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Introduction Osha

This document discusses engineering ethics and how it examines the moral obligations of engineers to society, clients, and their profession. Engineering ethics critically analyzes engineers' actions and behaviors to identify ethical problems and solutions. It also explores how personal ethics differs from business/professional ethics in dealing with more complex relationships between organizations. While engineering codes of ethics express existing ethical standards, legal acts are not always ethical and ethical acts are not always legal. Studying engineering ethics is important to prevent faults in ethical reasoning and give meaning to engineering work, but it is complex and requires critical analysis beyond surface observations.

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Introduction Osha

This document discusses engineering ethics and how it examines the moral obligations of engineers to society, clients, and their profession. Engineering ethics critically analyzes engineers' actions and behaviors to identify ethical problems and solutions. It also explores how personal ethics differs from business/professional ethics in dealing with more complex relationships between organizations. While engineering codes of ethics express existing ethical standards, legal acts are not always ethical and ethical acts are not always legal. Studying engineering ethics is important to prevent faults in ethical reasoning and give meaning to engineering work, but it is complex and requires critical analysis beyond surface observations.

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Introduction

Ethics is a system of moral principles. They affect how people make decisions and lead
their lives. Ethics is concerned with what is good for individuals and society and is also
described as moral philosophy. Engineering ethics is the field of applied ethics and system of
moral principles that apply to the practice of engineering. The field examines and sets the
obligations by engineers to society, to their clients, and to the profession. Engineering ethics
critically examines the behaviour of engineers and engineering institutions in light of the
special standards of the profession and the common standards of morality. The discipline
studies engineers' actions, practices, and workplace, focusing philosophical analysis on
standards and concepts such as responsibility and loyalty, to help identify ethical problems and
options for resolving them. Personal ethics is deal with how we treat others in our day-to-day
lives. While, business/professional ethics is involves choices regarding relationships between
organizations and other organizations, government, and groups of individuals. The complexity
of these relationships often pose dilemmas not encountered in personal ethics. Both engineering
and business are governed by laws. Legal acts are not necessarily ethical and acts which are
ethical are not necessarily legal.

Engineering Codes of Ethics s to express the rights, duties and obligations of members
of the profession. Do not express new ethical principles, but coherently restate existing
standards of responsible engineering practice and create an environment within the profession
where ethical behaviour is the norm. It is not legally binding – an engineer cannot be arrested
for violating an ethical code, but may be expelled from or censured by the engineering society.

Engineering ethics should be studied because it is important, both in preventing grave


consequences of faulty ethical reasoning and in giving meaning to engineers endeavour’s but
it is complex. It cannot be understand through casual observation. The importance of
engineering ethics is to increase awareness of importance due to publicity surrounding high
profile engineering failures. Engineering decisions can impact public health, safety, business
practices and politics. So, engineers should be aware of moral implications as they make
decisions in the workplace. Besides that, study of ethics can help engineers develop a moral
autonomy and ability to think critically and independently about moral issue. The ability to
apply this moral thinking to situation that arise in the course of professional engineering
practice.

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