BY : JASON SONIDO REE

DEFINITION OF ETHICS
SYNONYMOUS

TO MORALITY (GOODNESS, HONESTY, DECENCY, INTEGRITY) TO MORAL VALUES THAT ARE SOUND (NORMAL), ACTIONS THAT ARE MORALLY REQUIRED (RIGHT) OR MORALLY PERMISSIBLE (ALL RIGHT), POLICIES AND LAWS THAT ARE DESIRABLE RESPECT FOR PERSONS, BOTH OTHERS AND OURSELVES. IRREGARDLESS OF AGE, GENDER (SEXUAL PREFERENCE), PROFESSION, RACE, ETC

REFERS

CONCERNS

RESPECT

ENGINEER
FROM

THE LATIN WORD INGENIUM MEANING TO

PRODUCE

CONCERNED

WITH THE SCIENTIFIC PLANNING,

DESIGN, CREATION AND ECONOMICAL OPERATION OF PHYSICAL STRUCTURES

IT

INVOLVES APPLICATION OF THE FACTUAL DATA

SYSTEMATIZED BY EVERY BRANCH OF ENGINEERING

DEFINITION OF ENGINEERING ETHICS

IS

A SET OF MORAL PRINCIPLES OR VALUES THAT GOVERN THE CONDUCT OF AN INDIVIDUAL BELONGING TO A GROUP OR PROFESSION (BASED FROM CODE
ETHICS FOR ELECTRICAL ENGNEERS RA 7920)

IS

THE STUDY OF DECISIONS, POLICIES AND VALUES THAT ARE MORALLY DESIRABLE IN ENGINEERING PRACTICE AND RESEARCH

ENGINEERING ETHICS
CONSISTS

OF THE RESPONSIBILITIES AND RIGHTS

THAT OUGHT TO BE ENDORSED BY THOSE ENGAGED IN ENGINEERING AND ALSO OF DESIRABLE IDEALS AND PERSONAL COMMITMENTS IN ENINEERING

IT

IS THE STUDY OF THE DECISIONS, POLICIES, AND

VALUES, THAT ARE MORALLY DESIRABLE IN ENGINEERING PRACTICE & RESEARCH.

WHY STUDY ENGINEERING ETHICS?

STUDY

OF ENGINEERING ETHICS STRENGTHENS ONES ABILITY TO REASON CLEARLY AND CAREFULLY ABOUT MORAL QUESTIONS MORAL AUTONOMY (SKILL AND HABIT OF THINKING RATIONALLY ABOUT ETHICAL ISSUES ON THE BASIS OF MORAL CONCERN)

INCREASES

CODES OF ETHICS
STATES

THE MORAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF ENGINEERS AS SEEN BY THE PROFESSION AND AS REPRESENTED BY A PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY

IMPORTANCE OF CODES
SERVING

AND PROTECTING THE PUBLIC

GUIDANCE INSPIRATION SHARED

STANDARDS FOR RESPONSIBLE PROFESSIONALS AND MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING AND DISCIPLINE TO THE PROFESSIONAL IMAGE

SUPPORT

EDUCATION

DETERRENCE

CONTRIBUTING

CODE OF ETHICS FOR ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS

ARTICLE ARTICLE

1 PROFESSIONAL LIFE

II RELATIONS WITH CLIENT AND EMPLOYER III RELATIONS WITH FELLOW ENGINEERS

ARTICLE

PROFESSION
IS

ANY OCCUPATION THAT PROVIDES A MEANS TO EARN A LIVING FORMS OF WORK INVOLVING
ADVANCED EXPERTISE - SKILL SELF REGULATION AUTONOMY OF PROFESSION CONCERNED SERVICE TO THE PUBLIC GOOD

THOSE

MOTIVATION OF ENGINEERS
PROFICIENCY COMPENSATION MORAL

RESPONSIBILITY
OBLIGATION

MANDATORY

ACCOUNTABLE CONSCIENTOUS BLAMEWORTHY

OR

PRAISEWORTHY

PROBLEM IN ENGINEERING ETHICS :

NEED TO CHOSE BETWEEN WHAT IS RIGHT AND WHAT IS NEEDED BETWEEN TWO EVILS CHOSE WHICH IS THE LESSER

PROBLEM IN ENGINEERING ETHICS :

STAND BY YOUR DESICION BEING RESPONSIBLE

SCENARIO1
BECAUSE

OF LINKAGE ISSUE IN THE NURSING BOARD EXAM, PRC MANDATED TO RESET THE EXAMS AND THAT ALL STUDENTS ARE GIVEN AN OPTION TO RETAKE OR NOT THE EXAM. WHAT WOULD YOU DO?

