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    i) Engineering is essential for meeting societal needs, economic development, and providing services, but can also have unintended consequences. Engineers aspire to be leaders and decision makers. ii) Engineering is an important and learned profession where engineers are expected to exhibit honesty and integrity, as engineering impacts quality of life. Engineers must serve public health, safety, and welfare with impartiality, fairness, and equity under high ethical standards. iii) Engineering ethics deters bad practices and inspires innovation and creativity. iv) Engineers should build their reputation on merit rather than unfair competition.

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    i) Engineering is essential for meeting societal needs, economic development, and providing services, but can also have unintended consequences. Engineers aspire to be leaders and decision makers. ii) Engineering is an important and learned profession where engineers are expected to exhibit honesty and integrity, as engineering impacts quality of life. Engineers must serve public health, safety, and welfare with impartiality, fairness, and equity under high ethical standards. iii) Engineering ethics deters bad practices and inspires innovation and creativity. iv) Engineers should build their reputation on merit rather than unfair competition.

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    i) Engineering is essential for meeting societal needs, economic development, and providing services, but can also have unintended consequences. Engineers aspire to be leaders and decision makers. ii) Engineering is an important and learned profession where engineers are expected to exhibit honesty and integrity, as engineering impacts quality of life. Engineers must serve public health, safety, and welfare with impartiality, fairness, and equity under high ethical standards. iii) Engineering ethics deters bad practices and inspires innovation and creativity. iv) Engineers should build their reputation on merit rather than unfair competition.

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    Question 1. This question has four parts; Analyze each of them and explain in not less than
    250 words, what you understand of the key statement. Please ensure to provide a real life
    example for each of the statements, to illustrate your answers related to engineering.

    i) Engineering is an activity that is essential to meeting the needs of people, economic


    development and the provision of services to society. While bringing benefits, engineering
    activity has potential adverse consequences that involve wide-ranging or conflicting
    technical, engineering and other issues. On the other hand, as engineers we aspire to be
    among the leaders in society, to be champions among leaders, and we need to be decision
    makers. [5 Marks]

    ii) Engineering is an important and learned profession. As members of this profession,


    engineers are expected to exhibit the highest standards of honesty and integrity.
    Engineering has a direct and vital impact on the quality of life for all people. Accordingly,
    the services provided by engineers require honesty, impartiality, fairness, and equity, and
    must be dedicated to the protection of the public health, safety, and welfare. Engineers must
    perform under a standard of professional behaviour that requires adherence to the highest
    principles of ethical conduct. [5 Marks]

    iii) Engineering ethics is a deterrent to bad practice and an inspiration to innovation and
    creativity. [ 5 Marks]

    iv) Engineers shall build their reputation on merit and shall not compete unfairly. [5 Marks]

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