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DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
COURSE PLAN
Sub. Code : GE 6075

Branch / Year / Sem : B.E

MECH/III/V
Sub.Name : PROFESSIONAL ETHICS IN ENGINEERING

Batch

COURSE OBJECTIVE
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

To enable the students to create an awareness on Engineering Ethics and Human Values.
To insist Moral and Social Values, Loyalty and to appreciate the rights of others.
To develop their personality with relevant to the globalization environment.
To enhance individual and social integrity with relevant to national &international.
To improve their level of Tolerance as of the need.

TEXT BOOKS
T1. Mike W. Martin and Roland Schinzinger, Ethics in Engineering, Tata
McGraw Hill,
New Delhi, 2003.
T2. Govindarajan M, Natarajan S, Senthil Kumar V. S, Engineering Ethics,
Prentice Hall of
India, New Delhi, 2004.
REFERENCE BOOKS
R1. Charles B. Fleddermann, Engineering Ethics, Pearson Prentice Hall,
New Jersey, 2004.
R2.
Charles E. Harris, Michael S. Pritchard and Michael J. Rabins,
Engineering Ethics
Concepts and Cases, Cengage Learning, 2009
R3.
John R Boatright, Ethics and the Conduct of Business, Pearson
Education, New Delhi,
2003
R4. Edmund G Seebauer and Robert L Barry, Fundametals of Ethics for
Scientists and
Engineers, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2001
R5. Laura P. Hartman and Joe Desjardins, Business Ethics: Decision Making
for Personal
Integrity and Social Responsibility Mc Graw Hill education, India Pvt.
Ltd.,New Delhi
2013.
R6.
World Community Service Centre, " Value Education", Vethathiri
publications, Erode,
2011
R7. Jayshree Suresh and B.S Raghavan, Human Values and Professional
Ethics, S.CHANDPEE

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Second Edition-2007.
WEB RESOURCES
W1. http://www.onlineethics.org/Education.aspx (Topic.No:10,28)
W2. www. http://www.nspe.org/resources/ethics/code-ethics (Topic.No:1-34)
W3.www.http://www.globalethics.org/?gclid=CKr4kanCwMUCFVUnjgodEE4Aaw
(Topi
c.No:39,40)
W4. http://www.ethics.org/ (Topic.No:33)

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Topi
c No

Topic

UNIT I
(10)
1. Morals, values and
Ethics
2. Integrity Work ethic

3. Service learning
Civic virtue
4. Respect for others
Living peacefully
5.
6.

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for
Referen
ce

Page
No.

Teaching
Methodolo
gy

No. of
Hours
Require
d

Cumulati
ve No. of
periods

HUMAN VALUES
R3

19-21

BB

T1

43-45

BB

DEMO

T1

46-47

BB

Caring Sharing

T2;R7

55-57;56

BB

Honesty Courage

T1

44-45

BB

Valuing time
R7
6-7
BB
1
7
Cooperation
8. Commitment
R7
7-8
BB
1
8
Empathy
9. Self confidence
T1
62-66
BB
1
9
Character
Spirituality
Introduction to Yoga
and
10.
PPT
1
10
meditation for
W1
professional
excellence and stress
management.
LEARNING OUTCOME
At the end of unit, students should be able to
Understand the basic terms of Morals, Values and Ethics.
Examine relationship between the above mentioned terms.
Understand how principles of ethics are related to Human Values.
Identify the different human values and understand its importance.
UNIT II
ENGINEERING ETHICS
(9)
11. Senses of
T1
2-5
BB
1
11
Engineering Ethics
12. Variety of moral
T1
5-9
BB
1
12
issues Types of
inquiry
13. Moral dilemmas
T1
16-18
BB
1
13
Moral
Autonomy
14. Kohlbergs theory
T1
18-23
BB
1
14
7.

