3.3 Practicing Ethics As An Engineering Student PDF

PRACTICING
ETHICS AS AN
ENGINEERING
STUDENT
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TEST
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
1 This question paper consists of seven (4) questions.
2 Answer ALL questions in the Answer Sheets. Start each answer on a new page.
3 Write ALL your answers in ENGLISH.
4 Do not bring any material into the examination room unless approved by the invigilator.
5 Switch OFF all mobile phones and any electronic gadgets and place it’s at floor.
6 Fill up your details in the table in the following page.
7 Do not take out the question paper and the blank answer sheets from the exam room.
8 Staple the question paper together with your answer sheets.
9 Do not waste usage of paper.
Write your answers in the Answer Sheet in the same sequence following the order of the questions in the test
10 paper.
11 Write the number of question answered in the space provided at the top of each page of the answer sheets.
12 Write your answers neatly, clearly and legibly.

13 All UiTM examination rules and regulations are applicable to this Test.
14 IF YOU DO NOT COMPLY WITH ANY OF THE INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN ABOVE, YOUR MARKS WILL BE PENALIZED.
S07-2 Preamble
The University emphasizes responsible citizenship

and an awareness of ethical choices inherent in
human development.
Academic honesty and fairness foster ethical

standards for all those who depend upon the
integrity of the university, its courses, and its
degrees.
University degrees are compromised and the public

is defrauded if faculty members or students
knowingly or unwittingly allow dishonest acts to be
rewarded academically.
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Plagiarism & Cheating
Many components go into being a good engineering

student.
One of the most important, as reflected by the codes
of ethics for engineers, is to be competent in your
field of engineering.
To be competent, it is necessary that one actually
knows what they claim to know.
Proving to others that you know what you are
supposed to know requires certification through a
degree.
What students Say
▪ 70% of American high school seniors admit to

cheating on at least one test
▪ 95% of the students who said they cheated were
never caught.
▪ An average of 75% of college students report
cheating sometime during their college career
Academic Dishonesty
Cheating
Cheating is the act of obtaining or
attempting to obtain credit for
academic work through the use of
any dishonest, deceptive, or
fraudulent means.
Cheating is Wrong?
Cheating also undermines the work

of fellow students who are honest.
When you cheat, all the other students who didn’t
cheat are penalized. They end up getting lower
grades. As a consequence of lower grades they lose
out on scholarships and recommendations.
Cheating vs. Teamwork
▪ Working on a team for an assigned project is not

cheating.
▪ However, failing do due your assigned task on an a
team project is a form of cheating. It is called free-
riding, which is benefiting from the work of others
without doing any work of your own.
▪ Teamwork is important in engineering, but free-riding
is wrong, since if everyone did it nothing would get
done.
Copying
▪ One obvious type of cheating

that we all recognize is copying
someone’s work on a homework
assignment, exam, or paper.
▪ Submitting someone’s work as
your own is a kind of cheating.
Multiple Submissions
▪ Submitting your own work from

one class to another class or
submitting one piece of work to two
distinct classes is a kind of
cheating.
▪ A paper for one class is not a
paper for another class.
Unauthorized Sources
▪ Using sources that one is not

allowed to use as deemed by the
instructor or the university as a
whole is a kind of cheating, such as
solution manuals.
▪ Also a text message from your
friend with the answer to a question
on the exam is a form of cheating.
Altering Grades
▪ Altering your grade in any way is

a form of cheating.
▪ If you are given a C on your
homework, paper, or exam and
then you change your grade to a B+,
you have cheated.
Surrogate
▪ Surrogate cheating occurs when

someone else either does your
homework, takes an exam for you,
or writes your paper.
▪ Doing someone’s work for them
is a kind of cheating.
Why is Cheating Wrong?
Cheating undermines the credibility

of the university and the degrees it
awards.
If too many people cheat, then the degrees awarded by
university won’t certify that its students are
competent.
So, by cheating you not only hurt yourself, you also hurt
others.
Ethics – Courage & Integrity
▪ As we will be seeing more and more being ethical

requires:
▪ Courage to do the right thing the situation calls for.

&
▪ The integrity to withstand the pressures that push you in
the wrong direction.
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PRACTICING

12 Write your answers neatly, clearly and legibly.

The University emphasizes responsible citizenship

Academic honesty and fairness foster ethical

University degrees are compromised and the public

Many components go into being a good engineering

▪ 70% of American high school seniors admit to

Cheating also undermines the work

▪ Working on a team for an assigned project is not

▪ One obvious type of cheating

▪ Submitting your own work from

▪ Using sources that one is not

▪ Altering your grade in any way is

▪ Surrogate cheating occurs when

Cheating undermines the credibility

▪ As we will be seeing more and more being ethical

▪ Courage to do the right thing the situation calls for.

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