QUESTION BANK

UNIT 1 HUMAN VALUES

Morals, values and Ethics – Integrity – Work ethic – Service learning – Civic virtue –Respect
for others – Living peacefully – Caring – Sharing – Honesty – Courage – Valuing time –
Cooperation – Commitment – Empathy – Self-confidence – Character – Spirituality –
Introduction to Yoga and meditation for professional excellence and stress management.

PART A

1. Define human values.

2. Write notes on 'Human values'.
3. What are human values in engineering ethics? (Nov/Dec 2016)
4. What is morality?
5. Define Descriptive Ethics.
6. Define Moral.
7. What are the 'Values'? (May/June 2016)
8. Define moral values with suitable examples. (May 2017)
9. What are the general characteristics of values? (Dec 2017)
10. What is ethics?
11. Define engineering ethics.
12. What is normative ethics/prescriptive ethics?
13. What is metaethics/analytical ethics?
14. What is integrity?
15. What is meant by integrity? How is it related to work ethics? (Dec 2018)
16. List the types of integrity.
17. What is Personal Integrity?
18. What is Professional Integrity?
19. What is Business Integrity?
20. What is Academic Integrity?
21. What is Research Integrity?
22. Define work ethics. (Apr 2019)
23. Write a short note on 'Work Ethic'.
24. What are the factors that demonstrate a strong work ethic.
25. What are the characteristics of a good work ethics?
26. What is negative work ethic?
27. Define the term „Service Learning‟. (May 2017)
28. What is Service Learning? (Nov/Dec 2019)
29. What are the various service learning methods followed?
30. What is civic virtue?
31. Mention some civic virtues.
32. How can you show your respect for others?
33. What is meant by civic virtue and how is it related to respect for others? (Apr 2018)
34. Define the term „caring‟.
35. Define the term „Sharing‟.
36. Define Honesty. (Nov/Dec 2019)
37. List out any two aspects of honesty. (Nov/Dec 2016)
38. Define Dishonesty.
39. Differentiate self-respect and self-esteem.
40. Define Courage.
41. List the two forms of courage.
42. What are the two important ways of building courage? (Dec 2017)
43. What is meant by time management?
44. Define co-operation.
45. What are the types of co-operation exists and define them?
46. What is social co-operation?
47. Define commitment.
48. Define Organization commitment.
49. What is professional commitment?
50. What are the types of commitment?
51. Define Empathy.
52. Define the term empathy and how is it related to Emotional Quotient. (Apr 2018)
53. What are the two major components of empathy? (2)
54. What is meant by self-confidence? (May/June 2016)
55. What are the qualities of a self-confident people? (Nov/Dec 2015)
56. Define the term self-confidence. How is it related to character development? (Dec
2018)
57. Write the importance of self-confidence in ethics.
58. Define character.
59. Define spirituality. (Nov/Dec 2015)
60. Brief on spirituality. (Apr 2019)
61. Differentiate between spirituality and religion.
62. What are the benefits of practicing Yoga?
63. What is meditation?
64. What are benefits of meditation?
65. What are the physical benefits of mediation?
66. Give some of the mental benefits of meditation.
67. List some ways for stress management.

