ETHICS PRELIMS

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Set of beliefs and practices about how to lead a
good life.

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Morality

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also called a moral Philosophy

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ETHICS?

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Morality came from the Latin word?

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Moralitas

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is the study of morality or moral conduct.

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ETHICS?

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A study aimed at discovering beliefs, attitudes, principles, policies, and so on in term of moral
reasons. Ethical standards.

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normative study(Prescriptive) of Moral values

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(the goal of science is to explain how the natural
world works). It seeks to describe the beliefs and conduct of individuals and cultures and explain
why these beliefs and conduct arise.

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Scientific study (descriptive) of Moral value

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2 branches of normative study

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-Theory of conduct
-Theory of value

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deals with the day to day moral concerns of an individual

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everyday ethics

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Synonym of Morality

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Moral excellence,
righteousness,
responsibility,
or other exemplary qualities considered meritorious.

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set of belief or standard about right and wrong, good and bad behavior.

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Ethics

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Greek philosopher, 477-399BC

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Socrates

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are those actions which have the potential to
help or harm others or ourselves.

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Moral issues

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deals with social issues, laws, policies, professions

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social ethics

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this approach addresses typical,
everyday problems that the engineers face in
their professional life.

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Micro-ethics

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two different approaches of engineering
ethics.

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Micro-ethics
Macro-ethics

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this approach deals with all
societal problems that engineers encounter

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Macro-ethics

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 As we know, the purpose of any business is to reach and satisfy the end users.
Therefore, the customers ‘requirements should be met.
 In this regard, engineers have a major role to play in identifying the ‗customer voice
‘, and incorporating the voice of the customer into the product design and
manufacture.
 Apart from engineering technicality issues, engineers also should face other moral
and ethical issues with clients/customers.

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Clients or customers oriented issues

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The varieties of moral issues are:

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-Organization oriented issues
-Clients or customers oriented issues
-Competitors oriented issues
-Law, government and public agencies
oriented issues
-Social and environmental oriented issues
-Family oriented issues

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 Being an employee to firm, the engineer has to work towards the
achievement of the objectives of his/her organization.
 Engineers have to give higher priority to the benefits of the organization
than one ‘s own benefits.
 Engineers should be able to work collectively with colleagues and other
members in order to achieve firm ‘s goals.

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Organization oriented issues

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 In order to withstand in a market, engineers should produce things better than their
competitors by all means.
 But engineers should not practice cut-throat competition. They should follow certain
professional behavior while facing their competitors.
 Thus engineers should hold paramount the safety, health and welfare of the
customers in the performance of their professional duties.

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Competitors oriented issues

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How do you identify Moral Issues?

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 Recognize there is an issue
 Identify the problem and who is involved
 Consider the relevant facts, laws and
principles
 Analyze and determine possible courses of
action
 Implement the solution
 Evaluate and follow up

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are situations on which moral reasons
come into conflict, or in which the application of
moral values are problems, and one is not clear of
the immediate choice or solutions of the problems.

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Dilemmas

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are the prevailing standards of
behavior that enable people to live
cooperatively in groups. Moral refers to what
societies sanction as right and acceptable.

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Morals

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is a situation in which a person is torn between right and wrong.

involves a conflict with the very core of a person’s principles and values.

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moral dilemma

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Three complex situations leading to moral dilemmas are:

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-the problem of vagueness
-the Problem of conflicting reasons
-the problem of disagreement