15. Gilligans theory

T2

43-45

BB

15

16. Consensus and

T1

22-23

BB

16

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Controversy
17. Models of

T1

32-33

BB

17

R7

33-34

BB

18

R3

206208

BB

19

professional roles
18. Theories about right

action Self-interest
19. Customs and

Religion Uses of
Ethical Theories

LEARNING OUTCOME
At the end of unit, students should be able to
Understand the concepts of Engineering Ethics.
Identify Types of Inquiry.
Known about Moral dilemmas.
Outline Theories of Moral Development- Kohlberg & Gilligan.
To understand the concept of Self interest.
UNIT III
ENGINEERING AS SOCIAL EXPERIMENTATION
(9)
20. Engineering as
R1
15-19
BB
2
21
Experimentation
21. Engineers as
R1
83-87
BB
2
23
responsible
Experimenters
22. Codes of Ethics
R1
20-24
BB
3
26
23. A Balanced Outlook

T1

113-

BB

28

No. of
Hours
Require
d

Cumulati
ve No. of
periods

114
on Law
LEARNING OUTCOME
At the end of unit, students should be able to
To understand what is Social Experimentation?
Role of Code Ethics.
Importance of Law.
The Challenger Case Study.
Topi
c No

Topic

UNIT IV
(9)
24. Safety and Risk
Assessment of Safety
and Risk
25. Risk Benefit Analysis
and Reducing Risk
26. Respect for Authority
Collective
Bargaining
27. Confidentiality

Books
for
Referen
ce

Teaching
Methodolo
gy

SAFETY, RESPONSIBILITIES AND RIGHTS

T1& W1

129133

BB

29

T1

153161
87-89
202204

BB

30

208212
216221
224-

BB

32

BB

33

BB

34

T2;T1

T1

28. Conflicts of Interest

T1& W1

29. Occupational Crime

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30. Professional Rights

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R1

226
90-92

BB

35

BB

36

BB

37

Employee Rights
31. Intellectual Property

R3

Rights (IPR)
32. Discrimination

T1

393396
273276

LEARNING OUTCOME
At the end of unit, students should be able to
Understand the concept of safety and risk.
Analyze- Three Mile Case Study.
Know the responsibilities of engineers as employees.
Know the rights employee engineer.
UNIT V
GLOBAL ISSUES
(8)
33. Multinational

R3 & W4

Corporations
34. Environmental Ethics

T1

35. Computer Ethics

R7

36. Weapons

T1

Development
Engineers as
Managers
37. Consulting Engineers
Engineers as
Expert Witnesses
and Advisors
38. Moral Leadership
39. Code of Conduct
40. Corporate Social

424426
304318
157159
332338

BB

38

BB

39

BB

40

BB

41

T1

359365

BB

42

T1

375382
156162
384393

BB

43

BB

44

R3&W3

BB
1
R3&W3
Responsibility
LEARNING OUTCOME
At the end of unit, students should be able to
Acquire knowledge about Multinational Corporations
Understand the ethical issues and issues related to environment.
Aware of tools for solving international ethical issues.
Aware of code of ethics of national & international associations.
Aware of Engineers Bill, 2003.

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COURSE OUTCOME
At the end of the course, the students will be able to
Budding Engineers can bride of their profession.
They can understand their social responsibilities.
They can evolve the human values.
Engineers can feel the strength of integrity.
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Graduates can
exposures.

upgrade

themselves

according

to

the

Industrial

CONTENT BEYOND THE SYLLABUS

1. Case studies Ethical Problem Solving Techniques.

A state-of-the-ArtTermination.

INTERNAL ASSESSMENT DETAILS

ASST. NO.

II

Topic Nos.
1-15
16-23
Date
ASSIGNMENT DETAILS
ASSIGNMENT
Topic Nos for reference
Deadline

MODE
L
1-40

II

1-15
13-07-15

ASSIGNMENT I (10)
Descriptive Questions
1.Write a short notes on the

1-40
10-08-15 & 15-09-15

ASSIGNMENT II (20)
1. Discuss and demonstrate the various human

following terms:

values and in what way it will help engineers

a. Work Ethics.

by

b. Honesty.

performance?

c. Civic Virtue.
the

following

terms:
a. Empathy.

