Lectures

Final Exam

: 3 Periods/Week, Tutorial: 1
Continuous Assessment
: 3 hours
Final Exam Marks
EE 321
PROFFSSIONAL ETHICS AND HUMAN VALUES

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60

Course Syllabus:
Unit 1
Human Values: Integrity, Work Ethic, Service Learning, Civic Virtue, Caring, Honesty,
Courage, Co-Operation, Commitment, Empathy, Self Confidence
Unit -11
Engineering Ethics: Senses Of Engineering Ethics, Variety of Moral Issues, Types of
Inquiry, Moral Dilemmas, Moral Autonomy, Kohlbergs Theory, Gilligans Theory,
Professions and Professionalism, Professional Ideals and Virtues, Theories about Right
Action, Uses Of Ethical Theories.
Unit 111
Engineering as Social Experimentation: Engineering as Experimentation, Engineers as
Responsible Experimenters, Codes of Ethics, Safety, Responsibility and Rights: Safety and
Risk Assessment of Safety and Risk, Risk Benefit Analysis and Reducing Risk. Collegiality
and Loyalty, Respect For Authority, Collective Bargaining Confidentiality, Conflicts Of
Interest, Occupational Crime, Professional Rights Employee Rights,
Unit IV
Global Issues: Multinational Corporations, Environmental Ethics, Computer Ethics, Weapon
Development, Engineers as Managers, Consulting Engineering,
Engineering as Expert Witnesses and Advisors,

Text Books:
1.
Mike Martin and Roland Schinzinger, Ethics In Engineering, Mc Graw Hill, New
York 1996.
2.
Govindarajan. M, Natarajan. S, Senthilkimar.V.S, Engineering Ethics, Phi, 2004.
Reference Books:
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Charles D Fleddermann, Engineering Ethics, Prentice Hall, New Jersey, 2004.

Charles E Harris, Michael S Pritchard and Michael J Robins, Engineering Ethics
Concepts and Cases, Thomson Learning, United States, 2000.
John R Boatright, Ethics and The Conduct Of Business, Phi, New Delhi, 2003.
Edmund G Seebauer And Robert L Barry, Fundamentals Of Ethics For Scientists.