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Engineering Ethics --------------------------
ENGR 300 Dept. of Computer Science and
Engineering University of Bridgeport, CT 06601
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Coverage
  • Ethics -- Everyday Life
  • Professional Ethics -- Why
  • Codes of Ethics
  • Ethics Check Questions
  • The Five Ps
  • Case Study -- The Christmas Gift
  • Case Study -- Rigging the Bidding
  • Ethics Summary

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Ethics -- Everyday Life
  • Principles to guide actions
  • what is good and bad or right and wrong or with
    moral duty and obligation (Web.3rd.Intl.)
  • Major religions, humanistic principles

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Professional Ethics -- Why?
  • Professional societies generally
  • Example
  • IEEE Code
  • of Ethics

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Professional Ethics -- IEEE Code
  • 1. To accept responsibility in making
    engineering decisions consistent with the safety,
    health, and welfare of the public, and to
    disclose promptly factors that might endanger the
    public or the environment.

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Professional Ethics -- IEEE Code
  • 2. To avoid real or perceived conflicts of
    interest whenever possible, and to disclose them
    to affected parties when they do exist.
  • 3. To be honest and realistic in stating claims
    or estimates based on available data.
  • 4. To reject bribery in all its forms.

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Professional Ethics -- IEEE Code
  • 5. To improve the understanding of technology,
    its appropriate application, and potential
    consequences.
  • 6. To maintain and improve our technical
    competence and to undertake technological tasks
    for others only if qualified by training or
    experience, or after full disclosure of pertinent
    limitations.

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Professional Ethics -- IEEE Code
  • 7. To seek, accept, and offer honest criticism
    of technical work, to acknowledge and correct
    errors, and to credit properly the contributions
    of others.
  • 8. To treat fairly all persons regardless of such
    factors as race, religion, gender, disability,
    age, or national origin.

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Professional Ethics -- IEEE Code
  • 9. To avoid injuring others, their property,
    reputation, or employment by false or malicious
    action.
  • 10. To assist colleagues and co-workers in their
    professional development and to support them in
    following this code of ethics.

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Ethics Check Questions
  • Blanchard Peale, The Power of Ethical
    Management
  • 1. Is it legal? Will I be violating either civil
    law or company policy?
  • 2. Is it balanced? Is it fair to all concerned in
    the short term as well as the long term? Does it
    promote win-win relationships?

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Ethics Check Questions
  • 3. How will it make me feel about myself?
  • Will it make me proud?
  • Would I feel good if my decision were published
    in the newspaper?
  • Would I feel good if my family knew about it?

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The Five Ps
  • (Blanchard Peale, in Fogler LeBlanc)
  • Purpose
  • What is the objective for which you are striving?
  • Are you comfortable with that as your purpose?
  • Does your purpose hold up when you look at
    yourself in the mirror?

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The Five Ps
  • Pride
  • Can you take pride in the solution you have
    developed?
  • Is there any false pride or self-doubt involved?

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The Five Ps
  • Patience
  • Have you taken the time to think through all the
    ramifications of your solution?

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The Five Ps
  • Persistence
  • Are you sticking to your guns and not being
    dissuaded by other demands?
  • Have you given up too soon on finding a solution
    that is fair and balanced to all concerned?

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The Five Ps
  • Perspective (the hub)
  • Have you taken the time to focus inside yourself
    to be sure everything fits with your ideals and
    beliefs?
  • How does the solution fit into the Big Picture?

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The Christmas Gift
  • (Fogler LeBlanc)
  • Tom can influence selection of suppliers. He
    typically receives from ballpoint to bottle of
    liquor at Christmas.
  • This time one supplier sends expensive briefcase,
    name-stamped.

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The Christmas Gift (cont.)
  • What to do?
  • Keep the case, dont let influence
  • Keep the case, as otherwise embarrassing
  • Return the case
  • Other ...

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Rigging the Bidding
  • (Fogler LeBlanc)
  • Jill designs for a large company and needs a
    certain piece of equipment. The equipment from
    Company A is widely sold, but Jill has heard that
    its no good. She knows that the equipment from
    Company B is good though much more expensive.
    Her company uses competitive bids to decide.
    Should she insert unnecessary specifications that
    exclude A?

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Rigging the Bidding
  • The questions
  • Is Jill being ethical in using false
    specifications to circumvent company policy, even
    if she believes it is in the companys best
    interests?
  • Would you do the same if you were in Jills
    position?

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Ethics -- Summary
  • Ethics problems are where you can lose
  • Your job
  • Your career
  • Your reputation
  • Friendship
  • (or self esteem!)

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Ethics -- Summary
  • Ethics Codes
  • Help guide behavior
  • Help determine attitudes
  • Help determine legality
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