TIME MANAGEMENT & ETHICS

ENG 100: Class Six

 TYPIC AL
FRESHMAN YEAR
SCHEDULE
SICK MONDAY &
TUESDAY
FORGOTTEN
MIDTERM &
MANDATORY
RSO EVENT
HOW DO YOU DEFINE
ETHICS?
 Moral principles that governs
a person’s behavior or the
conducting of an activity.
The discipline dealing with
ETHICS what is good and bad and with
moral duty and obligation.
A moral philosophy or code
of morals practiced by a
person or group of people.
 The engineering profession has an
obligation to the public good.

Promoting the well-being of the public

ENGINEERING is the primary responsibility of the
& ETHICS? engineering profession.

Technology functions in a social

context and engineers must adopt a
critical attitude toward the social
impact of technology.
WHAT SHOULD YOU
DO?
 A SINKING SITUATION

Markkula Center for Ethics

 IS THE CUSTOMER ALWAYS RIGHT?

Markkula Center for Ethics

 COPYRIGHT CONCERNS

Markkula Center for Ethics

QUESTIONABLE QUIZZES
WHAT MAY IMPEDE THE “RIGHT”
ACTION?
• Self Interest: “looking out for number one,” placing corporate
and managerial issues above technical and safety issues
• Fear: fear of retaliation, losing a job, fear of our mistakes being
publicized, fear of punishment
• Self Deception: rationalization, seeing what we want to see,
looking at the data through a bias, not admitting errors,
“Everyone takes shortcuts once in a while…”, “I could have done
it myself – it was just faster to copy the other persons work”
• Ignorance: Making decisions without needed knowledge.
• Microscopic Vision: Making decisions without a view to the
bigger picture implications.
• Uncritical Acceptance of Authority: “I did what I was told
to do.”
• Group Think: peer pressure to conform, self-censorship, illusion
of unanimity