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2. What are codes of ethics? State and explain

d. Caring and Sharing.

2.Define

analyzing

the functions of codes of ethics. In what

ways the engineering societies can promote
ethics-define and demonstrate.
3. What are the safety measures you have

b. Commitment.

learnt from Bhopal and Chernobyl case

c. Integrity.

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d. Moral Dilemmas.

style.

3. Explain the Kohlbergs 4. Write brief notes on Intellectual Property

Theory in detail.

Rights (IPR) and explain different types of

rights of Engineers? And give a lecture on

4.Define the variety of

moral

IPR.
5. Write briefly & demonstrate on:

issues with examples.

5.

Explain

the

a.

Gilligans

Theory

b.

Engineers
with example
as good managers.
c.
Engineers with social responsibilities.

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Faculty experience in handling / covering syllabus
Unit I

Unit II :
Unit III :
Unit IV :
Unit V

Difficulties (if any)

Feedback on University Question Paper

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GENERAL GUIDELINES
Course Objectives are brief, clear statements that describe the
desired learning of instruction; i.e., the specific skills, values, and
attitudes students are intended to acquire. Three learning objectives
are
What do you want your graduates to know?
What do you want your graduates to think or care about?,
What do you want your graduates to be able to do?
Learning Outcome are set of statements setting out what the
participants should be able to do / understand by the end of the Unit.
Learning Outcomes are statements that describe significant and
essential learning that learners have achieved, and can reliably
demonstrate at the end of a course or program
Learning outcome muse be clear and precise, learner-oriented, realistic
and achievable. (Words such as State, Describe, Explain, Use, Identify,
Analyze, Compare, Demonstrate, Plan, Develop can be used)
Course Outcome are set of
statements setting out what the
participants should be able to do / understand at the end of the course.
Teaching Methodology includes
o BB
- Black board
o GL
- Guest Lecture
o CBT - Computer Based
o IV
- Industrial visit
Tutorial
based
o PPT - Power Point
learning
o
CS
- Case study
o V
- Video
o Tut
- Tutorial
o Demo- Demonstration
o NPTEL- National
o OHP - Over Head
Programme
Projector
on
usage
Technology
(OHP slides)
Enabled
o Sem - Seminar
Learning
Minimum of 1 NPTEL class per course should be included and
executed.
Assignment dates shall be fixed in consent with all 6 subject faculties
so as to give equal time slot balance for the students. Assignment dates
should be prior to Assessment & Model Exams.
Course plan Pages 1 to 6 shall be included in Question bank
Review sheet is experience summary sheet to be included in the
course file for future reference (staff has to fill in the sheet after
completing the course) & need not be included in Question Bank.
Updated Question Bank shall be given appropriate version numbers
GUIDELINES FOR ASSIGNMENT
1. Student Groups shall be formed (Eg. Class strength :50, each group
comprising 10 members, totaling 5 groups). As per the number of
groups, Assignment question I, II has to be identified by faculty. (5
groups means, 5 questions for Assignment I, II). Group 1 shall be
allotted Qn 1 from Assignment I & Qn. 1 from Assignment II and
likewise the other groups.
2. For Assignment I, each group has to attend 1 question in detail (Min. of
8 pages). Marks will be credited for Assessment I.

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3. For Assignment II, as per the specification mentioned student groups

has to develop model/simulate the assigned task. Work has to
documented individually (Title, Objective, Description, Requirement,
Implementation details, Inference).
4. Award of marks :Document-05, Presentation-05, Demo-10
5. Marks secured in Document, Presentation will be credited for
Assessment-II.
6. Work has to be Demonstrated to the faculty in-charge for award of
marks & credited for Model exam.
7. Progress of Assignment II will be monitored through faculty-batch
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