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Professional Ethics
1. Define Engineering Ethics.
2. Why is it important for engineering students to study engineering ethics?
3. What are the ethical principles for students?
4. List the approaches to engineering ethics
5. Where and how do moral problems arise in engineering?
6. List the types of inquiry
7. What are the moral rights essential for engineers to fulfill their professional
obligations?
8. What is a profession and professional?
9. What does it mean when codes of ethics say engineers should protect the safety,
health and welfare of the public?
10. Why study engineering ethics?
11. What are moral dilemmas?
12. What do you mean by moral autonomy?
13. Differentiate profession and professionalism.
14. What do code of ethics exhibit?
15. Why does engineering have to be viewed as an experimental process?
16. State some issues on engineering ethics.
17. How do engineering ethics differ from general ethics?
18. What are the objectives of ethics?
19. What are the roles of engineers in engineering societies?
20. What are the characteristics of a good engineer?
21. Explain the scope of engineering ethics.
22. Define morality.
23. How do moral problems arise in engineering?
24. What is the need of moral autonomy in the field of engineering ethics?
25. What are the attributes of a profession?
26. What are the pleasures offered by engineering?
27. What is meant by professional responsibility?
28. How can professionalism be achieved?
29 What is the significance of ethics in engineering profession?
29. What are the basic goals of engineering ethics?
30. Define engineering ethics.
31. What are the applications of engineering ethics in decision making?
32. Define ethics and morals
33. What is the purpose of studying engineering ethics?
34. How ethics in engineering differ from ethics of engineers?
35. Mention the various senses of ethics.
36. Differentiate moral and ethics.
37. What are moral reasons?
38. Give any four technical judgments of an engineer.
39. Give any four moral aspects of an engineer.
40. What are the technical functions of an engineer that require involvement in ethical
decisions?
41. Differentiate between Micro-ethics and Macro-ethics in engineering.
42. Explain briefly how moral issues are related to:
Organization
Environment
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43. Explain how an engineers morality is related to:
(i). Finance
(ii). Competitor
(iii). Government.
44. What are the three types of inquiries in engineering ethics?
45. What is normative inquiry? Give an example.
46. What are conceptual inquiries?
47. Define factual inquiries.
48. Under what situation moral dilemma occurs?
49. What are moral dilemmas?
50. What are the types of moral dilemmas?
51. What is conflicting reasons or role conflict?
52. What do you mean by problems of disagreement?
53. What are the steps for confronting moral dilemmas?
54. What are the factors influencing the moral concern.
55. What is moral autonomy?
56. What are the three levels of moral development in Kohlbergs theory?
57. What is conventional level of moral development?
58. What are the difficulties in Kohlbergs theory?
59. What are the concepts of Pre-conventional level and conventional level in Gilligans
theory?
60. How one is able to become morally responsible?
61. What is Gilligan theory?
62. What are consensus and controversy?
63. What is the relationship between moral autonomy and authority?
64. Define profession and professionalism.
65. Mention the two basic criteria for the Professional engineers.
66. What are professional responsibilities?
67. Explain professional organization
68. What are the obstacles or impediments to responsibility in profession?
69. Define engineer as savior.
70. Is professionalism based on virtues?
71. What are the types of virtues?
72. What are the types of theories about virtues?
73. What do you mean by public spirited virtues?
74. What is moral integrity?
75. What are the components of self respect?
76. What is accountability?
77. What do you mean by ethical egoism?
78. What is honesty in beliefs?
79. What is honesty in acts?
80. What is honesty in speech?
81. Differentiate self esteem and self respect.
82. What are the senses of responsibility?
83. Differentiate casual responsibility and legal responsibility.
84. What are the Rawls two principles?
85. What is ethical egoism?
86. What is paradox of happiness?
87. Define ethical pluralism and ethical relativism.
88. Write any three uses of ethical theories.
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125. What are the important differences between engineering and standard
experiments?
126. What are the factors that make it appropriate to view engineering projects as
experiments?
127. What is monitoring?
128. What is the responsibility of a manager?
129. What is the responsibility of a scientist?
130. How do you describe informed consent?
131. What are the conditions for valid consent?
132. What is the specific role of informed consent in engineering experimentation?
133. What are the salient features of informed consent in engineering experimentation?
134. What are the moral responsibilities of engineers to society?
135. What is conscientiousness in terms of engineers as responsible experimenters?
136. Bring out the role of conscientiousness in professional engineering.
137. How engineering could be regarded as preventive technology?
138. What are the attitudes followed in defensive engineering?
139. What are the general features of morally responsible engineers?
140. What are the possible threats and obstacles to an engineer?
141. What is the responsibility of an engineer?
142. Mention the role or moral autonomy in professional engineering.
143. How professional societies are actively associated with moral autonomy of
engineers?
