Professional Engineering Ethics
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Professional Engineering Ethics Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Professional Engineering Ethics (subject code 3152908) as prescribed for Textile Tech. · Semester 5 divides the course into 6 units, covering 5 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (3152908)Unit 1 HUMAN VALUES
- Morals and Ethics - Honesty - Integrity - Values - Work Ethic - Civic Virtue - Respect for Others - Living Peacefully - Caring and Sharing - Self-Confidence - Courage - Co- operation - Commitment - Empathy
Unit 2 ENGINEERING ETHICS AND PROFESSIONALISM
- Scope of 'Engineering Ethics'- Variety of moral issues - Types of inquiry - Accepting and sharing responsibility - Ethical dilemmas - Moral autonomy - Kohlberg's and Gilligan's theory – Consensus and controversy - Profession and Professionalism - Models of Professional Roles - Right action theories - Senses of corporate responsibility - Codes of ethics: Importance - justification - limitation - Abuse
Unit 3 ENGINEERING AS SOCIAL EXPERIMENTATION
- Engineering as experimentation - Engineers as responsible experimenters - Balanced outlook on law - Cautious optimism - Safety and risk - Assessing and reducing risk - Safe exits - The Challenger case study - Bhopal Gas Tragedy - The Three Mile Island and Chernobyl
Unit 4 WORKPLACE RESPONSIBILITIES AND RIGHTS
- Fundamental Rights - Responsibilities and Duties of Indian Citizens - Teamwork - Ethical corporate climate - Collegiality and loyalty - Managing conflict - Respect for authority - Collective bargaining - Confidentiality - Conflicts of interest - Occupational crime - Professional rights - Employee rights
Unit 5 GLOBAL ISSUES
- Multinational corporations: Technology transfer and appropriate technology - International