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What is a profession?

• A profession is a vocation founded upon specialised educational training, the purpose of which is to supply counsel and service to others, for a direct and definite compensation

• A profession is a group that claims special knowledge or expertise, warrants special privileges and trust from the public

• A profession is a vocation founded upon general educational training, the purpose of which is to supply counsel and service to others, for a direct and definite compensation

• A profession is a group that claims general knowledge, warrants special privileges and trust from the public

What of the 2 fits the description of professional engineer more?

• Is a registered P.E. or given authority to certify work carried out

• Performs engineering work

• Acts in a morally responsible way while practicing engineering

• Has a bachelor’s degree in engineering from an accredited school

What is the essence of your engineering career?

• Build products

• Develop processes

• As engineers we don’t just build things and develop processes. We build things and make processes in order to improve life.

• In order to make society better we have to reflect constantly on the products and processes that we make.

What is the 2 main reason on why ethics is part of engineering?

• Engineers need to be socially responsible when building products and processes for society. Social Responsibility requires taking into consideration the needs of society.

• Is a set of law for engineers to follow

• help to guide us in decision making

• Social responsibility requires professional responsibility (duties and obligations on us individually).

Which of the follow is true for technical and ethical responsibilities of engineers?

• Most of an engineer’s education focuses on technical matters, that is “how to do things right”, and most of engineer’s professional practice is devoted to applying this technical knowledge in service to the need of society.

• Engineers just need either technical or ethical responsibilities to be able to resolve conflicts

• another important element of both education and practice involves ethics, or “how to do the right thing”.

• Engineers are often placed into conflict situations – they need to be able to resolve conflicts in an ethical manner

What is true about engineering ethics?

• Engineering is a profession serving society.

• These responsibilities are expressed in a code of ethics which all engineers (as other professionals) are expected to follow.

• Ethical responsibilities are placed on engineers because they provide services or make judgments that are not easily understood by the general public (because of their high technical nature).

• Clients must trust an engineer’s professional judgment.

What is Etiquette?

• Rules of acceptable personal behaviour and courtesy when interacting with others in a social setting.

• Table manner, dress codes, seating arrangements, party manner

• moral principles that govern a person's behaviour or the conducting of an activity.

• Violation doesn’t cause jail term, but can hurt professionalism

What is law?

• A system of rules and punishments clearly defined and established by a society to maintain a safe and orderly social environment

• Established by authority, society, or custom

• Violations carry penalties and could be arbitrary, such as drinking age

• Legal rights are “just claims” given to all human within a government jurisdiction, and/or by constitution

What is morality?

• A code or system of rules defining moral behaviour for a particular society.

• Personal rules of right and wrong behaviour derived from a person’s upbringing, religious beliefs, and societal influences

• Morality – making choices with reasons (Ethics – the study of HOW the choices are made)

• A system of rules and punishments clearly defined and established by a society to maintain a safe and orderly social environment

what is Ethics?

• A code or system of rules defining moral behaviour for a particular society.

• Ethics is the study of the morality of human actions

• Ethics is the study of the morality of human actions. Most professional societies have written codes of ethics.

• One requires strength of character to behave in an ethical manner.