impact public health, safety, business practices and politics.  (^) Engineers should be aware of moral implications as they make decisions in the workplace.  (^) Study of ethics helps engineers develop a moral autonomy.  (^) Ability to think critically and independently about moral issues.  (^) Ability to apply this moral thinking to situations that arise in the course of professional engineering practice.

MORAL DILEMMAS

• (^) A situation in which, whatever choice is made, the agent commits a moral wrong. For example:

1. Something morally right has bad outcome.
2. Something morally wrong has good or better outcome.

KOHLBERG’S STAGES

Pre-conventional level Stage One(obedience orientation) Individuals focus on the direct consequences that their actions will have for themselves. Stage Two(self-interest orientation) What’s in it for me position. Right behavior is defined by what is in one’s own best interest.

KOHLBERG’S STAGES

Level 2(Conventional) People who reason in a conventional way judge the morality of actions by comparing these actions to social rules and expectations. Stage Three: Interpersonal Concordance(Good boy/girl) Individuals seek approval from other people. They judge the morality of actions by evaluating the consequences of these actions for a person’s relationships. Stage Four: Law and Order Individuals think it is important to obey the law and conventions of society.

MORAL DILEMMA SCENARY

 (^) Friendship  (^) Right or wrong  (^) You have the responsibility of filling a position in a firm. Your friend Paul has applied and is qualified who helped you someday, but someone else seems more qualified. You want to give the job to Paul, but you feel guilty, believing that you ought to be impartial.  (^) You give the job to Paul. Are you right?

RESOLVING AN MORAL

DILEMMA

 (^) Step 1: Identify the problem  (^) Step 2: Identify the potential issues involved  (^) Step 3: Evaluate potential courses of action  (^) Step 4: Obtain consultation  (^) Step 5: Determine the best course of action.