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    ME-302 Ethical & Legal Dimensions of

    Engineering

    Course Instructor:
    Dr. Ahmad Nawaz
    Lecture No 1

    Introduction to Ethical and Legal Dimensions


    of Engineering
    Objectives of the Lecture

    • Course Description

    • Course Objectives

    • Engineering Ethics
    Course Description

    • Course Title: Ethical and Legal Dimensions of Engineering

    • Course Code: ME 302

    • Credit Hours: 2 - 0
    Recommended Books

    1. Charles E. Harris, JR. Concepts and Cases Engineering


    Ethics, ISBN-13: 978-1-337-55450-3
    2. Mike W. Martin & Roland Schinzinger, Ethics in Engineering,
    4th Edition, ISBN-13: 978-0072831153, 2004.
    3. D.L. Marston, Law for Professional Engineers, 5th Ed.,
    McGraw-Hill Ryerson, ISBN-13: 978-1260135909, 2019.
    Course Contents
    Course Assessment and Grading Criteria

    • Midterm Examination: 25%

    • Final Examination: 50%

    • Sessional (Quizzes): 10%

    • Sessional (Presentation): 15%

    • An attendance of 75% is mandatory to sit in the final examination


    Course Objectives

    • This course introduces contemporary and controversial ethical


    issues facing the business community.

    • Topics include moral reasoning, moral dilemmas, law and


    morality, equity, justice and fairness, ethical standards, and
    moral development.

    • Upon completion, students should be able to demonstrate an


    understanding of their moral responsibilities and obligations as
    members of the workforce and society.
    Scope of the Course:

    • Engineers create products and processes to improve food


    production, shelter, energy, communication, transportation,
    health, and protection against natural calamities—and to
    enhance the convenience and beauty of our everyday lives.
    • They make possible spectacular human triumphs once only
    dreamed of in myth and science fiction.
    • Most technology, however, has double implications: As it
    creates benefits, it raises new moral challenges.
    • The major scope of this course is to understand the importance
    of accepting and sharing moral responsibility within the
    corporate setting in which today most engineering takes place,
    and also the need for a basic congruence between the goals of
    responsible professionals, professions, and corporations.
    Why Engineering Ethics?
    Cont.…
    The Importance of Ethics

    • From designing a mere chicken coop Vs an extensive Space


    shuttle programs
    • From the use of SUVs Vs a normal Sedan
    • An Engineer working in a plant releasing toxic wastes
    • A flaw in the architect’s design
    • Tactics of a contractor to maximize his profits
    • Tactics of an industrialist to maximize his profits
    Ethics

    • Ethics is synonymous with morality.


    • What is morality? Dictionaries tell us that morality is about right
    and wrong, good and bad.
    • But such definitions are incomplete, for these words also have
    double meanings.
    • Thus, to start a car, a person ought to put the key in the ignition;
    that is the right thing to do. But is it the right thing to do if its not
    your car?
    • It refers to moral values that are sound or reasonable, actions
    or policies that are morally required (right), morally permissible
    (all right), or otherwise morally desirable (good).
    Morality

    Generally, it can be stated as


    • Principles concerning the distinction between right and wrong or
    good and bad behavior.
    To be specific
    • It concerns respect both for others & ourselves being fair & just,
    meeting obligations and respecting rights and not causing
    unnecessary harm by dishonesty and cruelty.
    • In addition, it involves the ideals of character study such as
    integrity, gratitude and willingness to help people in distress
    and it implies minimizing sufferings to animals and damage to
    the environment.
    “Engineering Ethics”

    “Bringing the engineering profession within


    the framework of morality.”
    Cont.…
    Cont.…

    • “It is the study of decisions, policies and values that are morally
    desirable in engineering practice and research.”

    • Engineering ethics consists of a system of moral principles that


    apply to the practice of engineering. The field examines and
    sets the obligations by engineers to society, to their clients, and
    to the profession.
    Personal vs Professional Ethics
    Situations of Ethical Issues
    Engineer’s Ethical Decision has a far
    reaching Impact on:
    Herbert Hoover (Views on Engineering)
    Mistakes(Made by engineers) can be
    costly
    Three worths were high lighted in the previous definition

    • Human worth.

    • Animal worth.

    • Ecological worth
    Ethics, Morals and the Law
    Questions???

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