PART B

1. Write notes on „Morals‟.

2. Explain some important human values.
3. Explain various disciplines of ethics.
4. What are the three types of ethics? Explain.
5. Explain the scope and importance of professional ethics in engineering. (May 2017)
6. Explain integrity and honesty in ethics. (Nov/Dec 2016)
7. Write short notes on honesty and integrity. (Apr 2019)
8. Explain various types of integrity.
9. What is integrity? How integrity plays a major factor in work ethics? Discuss with
suitable examples. (Apr 2018)
10. Write a detailed note on work ethics.
11. List and explain the five characteristics of a good work ethic.
12. Explain the factors that demonstrate a strong work ethic.
13. Explain how the employee work ethic can be increased.
14. Write notes on 'Negative Work ethics'.
15. How are bad ethics in co-worker to be dealt with?
16. Explain key components of service learning and types of service learning.
17. Write notes on Comprehensive Action Plan for Service Learning (CAPSL).
18. What is service learning? Why service learning is important? Explain the
characteristics of service learning. (Dec 2017)
19. What is service learning? Discuss its role in caring and sharing in society with
suitable examples. (Dec 2018)
20. Write notes on „Civic Virtue‟.
21. Write notes on „Respect for others‟.
22. Write notes on „Living peacefully‟.
23. Explain ‟Caring and Sharing‟.
24. Explain integrity and honesty in ethics.
25. Write short notes on Honesty. (Nov/Dec 2015)
26. What is courage? What are salient features of courage? (Nov/Dec 2015)
27. List important time wasters. How can one manage time properly?
28. Write notes on „Valuing time‟.
29. Write note on „Cooperation‟.
30. Explain commitment and empathy.
31. Define empathy. State and explain the elements, benefits of empathy and compare
empathy with sympathy. (Dec 2017)
32. What is empathy? Discuss its role in the spiritual development for excellence in an
organization with suitable examples. (Dec 2018)
33. Explain the importance of self confidence in ethics. (May/June 2016)
34. Explain civic virtue and respect for others and also explain importance of cooperation.
35. Write note on ‟Character and importance‟.
36. Explain character and spirituality and their importance in ethics. (May/June 2016)
37. Explain spirituality and importance in ethics.
38. What is spirituality? What are the spiritual traits to be developed for excellence in
an organization? Discuss with suitable examples. (Apr 2018)
39. Explain the different ways to improve the Spirituality in Corporate Environment.
(Nov/Dec 2019)
40. Write brief notes on Yoga and meditation for Professional Excellence and stress
management. (Nov/Dec 2015)
41. Explain the role of Yoga and meditation in the field of professional excellence and
stress management. (Nov/Dec 2016)
 42. Discuss the role of Yoga for professional excellence and stress management. (May
2017)
43. Write short notes on Yoga and Meditation for professional excellence and stress
management. Explain the different ways to improve the human values. (Nov/Dec
2019)
44. Explain the role of Yoga in professional ethics. (Apr 2019)
45. Explain Stress Management.

PART C

1. Explain in detail about the yoga and meditation for professional excellence and stress
management. (Dec 2017)

UNIT II

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 –
Models of professional roles – Theories about right action – Self-interest – Customs and Religion
– Uses of Ethical Theories.

PART A

1. What is ethics?
2. Mention some universally accepted ethical standards.
3. What is engineering ethics?
4. What is the need to study ethics?
5. What is the significance of engineering ethics?
6. Differentiate moral and ethics.
7. What is the method used to solve an ethical problem?
8. What are the senses of Engineering Ethics?
9. Differentiate micro-ethics and macro-ethics.
10. Differentiate Moral and Ethics.
11. Mention the various types of inquiries. (Nov/Dec 2015)
12. State the three types of inquiry. (Nov 2017)
13. What is normative inquiry?
14. What is conceptual inquiry?
15. What is factual inquiry?
16. What are the sorts of complexity and murkiness that may be involved in moral situations?
17. Define Moral Dilemma. (Nov/Dec 2016)
18. What is Moral Dilemma? (Apr 2019)
19. Mention few steps in confronting Moral Dilemma.
20. What is meant by Moral Autonomy? (Nov/Dec 2015) (Nov/Dec 2019)
21. What are the merits of Moral Autonomy? (Apr 2018)
22. Define the term Moral Autonomy. (Nov 2018)
23. What is the relationship between moral autonomy and authority?
24. List the two theories of Moral Development.
25. Give the importance of Lawrence Kohlberg‟s and Carol Gilligan‟s theory.
26. State Lawrence Kohlberg‟s theory.
27. State Gilligan‟s theory. (May/June 2016)
28. State Kohlberg‟s theory. (Nov/Dec 2016)
29. Give the need for authority.
30. Give the general criteria to become a Professional engineer.
31. Define compromise.
32. Differentiate between consensus and controversy.
33. What is meant by consensus? (May/June 2016)
34. What is meant by controversy?
35. State the implications of Controversy.
36. Define Profession.
37. What are the chief characteristics of a profession?
38. Define professionalism.
39. Mention the models of professional roles.
40. List the theories about right action. (Nov 2018)
41. Give classification of ethical theories. (Nov/Dec 2019)
42. What is utilitarian theory?
43. What are the two important versions of utilitarianism? (Nov 2017)
44. Give the drawbacks of Utilitarianism.
45. What is Duty Ethics?
46. Give the drawback of duty ethics.
47. What is rights theory?
48. Give the drawbacks of rights ethics.
49. State the virtue theory.
50. What is virtue ethics?
51. What is Self-realization ethics?
52. What is Justice (Fairness) theory?
53. Write brief note on „Self-Interest‟.
54. What is „Ethical Pluralism‟?
55. What is „Ethical Relativism‟?
56. What is „ethical egoism‟?
57. Differentiate ethical relativism and ethical egoism.
58. Write brief note on „religion‟ about ethics.
59. State the importance of ethical theories. (April 2017)
60. Write the uses of ethical theories. (Apr 2018)

