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C O V E R A G E 1 Human Values
2 Understanding Ethics
3 Moral Reasoning
4 Engineering as Social
Responsibility
5 Engineers’ Responsibility
6 Global Issues
7 Ethical Audits
8 Case Studies
E N G I N E E R I N G E T H I C S
Owes its origin not only to lack
of Ethics that led to
Engineering disasters
but also to
day - to - day Ethical
Behaviour expected of
Engineering Professionals
Disasters can be
averted
when Ethics
are Followed
Religiously
F A C T O R S I D E N T I F I E D f o r D I S A S T E R S
• Over confidence ( Titanic )
• Impatience ( Space
Shuttle Challenger
Explosion )
• Negligence & Poor
Maintenance
( Bhopal Gas Tragedy )
Factors Contributed to Disaster
• Three protective systems : out of service
• Plant was Understaffed due to Costs
• Very High Inventory of MIC, an extremely toxic material
• The accident occurred in the early morning
• Most of the People killed lived in a shanty town located very close to the plant
fence
On December 3, 1984, Union Carbide's pesticide-
mfg plant in Bhopal, India leaked 42 tons of the
deadly gas Methyl iso cynate into a sleeping
village - killing 2 500 and injuring 2 00 000 people
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E T H I C S• Presupposes understanding of
Human Nature & Values
• Values provide us with a
Unique, Personal & Moral
Template to others & ourselves
• Values – an inbuilt mechanism
that distinguishes right from
wrong
NEED TO TEACH ETHICS !!• Growing concern on deteriorating
values ( deviation from right )
• Justification of Wrong Actions
• Scale & Power of Technology
reached alarming heights
• “Ethical Fitness” is the need of
the hour
• Trends in Student Violence &
cynicism ( lack of moral values )
• Quality of work – life in any
organization greatly
influenced by Ethical & moral
values prevalent in that
organization
• Decision making purely
depends on “Purity” of Mind
W H A T T O T E A C HI N E T H I C S ?
• To start with, “Moral Values”
• Right & Wrong
• Commercially Right &
Ethically Wrong
• Problem Solving
• Decision Making ( Correct )
V I R T U E S E X P E C T E D o r
T O B E D E V E L O P E D • Right Conduct (Tool of
Body)
• Peace ( Tool of Mind )
• Truth
• Love
• Non – Violence
WHAT YOUNG PEOPLE SHALL BE TRAINED TO DO ?!
• See the world through the lens of
Ethics
• Understand Right & Wrong
• Learn to tackle Difficult Right vs
Right Ethical dilemmas
• Understand the Growing
importance of Ethics in a
technology driven world