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Professional Ethics

Dr: Abdelnaser Nafeh


By: Hazem said lotfy

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1.What are Issues Pertaining to Ethical Problem Solving?
❑ Factual Issues
▪What the “facts” really are is often a point of contention - are the facts truly
known?
❑ Conceptual Issues
▪ Pertain to the meaning of actions
▪ Is a gift intended to influence a decision?
▪ Should certain information be regarded as proprietary?
❑Moral Issues
▪ Once factual and conceptual issues have been resolved, the moral issue
in dispute often becomes apparent

2.What about Conflicts and their Resolution in Ethical Issues?


❑ Conflicts are situations which present a choice between two or more
moral values, each of which has its own merits.
❑ Three possible solution scenarios:
➢ Choose the ethical value which is stronger (health and safety of public
versus duty toward employer).
➢ Find a creative middle ground usually involving a compromise agreed
upon by all parties.
➢ When all else fails, make the best choice possible based on available
information.

3.When does Gifts becomes a Bribe in Ethical Issues?


Bribery: Something offered or given to someone in position of trust in order to
induce him/her to act dishonestly.
Where is the line which separates appropriate and inappropriate gifts?
Look for answers in written company policy and ethical codes.

4.How are ethics and law related?


The law consists of a set of institutionalized rules and regulations that govern
society and are designed to maintain order. Designed to protect its citizens and
enforce punishment for individuals who break the law. Ethics, on the other
hand, is subjective and consists of internal principles that guide individual
action. Ethical behavior is dictated by an individual’s internal moral compass,
value system and personal integrity. These characteristics define a person’s
understanding of what is fundamentally good and right, and guide how that
person will make decisions and behave in challenging situations.

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5.What about Plagiarism and Cheating?
1. Many components go into being a good engineering student.
2. One of the most important, as reflected by the codes of ethics for engineers,
is to be competent in your field of engineering.
3. To be competent, it is necessary that one actually knows what they claim to
know.
4. Proving to others that you know what you are supposed to know requires
certification through a degree.

6.What about Cheating and Teamwork?


• Working on a team for an assigned project is not cheating.
• However, failing to do your assigned task on a team project is a form of
cheating. It is called free riding, which is benefiting from the work of others
without doing any work of your own.
• Teamwork is important in engineering, but free riding is wrong, since if
everyone did it nothing would get done

7.What about Risk, Safety, and Accidents in an Engineering Ethics?


The most important duty of an engineer is to protect the safety and wellbeing
of the public ❑Definitions
▪ Safety – Freedom from damage, injury, or risk
▪ Risk – The possibility of suffering harm or loss. Similar to danger
❑The definitions of safety and risk are linked
▪ We engage in risky behavior when we do something that is unsafe ▪
Something is unsafe if it involves substantial risk.

8.What about Safety” and “free of risk” in an Engineering Ethics?


❑ Voluntary versus involuntary risk
❑ Short-term versus long-term consequences
❑ Expected probability
❑ Reversible effects
❑ Delayed versus immediate effects.

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