PART B

1. Highlight the importance of engineering ethics.

2. What are the scopes of engineering ethics?
3. Explain in details about the senses of Engineering Ethics. (May/June 2016)
4. Write notes on morality.
5. Explain variety of moral issues.
6. Explain the three types of inquiries, in solving ethical problems.
7. Enumerate on Moral issues and types of inquiry. (Apr 2019)
8. Discuss in detail about the concept of (i) Moral Dilemma (ii) Moral Autonomy
(Nov/Dec 2016)
9. What is „moral dilemma‟? What are causes of moral dilemma? What are steps in
confronting moral dilemmas?
10. What is meant by „moral autonomy‟? Discuss the factors influencing a person‟s
concern and skills required to improve moral autonomy? (Nov 2017)
11. Explain the Lawrence Kohlberg‟s theory for moral development.
12. Explain the Gilligan‟s theory for moral development. (Nov/Dec 2015)
13. Describe Kohlberg and Gilligan‟s theories on moral autonomy. (April 2017)
14. Explain the three levels of moral developments with respect to Gilligan Views.
(Nov/Dec 2019)
15. Discuss the theories of Moral Autonomy by Kohlberg and Gilligan. (Nov 2018)
16. What is moral autonomy? Compare and contrast the theories of moral autonomy by
Kohlberg and Gilligan. (Apr 2018)
17. Write notes on Consensus and Controversy.
18. Explain the vital role of consensus and controversy while considering moral autonomy in
engineering ethics.
19. Write notes on profession, professional and professionalism.
20. What are the different types of model of professional roles? (Nov/Dec 2015)
21. Describe the professional roles played by an Engineer. (Nov 2017)
22. What is professionalism? Discuss the motives for professionalism and the models for
professional engineers. (Apr 2018) (Nov 2018)
23. What is meant by virtues? Do engineers need virtues?
24. Explain theories about virtues (Aristotle‟s theory of virtue and Macintyre‟s theory of
virtue).
25. Discuss in details the various ethical theories and their uses. (May/June 2016)
26. Explain theory of human right ethics and its classifications. (Nov/Dec 2015)
27. Discuss in details the various theories about right action. (Nov/Dec 2016)
28. (i) Name and describe the theories of right action. (ii) Discuss the role of Self-
interest with an example. (April 2017)
29. Discuss any two theories on Ethics. (Apr 2019)
30. What is duty ethics? Explain in detail. (Nov/Dec 2019)
31. What is meant by Self-interest? Relate the term with “Ethical Egoism” with suitable
examples. (Nov/Dec 2015)
32. Write notes on „Self-interest‟, „Customs‟, and „Religion‟.
33. What are the different ethical theories available for right action, self-interest, and duty
Ethics?
34. Explain (i) Professional responsibility (ii) Integrity and self-respect. (iii) Utilitarianism
35. Write notes on i) Self Interest ii) Ethical Pluralism iii) Ethical Relativism
 PART C

1. Discuss the role and importance of Ethics in Engineering.(Apr 2019)

UNIT III

ENGINEERING AS SOCIAL EXPERIMENTATION

Engineering as Experimentation – Engineers as responsible Experimenters – Codes of Ethics – A

Balanced Outlook on Law.