144. What is accountability?
145. What is the primary reason that caused the failure of space shuttle praogramme
Challenger?
146. Name the aerospace experts and scientists who were associated with the
launching of Challenger.
147. What is the statement of Jerry Mason in the Challenger case?
148. How exactly the tragic collapse of Challenger space shuttle took place?
149. Name some of the safety issues concerned with the launching of Challenger.
150. Mention about the significance of teleconference held before the launching of
Challenger.
151. What are the roles played by cods of ethics?
152. What is the responsibility of a stockholder?
153. What are the different types of the industrial standards?
154. What are the advantages of following industrial standards?
155. Define code of ethics.
156. What are the positive aspects of code of ethics?
157. Name some of the important code of ethics published by engineering societies.
158. What are the benefits derived by engineers out of ethics?
159. Mention a few limitations of ethical codes.
160. What is the responsibility of a consumer?
161. Give two examples for learning from the past.
162. What is the significance of industrial codes?
163. What is the proper role of law in engineering?
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1. What are the three different levels of moral development suggested by Kholberg?
The three different levels of moral development as suggested by Kholberg are;
i) Pre-conventional ii) Conventional and iii) Post-conventional.
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3. Mention the five widely used tests for evaluating ethical theories.
The five widely used tests for evaluating ethical theories are: i) The theory must be
clear and logical. The concept of the theory should be formulated to enhance
applicability. ii) The theory should be consistent with its principles. The principles of
the same theory should not contradict each other. iii) The theory and its defense
should rely only upon facts, truths and correct information. iv) The theory should be
adequately complete so that to provide guidance for our required specific situations.
v) The theory should be well-matched with moral convictions such as judgments and
intutions about concrete situations.
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Define Ethics.
The term ethics is derived from the Greek word Ethos, which means customs.
Ethics are the study of the characteristics of morals. It concerned with what is wrong
and what is right.
What is the meaning of Safety?
Safety means being in the safe state. i.e. Protected from harm and danger. It is
defined by William W. Lowrence as A thing is safe if its risks are judged to be
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Define Risk.
Risk can be defined as a potential that is something unwanted and harmful may
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It is the possibility of suffering harm or loss.
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Define Confidentiality.
Confidentiality is the obligation of keeping certain information of employer/client
secret or confidential. It is one of the external responsibilities of Engineer.
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What is contextualism?
In accordance to Gilligan women try hard to preserve personal relationship will all
people. This context-oriented emphasis on maintaining personal relationship is
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as ethics of care in contrast with ethics of rules and rights.
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1. Explain the skills needed to handle problems about moral issues in engineering
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Adult moral concern can be evoked on specific occasions by any number of
influences such as: friends, politicians, social events, novels, movies, family and role
model etc. The main goal of the engineering ethics is to improve the ability to reflect
critically on moral issues. This is accomplished by improving various practical skills that
will help produce effective independent thought about moral issues. The following skills
are needed to handle the moral issues in the engineering ethics:
1. Proficiency in recognizing moral problems and issues to differentiate
and relate the problems in law, economics, religious doctrine, description
in science etc.
2. Skill in comprehending, clarifying and assessing arguments of the
opposing sides of moral issues.
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1. The engineering projects like the experiments are carried out in partial
uncertainties. They include in the:
Design calculations
Exact properties of raw materials used
Constancies of materials processing and fabrication and
Nature of working of the final product
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5. Discuss on the roles played by the codes of ethics set by professional societies.
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13. Describe the moral threats posed by the revolutionized communication using
computers to the right to privacy.
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14. Describe the concept of environmental ethics with a case study.
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18. Discuss the importance of Duty ethics and Virtues in engineering profession.
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22. Explain the various measures for assessing and reducing Risk.
23. Discuss the concept of safety exists in the Chernobyl Case Studies.
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24. Define the Collective Bargaining. Explain the role of collective bargaining in
workplace rights and responsibilities.
25. How will you apply confidentiality for avoiding harmful conflicts of interest in
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26. Is there any relationship among Engineering, Ecology and Economics? Discuss.
27. Explain the issues related to computer ethics and internet with personal experience.
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28. What is spirituality? How spirituality is promoted in work place? What are spiritual
traits to be developed for excellence in corporate activities?
29. Define virtues. List the types of virtues with suitable example for each.?
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31. Discuss Kohlbergs model of moral development and Glligan theory of moral
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32. Define Self Respect.
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34. In the Challenger Disaster, examine if and how the principal actors behaved as
responsible experimenters.
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37. Discuss the notion of safe exit using evacuation plans for communities near nuclear
power plants or chemical processing plants.
38. Discuss on the ways and means of reducing occupational crimes in industries.
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