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GE2025 PROFESSIONAL ETHICS IN ENGINEERING Syllabus | Anna University | Regulation 2008 | (Applicable to the students admitted from the Academic year 2008 – 2009 onwards)
GE2025 PROFESSIONAL ETHICS IN
ENGINEERING L T P C
3 0 0 3
UNIT I ENGINEERING ETHICS 9
Senses of ‘Engineering Ethics’ – Variety of moral issues
– Types of inquiry – Moral dilemmas –
Moral Autonomy – Kohlberg’s theory – Gilligan’s theory –
Consensus and Controversy – Professions
and Professionalism – Professional Ideals and Virtues –
Uses of Ethical Theories
UNIT II ENGINEERING AS SOCIAL
EXPERIMENTATION 9
Engineering as Experimentation – Engineers as responsible
Experimenters – Research Ethics -
Codes of Ethics – Industrial Standards - A Balanced
Outlook on Law – The Challenger Case Study
UNIT III ENGINEER’S RESPONSIBILITY FOR
SAFETY 9
Safety and Risk – Assessment of Safety and Risk – Risk
Benefit Analysis – Reducing Risk – The
Government Regulator’s Approach to Risk - Chernobyl Case
Studies and Bhopal
UNIT IV RESPONSIBILITIES AND RIGHTS 9
Collegiality and Loyalty – Respect for Authority –
Collective Bargaining – Confidentiality – Conflicts
of Interest – Occupational Crime – Professional Rights –
Employee Rights – Intellectual Property
Rights (IPR) - Discrimination
UNIT V GLOBAL ISSUES 9
Multinational Corporations – Business Ethics -
Environmental Ethics – Computer Ethics - Role in
Technological Development – Weapons Development –
Engineers as Managers – Consulting
Engineers – Engineers as Expert Witnesses and Advisors –
Honesty – Moral Leadership – Sample
Code of Conduct TOTAL : 45 PERIODS
94
TEXT BOOKS :
1. Mike Martin and Roland Schinzinger, “Ethics in
Engineering”, McGraw Hill, New York
(2005).
2. Charles E Harris, Michael S Pritchard and Michael J
Rabins, “Engineering Ethics –
Concepts and Cases”, Thompson Learning, (2000).
REFERENCES:
1. Charles D Fleddermann, “Engineering Ethics”, Prentice
Hall, New Mexico, (1999).
2. John R Boatright, “Ethics and the Conduct of
Business”, Pearson Education, (2003)
3. Edmund G Seebauer and Robert L Barry, “Fundamentals of
Ethics for Scientists and Engineers”,
Oxford University Press, (2001)
4. Prof. (Col) P S Bajaj and Dr. Raj Agrawal, “Business
Ethics – An Indian Perspective”, Biztantra,
New Delhi, (2004)
5. David Ermann and Michele S Shauf, “Computers, Ethics
and Society”, Oxford
University
Press, (2003)
By Vinoth
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