PART A
1. How can an engineering work/project/activity view as an experiment?
2. What are the merits of standardized experiments? (Apr/May 2018)
3. What are the limitations of standardized experimentation? (Nov/Dec 2018)
4. What is the need to view engineering projects as experiments? (Nov/Dec 2016)
5. Why is engineering referred as a social experimentation?
6. What are similarities between engineering projects and standard experiments?
7. Differentiate scientific experiments and engineering projects. (May/June 2016)
8. What is the need to view engineering projects as experiments? (Nov/Dec 2016)
9. What are the uncertainties occur in the model design? (Apr/May 2017) (Apr/May 2019)
10. What is continuous monitoring?
11. What is experimental control?
12. What are the conditions required to define a valid consent?
13. What is meant by „informed consent‟?
14. What are the elements of informed consent? (Nov/Dec 2019)
15. What are the two main elements which are included to understand informed consent?
16. What are the conditions that are essential for a valid informed consent? (Nov/Dec 2015)
17. What are responsibilities (general features) that engineer, as an experimenter owe to the
society?
18. What are the general features of morally responsible engineers?
19. What is meant by conscientiousness? (Nov/Dec 2017)
20. Write note on „Big Five Model of Personality‟.
21. What does conscientious moral commitment mean?
22. What are replicable facets of conscientiousness?
23. What are non-replicable facets of conscientiousness?
24. What is accountability?
25. What is research ethics?
26. Why is research ethics important?
27. What is the purpose of various types of standards?
28. Define code.
29. What is the purpose of code of ethics?
30. What are the features of code of ethics?
31. What are the codes of ethics? (Apr/May 2019)
 32. What are the codes of ethics referred to? (Nov/Dec 2017)
33. Enumerate the roles of codes in ethics of profession. (Nov/Dec 2016)
34. What are advantages of codes of ethics? (Nov/Dec 2018)
35. What are the limitations of code of ethics? (Nov/Dec 2015) (Apr/May 2018) (Nov/Dec
2019)
36. Give the limitations of codes. (May/June 2016)
37. Mention some forums or organizations that formulate codes for engineers.
38. What are the pros and cons of industrial standardization?
39. List the advantages of industrial standards.
40. Name some of the important code of ethics published by engineering societies.
41. What is the need for laws?
42. What are the problems with the law in engineering?
43. How does the law facilitate ethics in engineering? (Apr/May 2017)
44. What is voluntary and involuntary risk?
45. What are the major components of a Space Shuttle?
46. What are the major causes for the failure of Challenger Space Shuttle?
47. Name the aerospace experts and scientists who were associated with the Launching of
challenger?

PART B
1. Explain elaborately „Engineering as experimentation‟.
2. Compare between Engineering projects and Standard Experiments.
3. Compare and contrast engineering experiments with standard experiments (with suitable
examples). (Apr/May 2018) (Nov/Dec 2018)
4. How can engineer become a responsible experimenter? Highlight the code of ethics for
engineers. (May/June 2016) (Apr/May 2017)
5. Explain in detail about engineers as responsible experimenters. (Nov/Dec 2016)
6. Discuss on „Engineers as responsible experimenters‟. (Nov/Dec 2019)
7. Explain the characteristics of Morally Responsible Engineers. (Apr/May 2019)
8. Discuss about „Ethics in research‟.
9. What is research ethics? Discuss the models of research ethics with suitable examples.
(Apr/May 2018) (Nov/Dec 2018)
10. Explain the code of Ethics to be followed by an Engineer. (Apr/May 2019)
11. Define code of ethics. Explain about the purpose of code of ethics, features of
engineering code of ethics and, duties and professional obligations of engineers.
12. What are codes of ethics? State and explain the functions of codes of ethics and the
objections to codes. (Nov/Dec 2017)
13. What is the importance of codes of ethics? Explain in detail. (Apr/May 2017)
14. What are the different roles and function of „Code of Ethics‟? (Nov/Dec 2015)
15. What are the functions of codes of ethics? (Nov/Dec 2019)
16. What are the limitations of code of ethics?
17. Discuss on the roles played by the code of ethics set by professional societies. (May/June
2016)
18. Write note on „Industrial Standards‟.
 19. Explain in detail the powerful support and proper role of law in engineering. (Nov/Dec
2015)
20. Explain in detail about Balanced Outlook on Law. (Nov/Dec 2016)
21. Discuss the problems associated with laws in Engineering and Enumerate the proper Role
of Law in Engineering. (Nov/Dec 2017)
22. With a case study, explain the „learn from the past‟ in engineering experimentation.
(Nov/Dec 2015)
23. Discuss the ethical issues involved in challenger case study.

