Deontology, Grupo 1 – Period 56

FINAL INFORM 1 INTERCYCLE

DARWIN DUCHI
JOEL ORDOÑEZ
GERMÁN RIVERA
DANNY TORRES

Politécnica Salesiana University

Electronic Engineering
June 02, 2020.
Contenido
Abstract ....................................................................................................................................... 3
Unit 1 .......................................................................................................................................... 3
Unit 2 .......................................................................................................................................... 4
Unit 3 .......................................................................................................................................... 5
Employment discrimination by sex ........................................................................................ 5
Conclusions ................................................................................................................................. 6
References ................................................................................................................................... 7

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 Abstract

The following report will present the final inter-cycle work for exam, it contains as part 1

and 2 a summary of unit 1 Conceptualization of deontology and unit 2 Profession a vocation at

service of person realization respectively, having also as part 3 a case study referring to unit 3

Deontological principles to professional management applied with the moral principles in only

one joint for an analysis related to labor discrimination by sex.

Unit 1

Deontology is the study of the fundamentals of duty and moral standards. To this end, it is

based on an ordered set of moral duties and obligations that professionals have in a given field. Its

fundamental characteristic is that it has a strong component of self-regulation oriented in a

collective sense. (Korkonosenko, 2013).

In a broad sense, deontology includes all the rules, professional statutes and their

agreements. In a strict sense, it is a systematic set of rules and principles that will be based on

voluntary acceptance. Deontology is important because we cannot live without morality, that is,

without a moral rule to which our actions are submitted. If this were not the case, everything would

be permitted. (Banm, 1993)

There is a difference when we talk about professional ethics and deontology, the first one

makes a direct reference to personal conscience, while the second one adopts a function of a model

of action within a community. The difference between professional ethics and professional

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morality is that professional ethics is the philosophical and scientific study of theoretical morality,

while morality is all about practice. (Professional ethics, s.f.)

Axiology is the philosophical study of value, a collective term for ethics and aesthetics,

philosophical fields that depend crucially on notions of value. The relationship between

deontology and axiology is based on the set of moral duties and obligations that professionals have,

taking into account the values they hold, whether objective or subjective. (Becker)

Unit 2

Professional deontology refers to the set of principles and ethical rules that regulate and

guide a professional activity. Where these rules determine the duties that are minimally obligatory

for professionals in the performance of their activity.

The deontology seeks is important because you can not live without morality, ie without

a moral rule to which our actions are subject. Deontology is of great interest to the professional

world and in particular to professions that share a high level of social responsibility and seeks a

balance between a certain style and a high level of technical and scientific professionalism.

(Herrera, 1995)

The codes of ethics contain a set of principles, rules and values that are formulated and

assumed by those who carry out a professional activity.

We believe that the common duties of all professions are essential in determining a good

professional:

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 Competence as the duty to qualify to have the sufficiency for the perfect exercise of the

profession.

The professional secret is the one that makes the implicit agreement between the

professional and the client.

The professional solidarity to the community of interests between you want to exercise the

same profession.

Professional responsibility characterizes the value of an individual for acting with

conscience and assuming the consequences of such acts. (Burset, 2002)

Unit 3

Employment discrimination by sex

When leaving university to look for work related to our career, there are more job

opportunities for men, since in most companies, to find a good position, it is necessary to specify

the gender of the person, estimate a salary and their working hours

Engineering is one of the most valued professions in our societies, it has the lowest

percentage of women and it projects a very masculine image, it is an interesting example of

masculine culture, because it is in the limits between the physical and intellectual work but strong

elements of the dualism mind-body.

Thus, we believe that the process of education, the daily practices of values contributed to

create solidarity and distinction at the same time: solidarity between men and women, and

distinction with respect to the world of women and men who do not have the same sense of respect

for gender equality.

Women engineers in the electronic engineering course at the Salesian Polytechnic are

successful academics, and half of them continue their studies after graduation, but not many

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women choose to study mechanical engineering. There is considerable resistance from the

instructors, who insist that women are not fit for field work "because they are a lady".

Because of this kind of macho attitude, it is difficult for a woman to develop in the field as

an engineer. Moreover, this problem is the cause of much more, for example, for a woman engineer

to practice her profession in a field related to her specialty, she is decreed activities that do not

have much importance within any company. It can also be observed that they never let them do a

job on their own, they always have someone behind them to monitor their activity, so at the time

of generating a salary, the salary of a woman engineer is always going to be much lower than that

of a man engineer.

Among the main moral principles that encompass this case study are the principle of

justice, the principle of autonomy and the principle of non-maleficence.

Conclusions

In what we can see the case focuses on the principles described above based on the principle

of justice which causes it to trigger the activation of other principles such as the principle of

autonomy and the principle of non-maleficence all these focused on gender inequality that despite

currently trying to cope better with this problem has not seen much change in the mindset of many

people.

Since no great changes have been seen in this inequality, women have to face many

difficulties compared to men such as: low paid work compared to the working day, gender violence

and gender stereotypes that not only happen within a company but also spread within a society.

Over the years we have seen progress in the professional-industrial development of women,

some feminist bases have been committed to providing a decent working environment for women
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in terms of industry and heavy work, as a conclusion we can say that although progress in terms

of labor rights for women has been slow, it has had a great impact because today there are many

more women in decent jobs and are not affected by acts of sexism this helps the optimal

development of society.

References

[1] Korkonosenko, S. (2013). Professional Deontology of Journalism: moral

interpretation. Journalism and Mass Communication, 3(8), 477-485.
[2] Días, F. J. (2000). Ethics and deontology. Madrid: Dykinson.
[3]Banm, A. J. (1993). Axiology: The science of values. Amsterdam: Rodopi B. V. .
[4]Becker, L. C. (s.f.). Axiology, deontology, and agent morality: the need for coordination.
[5] Herrera, Dalton, Deontología de la Ética social y profesional, UTPL, Loja, 1995, pp. 283-
294.
[6]Miguel Burset. Deontología, función social y responsabilidad de los profesionales, España,
2002.