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    Civil Engineering Semester - VIII 293

    PROFESSIONAL ETHICS
    (Common to all Branches)

    Course Code: 15HM11PE L T P C


    1 0 0 1
    Course Outcomes:
    At the end of the Course, the Student will be able to:
    CO 1 Explain how to deal with complex situations arising out of
    interaction with people. (Parents, friends and Co-professionals)
    in making the work environment congenial, encouraging and
    loving.
    CO 2 Discriminate when he is forced through certain undesirable
    and ambiguous situations either in his day to day life as a
    student and as a professional in his career.
    CO 3 Identify the basic tenets of leadership and to become a worthy
    professional.
    CO 4 Relate codes of different professional bodies.
    CO 5 Understand job satisfaction.
    UNIT-I (6 Lectures)
    BASIC HUMAN VALUES:
    ‘Be a Human First and then one can become a good Professional’;
    so the basic Human Values-Truth, Right Conduct (Righteousness),
    Love, Non-violence and Peace, Humility and character. What is
    ethics? Core areas of ethics: Social ethics, personal ethics Integrity
    and Trustworthiness, Honesty, Loyalty, Courage, Prudence,
    Confidence, Confidentiality.

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    294 Semester - VIII Civil Engineering

    Spirit of Nationalism and Patriotism with examples from ‘struggle


    for Freedom’ (Case studies in the lives of Mahatma Gandhi & His
    team who strived for Freedom from the British, Scientists and
    Engineers like Bhaha, Sarabhai, Dhavan, Abdul J Kalam, and Benjamin
    Franklin, Martin Luther King, or any renowned personalities) Self
    study and debate.
    What is a profession? Who is a Professional? Special criteria to meet
    the definition of professional, criteria to be a ‘professional engineer
    (Pages 24-36) of Mike W Martin and Roland Schinzinger)
    Personal ethics-Social ethics and professional ethics – are they
    different-How would you distinguish? –A debate
    General and Applied ethics, Relationship between these two in day-
    to-day functioning of an Engineering Professional- (Pages 10-12 of
    Mike W Martin and Roland Schinzinger)
    UNIT-II (6 Lectures)
    PROFESSIONAL AND ENGINEERING ETHICS:
    Why Engineering ethics? Moral issues encountered by professional
    engineers during their day-to-day operations both at home and office/
    workplace- Moral problems that frequently arise in ones Profession,
    (case studies from Chapter 1 pages 2-9, analysis of the case studies
    on pages 13 &14)
    MORAL AUTONOMY:
    Moral integrity and social and professional behavior. Different theories
    proposed under moral autonomy-Kohlberg’s and Gilligan’s Theory.
    Heinz’s Dilemma- Motive behind aggression (16-23 Pages)
    THEORY ABOUT MORALITY:
    Virtue ethics, Utilitarianism, Duty ethics, Right ethics based on the
    concepts of Virtues and vices, most good for most people, Duties to
    respect for persons, Human rights respectively (pages 53-61, Study
    Questions for analysis and discussion on pages 60 &61)
    Responsibility and accountability while dealing with public issues
    such as safety, risk, hazards, Risk Analysis and assessment-a brief
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    discussion (risk assessment problem on Page (Chapter 4, specified


    topics and Case studies)
    (Present the case studies on Challenger space shuttle(97), Chernobyl
    (173), Bhopal tragedy (299), Titanic disaster (p 83), SLV-3, the Indian
    Space Shuttle (Wings of Fire) recent nuclear holocaust in Japan
    recent floods and other man-made and natural calamities or accidents
    we come across frequently in our society)
    Environmental ethics (304-308) & Computer ethics 319-323328-
    330) (All Pages from Mike W Martin and Roland Schinzinger)
    UNIT-III (6 Lectures)
    RESPONSIBILITIES AND RIGHTS OF ENGINEERS:
    Collegiality (Ones attitude) towards other engineers working in the
    same Organization or outside) and Loyalty ( to the Employer),
    obligation of Loyalty and misguided loyalty, Respect for authority
    and its limitations, Bootlegging, Collective bargaining, Commitments
    and Convictions (APJ Abdul Kalam’s “Wings of Fire”) Confidentiality
    while changing jobs, Conflicts of interests, Gifts, bribes, kickbacks
    -case studies related, Occupational Crime and industrial espionage
    Whistle blowing and moral guide line (case studies), Discrimination,
    preferential treatment and harassment Rights of Engineers (page 284-
    286) Engineers as Managers and leaders promoting ethical climate
    (350-358) –Ethics in Engineering by Mike W Martin and Roland
    Schinzinger)
    Code of ethics for Engineers, Organizational Culture, and Guidelines
    for use with the Fundamental canons of ethics; (pages 142-162 Indian
    Culture and Professional Ethics by P S R Murty and 399-414 0f Mike
    W Martin and Roland Schinzinger)
    PROFESSIONAL BODIES:
    IEEE, IETE, IE, ASME, ASCE, ABET, NSPE, ISTE, IIChE Etc…
    {** Any topic can be discussed and debated with known live examples
    and illustrations we find in our day-to-day -living circumstances.}

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    296 Semester - VIII Civil Engineering

    TEXT BOOKS:
    1. Mike W Martin and Ronald Schinzinger : “Ethics in
    Engineering”, 3rd Edition, Tata McGraw Hill Education Pvt.
    Ltd., 2003.
    2. P S R Murthy : “Indian Culture, Values and Professional
    Ethics”, 2nd Edition, B S Publications, Hyderabad. 2013.
    REFERENCES:
    1. M. Govindarajan, S Natarajan and V.S. Senthil Kumar :
    “Engineering Ethics and Human Values”, 1st Edition, PHI
    Publications , 2013.
    2. A. Alavudden, R. Kalil Rahaman & M . Jayakumaran :
    “Professional Ethics & Human Values”, 1 st Edition,
    University Science Press (An Imprint of Laxmi Publications
    Pvt Ltd., Chennai, Bangalore. 2008.
    3. Lieunt Gen Dr. M. L. Chibber : “Leadership-Education in
    Human Values”, Sri Sathya Sai Books and Publications Trust,
    Prasantinilayam, 1st Edition, 2009.
    4. Kalam A P J : “Wings of Fire”, Universities Press
    Publications, 2013.
    5. Charles B. Fleddermann : “Engineering Ethics”, 4th Edition,
    PHI, 2012.

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