UNIT IV
SAFETY, RESPONSIBILITIES AND RIGHTS
Safety and Risk – Assessment of Safety and Risk – Risk Benefit Analysis and Reducing Risk – Respect
for Authority – Collective Bargaining – Confidentiality – Conflicts of Interest –Occupational Crime –
Professional Rights – Employee Rights – Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) – Discrimination.

PART A
1. Define safety.(Nov/Dec 2017)
2. Define risk.
3. Define risk in professional ethics perspective (Nov/Dec 2016)
4. State the reasons that may cause risk. (Nov/Dec 2019)
5. Define the term safety and relate it to risk. (Apr/May 2018) (Nov/Dec 2018)
6. Write note on „safety and risk‟.
7. What are the factors for safety and risk?
8. List the different methods to determine the risk.
9. What are the positive uncertainties in determining risks?
10. What are the criteria that one should have knowledge, in order to determine the risk?
11. Define acceptability of risks.
12. Explain the two types of risk.
13. What is safe risk and acceptability of risk?
14. What is „Safe Exits‟? (Nov/Dec 2019)
15. Define risk-benefit analysis. (Nov/Dec 2015)
16. What are the reasons for Risk-benefit analysis?
17. What are the limitations in risk-benefit analysis?
18. What is the use of risk analysis? (Apr/May 2017)
19. Differentiate between risk analysis and risk-benefit analysis. (May/June 2016)
20. List the methods that can be applied when testing is inappropriate.
21. What is voluntary risk?
22. What is risk management?
23. What are elements of risk management programme?
24. What are internal responsibilities of engineers?
25. What are external responsibilities of engineers?
26. What are the virtues involved in team-play?
27. What is collegiality?
28. List the elements of collegiality.
29. What are two senses of loyalty?
30. What is agency loyalty?
31. What is attitude loyalty / identification loyalty?
32. What is authority?
33. What are two types of authority?
34. What is institutional authority?
35. What is expert authority?
36. What is collective bargaining? (Nov/Dec 2016)
37. Define the term collective bargaining. (Apr/May 2017)
38. What does the term Collective Bargaining refer to? (Nov/Dec 2017)
39. What are the processes of collective bargaining?
40. Distinguish between professionalism and unionism.
41. What is meant by Confidentiality? Why it is needed? (Apr/May 2018)
42. Write note on „Privileged Information‟.
43. Write note on „Proprietary Information‟.
44. What is trade secret?
45. What is meant by Conflicts of Interest? (Nov/Dec 2018)
46. What are the types of „Conflict of Interest‟?
47. Why does a conflict of interests arise?
48. What is a bribe?
49. What are the ethical reasons for not tolerating bribery?
50. What is a gift?
51. What are the differences between a gift and a bribe?
52. When is a gift a bribe?
53. What is meant by „kickbacks‟?
54. What are occupational crimes?
55. Write note on „white collar crime‟.
56. List the types of occupational crimes.
57. List the three types of rights.
58. Define employee rights.
59. Differentiate between contractual and non-contractual rights.
60. What is Professional right? (Apr/May 2019)
61. Differentiate between Human rights and Professional rights.
62. Differentiate between Weak Preferential Treatment and Strong Preferential Treatment.
63. What is meant by whistle blowing? (Nov/Dec 2015)
64. Define Discrimination.
65. What is intellectual property?
66. What is Intellectual Property Right (IPR)? (May/June 2016)
67. Define IPR. (Apr/May 2019)
68. What are the essential elements of IPR?
69. What is the need for protection to IPR?
70. What is the importance of IPR?
71. What is meant by copyright?
72. What is patent?
73. What are the requirements of Patents?
74. What is trademark?
75. What is trade secret?

