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Dept     : MECH
Sem      : 7
Regul    : 2019
Faculty : Mr. V. Varatharasan
phone  : NIL
E-mail  : varatha.v.mech@snsct.org
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Syllabus

UNIT
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UNIT I ENGINEERING ETHICS

Senses of ‘Engineering Ethics’ Variety of moral issues – Types of inquiry Moral dilemmas – Moral Autonomy Kohlberg’s theory – Gilligan’s theory – Consensus and Controversy Use of Ethical Theories. Weapons Development (Content Beyond Syllabus)

UNIT
2
UNIT II ENGINEERING AS SOCIAL EXPERIMENTATION

Engineering as social experimentation Engineers as Responsible Experimenters Codes of Ethics A Balanced Outlook on Law, Plagiarism Case studies

UNIT
3
UNIT III RESPONSIBILITIES AND RIGHTS

Collegiality and Loyalty, Respect for Authority Occupational Crime, Confidentiality, Conflicts of Interest Professional Rights- Employee Rights, Intellectual Property Rights Discrimination

UNIT
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UNIT IV UNIVERSAL HUMAN VALUES - INTRODUCTION

Need, Basic Guidelines Content and Process for Value Education Understanding Harmony in the Human Being Harmony in Myself Understanding Harmony in the Family and Society Harmony in Human- Human Relationship

UNIT
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UNIT V UNIVERSAL HUMAN VALUES - HARMONY

Understanding Harmony in Nature Understanding Harmony in Existence Whole existence Implications Co-existence Implications Holistic Understanding of Harmony CONTENT BEYOND SYLLABUS Weapons Development Situational Decision Making

Reference Book:

Engineering Ethics, Concepts Cases: Charles E Harris Jr., Michael S Pritchard, Cengage learning, 2015 Laura P. Hartman and Joe Desjardins, “Business Ethics: Decision Making for Personal Integrity and social responsibility” McGraw Hill education, India Pvt.Ltd., New Delhi 2013 Business Ethics concepts & Cases: Manuel G Velasquez, 6e, PHI, 2008.

Text Book:

Professional Ethics: R. Subramanian, Oxford University Press, 2015. Ethics in Engineering Practice & Research, Caroline Whitbeck, Cambridge University Press 2015. Govindarajan M, Natarajan S, Senthil Kumar V. S, “Engineering Ethics”, Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi, 2004. (Unit I, II, III, IV, V)