Variety of moral issues in professional ethics

1. VARIETY OF MORAL ISSUES
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2. • Professionalism is the conduct or qualities
that characterize or mark a profession or
professional; it implies quality of workmanship
or service. Professional ethics guide how
members of a professional organization
should, or should not, affect others in the
course of practicing their profession.
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4. TEN GOLDEN RULES
• Always strive for excellence
• Be trustworthy
• Be accountable
• Be courteous and respectful
• Be honest, open and transparent
• Be competent and improve continually
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5. • Always be ethical
• Always be honorable and act with integrity
• Be respectful of confidentiality
• Set good examples
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8. • “Moral issue is a working definition of an issue
of moral concern is presented as any issue
with the potential to help or harm anyone,
including oneself.”
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10. • Example 1
After a recent collapse of a structure in
which many people died, an Engineer came to
know about a bridge which is marginally safe.
He informed his superior who asked him to stay
calm and not to discuss with anyone, while
waiting for the next year budget sessions to get
some financial help for the repair required.
What should the engineer do?
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11. • Example 2
What should an Engineer who observes his
colleague copying confidential information
unauthorized, do immediately? If he chooses to
stop his friend, what if this gets repeated
without his notice? If he chooses to report the
management, what if his friend loses the job?
Which is morally correct?
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12. • Example 3
An engineer who develops a proto-type for
the project, loses it due to a mishap exactly the
day before the submission. Is it morally correct
to outsource the prototype of the project and
reduce the risks of job insecurity? What should
he do?
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15. Ghosting in the workplace
Ghosting in the context of interviewing for a job can create
an ethical dilemma.
Ghosting occurs when a candidate abruptly disengages
from the interview process without explanation. The
candidate might fail to inform the interviewer that they have
accepted another position.
In some cases, a candidate has accepted a position only to
accept a second one and not inform the first employer.
Consider the following facts. You are interviewing for a
job. You’ve gone through interviews at five companies and are
anxiously awaiting the responses. You get your first offer and
verbally commit to taking the job. You will not start to work
for another two weeks.
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16. Internet dilemmas
• Do I post a picture of a sleepover I’ve been
invited to, even though I know other kids in
the class who were left out and will see these
posts?
• Do I download a song or video that I have not
purchased the rights to?
• Do I copy and paste the work of another and
include it in my school assignment without
crediting the author?
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17. • These are just a few examples of ethical
dilemmas posed by the online world, and
oftentimes kids too young to engage in ethical
thinking are in possession of a connected device
that asks them to make decisions like these all
the time.
• It takes about 12 years of life for children to
develop the cognitive capacity for ethical
thinking. And good judgment? Well, that takes
almost 25 years to develop!
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18. The reality is, be careful how you do
it.
• You can’t be friends on Facebook. You can’t give
them a grade for something they didn’t do. You
can’t say, “Ah, you’re my favorite. You don’t have
to turn work in on time.”
• Of course, we must treat every child with
kindness and respect, but when you break the
rules for one kid, the rest of them are
wondering, “Why didn’t they do that for me?”
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19. Types of Inquiries
• The issues can be resolved by following an
investigation procedure, step by step in order to
have a clear understanding towards the issue.
Here we have three different types of inquiries.
• Judging the issues has to be followed by a
systematic procedure to avoid any flaws.
Engineering ethics involves investigations into
values, meanings and facts. Following are the
different types of inquiries made for this.
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21. Normative Inquiries
• Normative Inquiry refers to the description
that describes what one ought to do under a
specific circumstance. This is the expected
ideal response, which might differ from what
one believes to be right or wrong.
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22. Conceptual Inquiries
• Conceptual Inquiry refers to the description of
the meaning of concepts, principles and issues
related to engineering ethics. The ethics that
an engineer should possess to protect the
safety, health and welfare of the public, etc.
are described under conceptual inquiries.
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23. Factual and Descriptive Inquiries
• Factual Inquiry or the descriptive inquiry help
to provide the facts for understanding and
finding solutions to the value based issues.
The engineer has to conduct factual inquiries
by using scientific techniques.
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