SCENARIO 2
ON

A MIDNIGHT SHIFT, A BOTCHED SOLUTION OF SODIUM CYANIDE, A REACTANT IN AN ORGANIC SYNTHESIS, IS TEMPORARILY STORED IN DRUMS FOR REPROCESSING. 2 WEEKS LATER, THE DAY SHIFT FOREPERSON CANNOT FIND THE DRUMS. MANAGER A FINDS OUT THAT THE BATCH HAS BEEN ILLEGALLY DUMPED INTO THE SANITARY SEWER. UPON INVESTIGATION (INTERNAL), HE FINDS OUT THAT NO APPARENT HARM HAS RESULTED FROM THE DUMPING. SHOULD THE MANAGER INFORM LOCAL AUTHORITIES, AS REQUIRED BY LAW IN THIS KIND OF SITUATION?

SCENARIO 3
EZ

TELECOMS, THE #1 CELLPHONE PROVIDER, SOLD MILLIONS OF LATEST CELLPHONE VERSION GLOBALLY. ENGR _____, RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CHIEF, THROUGH HIS CONTINOUS RESEARCH FOUND THAT THE LATEST VERSION EXCEEDED THE PROVIDED NOISE LEVEL STANDARD. HE THEN REPORTED HIS FINDINGS TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE COMPANY AND RECOMMENDED FOR A RECALL OF ALL THE SOLD PHONES. THE PRESIDENT REACTED THAT IT WOULD BE A GLOBAL DISASTER AND THE COMPANY MIGHT ENDURE SEVERE LOSSES OR WORSE . IF YOU ARE IN ENGRS MUECOS SHOES WHAT WOULD YOU DO?

SCENARIO 4
ENGR.

_______, MAINTENACE SUPERVISOR, AND HIS CREW IS SCHEDULED TO CONDUCT PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE OF THE PRODUCTION MACHINES. ALSO ON THAT DAY A NEWLY RECRUITED ENGR. WAS ASSIGNED TO CHECK THE 45kW WELDING MACHINE. EXCITED THE ENGR WENT TO THE MACHINE CONTROL PANEL WHEN SUDDENTLY HE WAS ELECTRCUTED AND DIED INSTANTLY. UPON INVESTIGATION IT WAS FOUND THAT THE CB FOR THE MACHINE WAS NOT ISOLATED DURING THE PROCESS OF MAINTENANCE. WHOSE TO BLAME FOR THE ACCIDENT?

 ENGINEERING

AS DEFINED BY HERBERT HOOVER, FORMER US PRESIDENT, FORMER MINING ENGINEER:

IT IS A GREAT PROFESSION. THERE IS THE FASCINATION OF WATCHING A FIGMENT OF THE IMAGINATION EMERGE THROUGH THE AID OF SCIENCE TO A PLAN ON PAPER. THEN IT MOVES TO REALIZATION IN STONE OR METAL OR ENERGY. THEN IT BRINGS JOBS AND HOMES TO MEN. THEN IT ELEVATES THE STANDARDS OF LIVING AND ADDS TO THE COMFORTS OF LIFE. THAT IS THE ENGINERS HIGH PRIVELEDGE.

THE GREAT LIABILITY OF THE ENGINEER COMPARED TO MEN OF OTHER PROFESSIONS IS THAT HIS WORKS ARE OUT IN THE OPEN WHERE ALL CAN SEE THEM. HIS ACTS, STEP BY STEP, ARE IN HARD SUBSTANCE. HE CANNOT BURY HIS MISTAKES IN THE GRAVE LIKE THE DOCTORS. HE CANNOT ARGUE THEM INTO THIN AIR OR BLAME THE JUDGE LIKE THE LAWYERS. HE CANNOT, LIKE THE ARCHTECTS, COVER HIS FAILURES WITH TREES AND VINES. HE CANNOT, LIKE THE POLITICIANS, SCREEN HIS SHORTCOMINGS BY BLAMING HIS OPPONENTS AND HOPE THAT THE PEOPLE WILL FORGET. THE ENGINEER SIMPLY CANNOT DENY THAT HE DID IT. IF HIS WORKS DO NOT WORK, HE IS DAMNED.