PROFESSIONAL ETHICS AND HUMAN VALUES 100 1

(Common to all branches)

OBJECTIVE

To create an awareness on Engineering Ethics and Human Values.

To understand social responsibility of an engineer .

To appreciate ethical dilemma while discharging duties in professional life.

1. HUMAN VALUES 02

Morals, Values and Ethics Integrity Work Ethic Honesty Courage Empathy Self-Confidence
Character .

2. ENGINEERING ETHICS 04

Senses of 'Engineering Ethics' - variety of moral issued - types of inquiry - moral dilemmas - moral
autonomy - Kohlberg's theory - Gilligan's theory - consensus and controversy Models of Professional
Roles - theories about right action - Self-interest - customs and religion - uses of ethical theories. Valuing
Time Co-operation Commitment

3. ENGINEERING AS SOCIAL EXPERIMENTATION 03

Engineering as experimentation - engineers as responsible experimenters - codes of ethics - a balanced

outlook on law - the challenger case study

4. SAFETY, RESPONSIBILITIES AND RIGHTS 03

Safety and risk - assessment of safety and risk - risk benefit analysis and reducing risk - the three mile
island and chernobyl case studies.

5. GLOBAL ISSUES 03

Multinational corporations - Environmental ethics - computer ethics - weapons development - engineers

as managers-consulting engineers-engineers as expert witnesses and advisors -moral leadership-

TEXT BOOKS

1. Mike Martin and Roland Schinzinger, Ethics in Engineering, McGraw-Hill, New York 1996.

2. Govindarajan M, Natarajan S, Senthil Kumar V. S, Engineering Ethics, Prentice Hall of India, New
Delhi, 2004.
REFERENCES

1. Charles D. Fleddermann, Engineering Ethics, Pearson Education / Prentice Hall, New Jersey, 2004
(Indian Reprint now available).

2. Charles E Harris, Michael S. Protchard and Michael J Rabins, Engineering Ethics Concepts and
Cases, Wadsworth Thompson Leatning, United States, 2000 (Indian Reprint now available)

3. John R Boatright, Ethics and the Conduct of Business, Pearson Education, New Delhi, 2003.

4. Edmund G Seebauer and Robert L Barry, Fundamentals of Ethics for Scientists and Engineers, Oxford
University Press, Oxford, 2001.

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A Textbook on Professional Ethics and Human Values (As per Anna University Syllabus)

Naagarazan, R.S. , Prof. & Director, Arunai Engineering College, Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu.

ISBN : 978-81-224-1938-2

Publication Year : 2006

Edition : 1st

Reprint : 2009

Pages : 184

Price : Rs. 95

Binding : Paperback

About the Book:

Engineering enables life and Ethics ennobles life Anon

This book is the fruition of four decades of teaching Mechanical Engineering subjects including Quality
Engineering, Total Quality Management, and Principles of Management for the Bachelor and Master
degree courses in Engineering at Annamalai University, and then in Arunai Engineering College,
Tiruvannamalai, by the author. Frank and continual feed back from the distinguished students and
esteemed colleagues of the author obtained during teaching, enthused him in shaping this book into a
valuable present to the scholars pursuing engineering.

This book amply covers the updated syllabus of Professional Ethics by Anna University. Besides the basic
human values, Codes of ethics of major Indian professional societies, detailed risk analysis with
illustrative examples are included. Further, twenty four crisp case studies covering a wide spectrum of
topics in Professional Ethics, short-answer questions, long-answer questions with hints have been
appended to sustain the interest of the engineering students. Besides the prescribed syllabus, ethics-
related topics such as Social Acceptability SA 8000, Safety System OHSAS 18001 and Engineer-Manager
interactions have also been explained. The student community as well as the teaching fraternity is
certain to enjoy using this book, not only from the teaching-learning point of view, but also for their
professional career and advancement.

About the Author:

Dr. R.S. Naagarazan (b. 1938) B.E. (Hons.), M.Tech., Ph.D., is working as Professor and Director
(Academic), Arunai Engineering College, Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu. He was earlier the Principal, AEC,
and for over three decades, a distinguished faculty, and Professor and Head of the Deptt. of Production
Engineering, Annamalai University. He is also the author of the SQC Data Book, New Age International
Publishers, 2001. He has presented/published more than 30 research papers in national and
international conferences/journals, in the Production Engineering area.

Contents:

Human Values

Engineering Ethics

Engineering as Social Experimentation

Safety, Responsibilities and Rights

Global Issues

Case Studies

Question Bank Part-A

Question Bank Part-B