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 Experimentation Engineers as responsible Experimenters Codes of Ethics A Balanced Outlook on Law Plagiarism Case studies
Collegiality and loyalty, Respect for Authority Collective Bargaining, Confidentiality Conflicts of Interest, Occupational Crime Professional Rights, Employee Rights Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Discrimination
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
Understanding the harmony in the Nature Interconnectedness and mutual fulfillment among the four orders of nature Recyclability and self-regulation in nature. Understanding Existence as Co-existence Co Existence of Units in Space Holistic perception of harmony at all levels of existence
Reference Book:
R1 Govindarajan M, Natarajan S, SenthilKumar V. S,Engineering Ethics, Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi, 2004. R2 CharlesB .Fleddermann , ―Engineering Ethics,Pearson Prentice Hall, New Jersey,2004. R3 Charles E. Harris, Michael S. Pritchard and Michael J .Rabins,―Engineering Ethics – Concepts and Cases, Cengage Learning, 2009. R4 Edmund G Seebauer and Robert L Barry,―Fundamentals of Ethics for Scientists and Engineers, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2001. R5 Laura P.Hartman and Joe Desjardins, Business Ethics: Decision Making for Personal Integrity and Social Responsibility McGraw Hill education, India Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, 2013.
Text Book:
T1 Mike W. Martin and Roland Schinzinger, Ethics in Engineering, Tata McGraw Hill, New Delhi,2003 T2 R.RGaur, R Sangal, GP Bagaria, A foundation course in Human Values and professional Ethics,Excelbooks,NewDelhi,2010, ISBN978-8-174-46781-2