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Tech Civil Engineering
L T P C
III Year – II Semester MANDATORY COURSE
PROFESSIONAL ETHICS AND HUMAN 0 0 0 0
VALUES
(MC3201) (a)
Course Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course the students will be able to:
1. Identify and analyze an ethical issue in the subject matter under investigation or in a relevant
field
2. Identify the multiple ethical interests at stake in a real-world situation or practice
3. Articulate what makes a particular course of action ethically defensible
4. Assess their own ethical values and the social context of problems
5. Identify ethical concerns in research and intellectual contexts, including academic integrity, use
and citation of sources, the objective presentation of data, and the treatment of human subjects
Course Articulation Matrix:
CO PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9 PO10 PO11 PO12 PSO1 PSO2 PSO3
CO1 - - - - - 2 - 2 2 - - - - - -
CO2 - - - - - 2 - 2 2 - - - - - -
CO3 - - - - - 2 - 2 2 - - - - - -
CO4 - - - - - 2 - 2 2 - - - - - -
CO5 - - - - - 2 - 2 2 - - - - - -
Syllabus:
UNIT I: Human Values: Morals, Values and Ethics, Integrity, Work Ethics, Service Learning,
Civic Virtue, Respect for others, Living Peacefully, Caring, Sharing, Honesty Courage, Value time,
Co-operation, Commitment, Empathy, Self-confidence, Spirituality, Character.
UNIT II: Engineering Ethics: The History of Ethics-Purposes for Engineering Ethics- Engineering
Ethics-Consensus and Controversy –Professional and Professionalism – Professional Roles to be
played by an Engineer –Self Interest, Customs and Religion-Uses of Ethical Theories-Professional
Ethics-Types of Inquiry – Engineering and Ethics-Kohlberg‗s Theory – Gilligan‗s Argument –
Heinz‗s Dilemma.
UNIT III: Engineering as Social Experimentation: Comparison with Standard Experiments,
Knowledge gained, Conscientiousness, Relevant Information, Learning from the Past, Engineers
as Managers, Consultants, and Leaders, Accountability, Role of Codes, Codes and Experimental
Nature of Engineering.
UNIT IV: Engineers‟ Responsibility for Safety and Risk: Safety and Risk, Concept of Safety,
Types of Risks, Voluntary v/s Involuntary Risk- Short term v/s Long term Consequences- Expected
Probability- Reversible Effects- Threshold Levels for Risk- Delayed v/s Immediate Risk- Safety
and the Engineer – Designing for Safety – Risk-Benefit Analysis-Accidents.
UNIT V: Engineers‟ Responsibilities and Rights: Collegiality-Techniques for Achieving
Collegiality –Two Senses of Loyalty-obligations of Loyalty-misguided Loyalty –
professionalism and Loyalty- Professional Rights –Professional Responsibilities – confidential and
proprietary information-Conflict of Interest-solving conflict problems – Self- interest, Customs and
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Religion- Ethical egoism-Collective bargaining-Confidentiality- Acceptance of Bribes/Gifts-when is
a Gift and a Bribe-examples of Gifts v/s Bribes-problem solving-interests in other companies-
Occupational Crimes-industrial espionage-price fixing- endangering lives- Whistle Blowing-types
of whistle blowing-when should it be attempted- preventing whistle blowing.
Global Issues: Globalization- Cross-culture Issues-Environmental Ethics- Computer Ethics-
computers as the instrument of Unethical behaviour-computers as the object of Unethical Acts-
autonomous computers-computer codes of Ethics-Weapons
Development- Ethics and Research-Analyzing Ethical Problems in Research-Intellectual Property
Rights.
Text Books:
1. Engineering Ethics and Human Values, M. Govindarajan, S. Natarajan and V. S. Senthil
Kumar-PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd-2009
2. Professional Ethics and Morals, A. R. Aryasri, Dharanikota Suyodhana-Maruthi
Publications
3. Professional Ethics and Human Suyodhana-MaruthiPublications
4. Professional Ethics and Human Values, A. Alavudeen, R. Kalil Rahman and M.
Jayakumaran- Laxmi Publications
5. Professional Ethics and Human Values, D. R. Kiran
6. Indian Culture, Values and Professional Ethics, PSR Murthy-BS Publication
7. Ethics in Engineering, Mike W. Martin and Roland Schinzinger – Tata McGraw-Hill
– 2003.
8. Engineering Ethics, Harris, Pritchard and Rabins, CENGAGE Learning, IndiaEdition,2009.
