PROFESSIONAL ETHICS AND HUMAN VALUES

ANNA UNIVERSITY TIRUCHIRAPPALLI
Tiruchirappalli - 620 024 Regulations 2007
Syllabus B.E. COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
SEMESTER VIII
PROFESSIONAL ETHICS AND HUMAN VALUES
(Common to Biomedical, CSE and ECE)

UNIT I HUMAN VALUES 10
Morals − Values and ethics − Integrity − Work ethic − Service learning − Civic virtue − Respect for
others − Living peacefully − Caring − Sharing − Honesty − Courage − Valuing Time − Co-operation −
Commitment − Empathy − Self-Confidence − Character − Spirituality.

UNIT II ENGINEERING ETHICS 9
Senses of engineering ethics − Variety of moral issued − Types of inquiry − Moral dilemmas − Moral
autonomy − Kohlberg's theory − Gilligan's theory − Consensus and controversy − Models of
professional roles − Theories about right action − Self-interest − Customs and religion − Uses of
ethical theories.

UNIT III ENGINEERING AS SOCIAL EXPERIMENTATION 9
Engineering as experimentation − Engineers as responsible experimenters − Codes of ethics −
Balanced outlook on law − Challenger case study.

UNIT IV SAFETY- RESPONSIBILITIES AND RIGHTS 9
Safety and risk − Assessment of safety and risk − Risk benefit analysis and reducing risk − Three mile
island and chernobyl case studies − Collegiality and loyalty − Respect for authority − Collective
bargaining − Confidentiality − Conflicts of interest − Occupational crime − Professional rights −
Employee rights − Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) − Discrimination.

UNIT V GLOBAL ISSUES 8
Multinational corporations − Environmental ethics − Computer ethics weapons development −
Engineers as managers − Consulting engineers − Engineers as expert witnesses and advisors − Moral
Leadership − Sample code of ethics like ASME- ASCE − IEEE- Institution of engineers (India) −
Indian institute of materials management − Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication
Engineers (IETE)-India- Etc.

Total: 45
TEXT BOOKS
1. Mike Martin and Roland Schinzinger, “Ethics in Engineering”, McGraw Hill, 1996.
2. Govindarajan M., Natarajan S. and Senthil Kumar V.S, “Engineering Ethics”, Prentice Hall of
India, 2004.

REFERENCES
1. Charles D. Fleddermann, “Engineering Ethics”, Pearson Education/ Prentice Hall, 2004.
2. Charles E. Harris, Michael S. Protchard and Michael J Rabins, “Engineering Ethics −Concepts
and Cases”, Wadsworth Thompson Learning, 2000.
3. John R. Boatright, “Ethics and the Conduct of Business”, Pearson Education, 2003.
4. Edmund G. Seebauer and Robert L. Barry, “Fundamentals of Ethics for Scientists and
Engineers”, Oxford University Press, 2001.

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