Ce Laws Exam 1 (Chapter 1 & 2)

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Is a foundation of professional ethics.

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Personal ethics

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It has to do with the ethical standards accepted by a professional community.

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Professional ethics

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It is about how we have to act and live as an engineer

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Engineering ethics

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It is how engineers morally act as a engineer as a professional engineer it is your obligation or responsibility

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Engineer ethics

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As a professional engineer, it is your obligation or responsibility to obey this

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NSPE Codes

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What does NSPE mean?

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National Society of Professional Engineers

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It shows you how you have to act and live as an engineer

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Engineering ethics (NSPE codes)

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It is a paid occupation, especially one that requires advanced education, characteristics and training

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Profession

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Typically requires extensive period of training, and this training is of an intellectual character

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Education

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This training based on the theory

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Education

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Have knowledge and skills that are vital to the well-being of the larger society

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Professionals

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It has a monopoly on the demand of professional services

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Professions

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Professions have monopoly in the demand of professional services, this control achieved in two ways. What are those ways?

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First, only those who have graduated from a professional school should be allowed to hold a professional title.

Secondly, influence the community that there should be a licensing system for those who want to enter the profession.

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Professionals vs. non-professionals

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1. Education

2. Have knowledge and skills that are vital to the well-being of the larger society.

3. Professions have monopoly on the demand of professional services.

4. Often have an unusual degree of autonomy in the workplace.

5. Claim to be regulated by ethical standards.

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It is the set of one’s own ethical commitments

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Personal ethics

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It is a set of moral ideals, shared by most members of a culture or society

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Common morality

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It is the set of standards adopted by professionals in so far as they see themselves acting as professionals

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Professional ethics

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What are the aims of studying ethics?

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Moral imagination

Recognizing ethical issues

Analyzing concepts

Eliciting a sense of responsibility

Addressing unclarity, uncertainty and disagreement

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MRA/EA

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To minimize the chances of being taken by surprise, engineer must exercise great imagination and considering possible alternatives and their likely consequences

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Moral imagination

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Responsibility for causing harm can be distinguished as:

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Intentionally causing harm

Negligently causing harm

Recklessly causing harm

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Knowing deliberately causing harm

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Intentionally causing harm

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Not knowing the causing harm, but failing to exercise due care

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Negligently causing harm

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Not aiming to cause harm, but acting in conscious awareness that it refers to the obligation of harm is likely to result

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Recklessly causing harm

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It refers to the obligation of professionals to use their specialized knowledge and skill in a way that benefits clients in the public, and does not violate the trust placed in them

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Responsibility

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Three types of responsibility

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Obligation-responsibility

Blame-responsibility

Role-responsibility

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It refers to the positive obligations of engineers to observe professional standards, and even go beyond them

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Obligation-responsibility

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It refers to responsibility for harmful action

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Blame-responsibility

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It refers to being in a role with certain responsibilities, so that one has obligation responsibilities, and can also be blamed for harm

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Role-responsibility

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Three basic attitudes towards responsibility:

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Minimalist view

Reasonable care

Good works

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It holds that engineers have a duty to conform to the standard operating procedures of their profession, and to fulfill the basic duties of their job, as defined by the terms of their employment

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Minimalist view of responsibility

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Avoidance of blame or staying out of trouble tends to be the dominant concern

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The minimalist view

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It also emphasizes a negative approach to responsibility: “it’s his job, not mine!”

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The minimalist view

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Engineers have a professional obligation to conform to the standard operating procedures and regulations that apply to their profession and to fulfill the basic responsibilities of their job.

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Reasonable Care

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It is more directly concerned with the perspective of those who are at risk of being harmed and trying to prevent that harm.

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Reasonable Care

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Fail to exercise reasonable care.

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Negligently or recklessly causing harm to others

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Sometimes we say that someone has gone “above and beyond the call of duty” or “the extra mile”.

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Good Works

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Engineers take on responsibilities that no one has a right to expect from them. If they do not do it no one will fault them.

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Good Works

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It reflect the moral character of an engineer

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Virtues

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one test of (professional) character and virtue

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what a person does when no one else is watching

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Virtues associated with basic duties:

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honesty, fair-mindedness, reliability, integrity

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Impediments to Responsibility

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Self-interest

Fear

Self-deception

Ignorance

Egocentric Tendencies

Microscopic Vision

Uncritical Acceptance of Authority

Groupthink

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an exclusive concern to satisfy one’s own interest, even at the possible expense to others

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Self-interest

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fear of acknowledging our mistakes, of losing our jobs, or of some sort of punishment or other bad consequences.

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Fear

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Golden Rule reasoning. Resisting the temptations of self-interest to confront ourselves honestly.

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Self-deception

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of vital information, not realizing the design poses a safety problem.

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Ignorance

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tendency to interpret situations from very limited perspective (subjective viewpoint).

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Egocentric Tendencies

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inaccurate, limited perspective, failing to understand the perspective of others.

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Microscopic Vision

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most engineers are not their own bosses, and they are expected to defer to authority in their organizations.

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Uncritical Acceptance of Authority

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an engineer will often participate in group decision making rather than function as an individual decision maker.

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Groupthink

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Fundamental Canons (Code of Ethics)

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1. Hold paramount the safety, health, and welfare of the public.

2. Perform services only in areas of their competence.

3. Issue public statements only in an objective and truthful manner.

4. Act for each employer or client as faithful agents or trustees.

5. Avoid deceptive acts.

6. Conduct themselves honorably, responsibly, ethically, and lawfully so as to enhance the honor, reputation, and usefulness of the profession.

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Fundamental Canons

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1. Hold paramount the safety, health, and welfare of the public.

2. Perform services only in areas of their competence.

3. Issue public statements only in an objective and truthful manner.

4. Act for each employer or client as faithful agents or trustees.

5. Avoid deceptive acts.

6. Conduct themselves honorably, responsibly, ethically, and lawfully so as to enhance the honor, reputation, and usefulness of the profession.