PART B

1. Define the term Risk and Safety. How we, Engineers assess the safety? (Nov/Dec 2016)
2. Discuss the testing strategies for safety with suitable examples. Mention the difficulties in
assessing the personal risks. (Apr/May 2018)
3. „Safety in a commodity comes with a price‟ – Substantiate with explanation. Discuss how
the knowledge of risk is always better for safety with suitable examples. (Apr/May 2018)
(Nov/Dec 2018)
4. What are the different methods (testing) to determine the risk (testing for safety)?
5. Explain risk-benefit analysis, difficulties in risk-benefit analysis, and ethical implications
on risk-benefit analysis.
6. Describe the concept of Risk-Benefit analysis with an example. (Apr/May 2017)
7. Explain the risk benefit analysis and conceptual problems associated with it. (Nov/Dec
2019).
8. Explain the procedure in risk benefit analysis and discuss its role in reducing risks with
suitable examples. (Nov/Dec 2018)
9. State the necessity of risk-benefit analysis.
10. Describe the concept of (1) Risk benefits analysis (2) Fault tree analysis.
11. Discuss the Event Tree Analysis with some practical example of risk analysis. (Nov/Dec
2016)
12. Write notes on Personal risk, Public risk, voluntary risk, and reducing risk.
13. What are the factors that affect risk acceptability? What is the use of knowledge of risk
acceptance to engineer? (May/June 2016)
14. What are the safety lessons from „The Challenger‟?
15. Discuss the concept of safe exit in the Chernobyl Case Study. (Nov/Dec 2015)
16. Write notes on (i) Collegiality (ii) Loyalty (iii) (ii) Respect for Authority (iv) Collective
bargaining
17. Discuss on the importance of Collective Bargaining. (Apr/May 2019)
18. Discuss the „faithful agent argument‟ and „public service argument‟of collective with
suitable examples. (Nov/Dec 2018)
19. Explain Institutional Authority and Expert Authority.
20. Write note on (i) Confidentiality (ii) Conflicts of Interest
21. What is meant by Conflict of Interest? Distinguish between General and Professional
Conflicts of Interest and Discuss the various types of Conflict of Interest. (Nov/Dec
2017)
22. What are occupational crimes? Explain any one in detail. (Nov/Dec 2015)
23. Explain Professional rights.
24. Discuss in detail about the “Employee Rights” and its role in the organizations. (Apr/May
2017)
25. Explain “Employee Rights” and its role in Business Organisations. (Apr/May 2019)
 26. Explain Employee rights and the two types.
27. Write note on „whistle blowing‟.
28. Explain elaborately „Discrimination‟.
29. What is Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)? Explain any one essential element an IPR.
(Nov/Dec 2015)
30. What are Intellectual Property Rights? Explain the elements of Intellectual Property
Rights in detail and benefits of IPRS. (Nov/Dec 2017)
31. What are the elements of intellectual property rights? Explain. (Nov/Dec 2019)
32. Write notes (i) Trade mark (ii) Trade Secret (iii) Copyrights (iv) Patents
33. What are the benefits of IPR? Why is IP enforcement important?
34. Discuss the significance of intellectual property rights. Also explain the legislation
covering IPR in India. (May/June 2016)
35. Discuss the Bhopal disaster. Explain the responsibility of engineer in the design stage
itself before the event of an accident.

PART C

1. Explain in detail about the assessment of safety and risk. (Nov/Dec 2017)
2. 'Safety in a commodity comes with a price' - substantiate with explanation. Discuss how
the knowledge of risk is always better for safety with suitable examples. (Dec 2018)
3. Explain the challenger space shuttle disaster. Discuss the violation of moral, ethical and
professional codes of standards in it. Write a conclusion to avoid such disaster in future.
(Apr 2018)
4. Explain the Bhopal gas tragedy. Discuss the violation of moral, ethical and professional
codes of standards in it. Write a conclusion to avoid such tragedy in future. (Apr 2018)
5. Explain in detail the challenger accident. What are the ethical problems involved in this?
(Dec 2019)
6. 'A nuclear accident anywhere is a nuclear accident everywhere'. Explain this with respect
to Three Mile Island Case Study. (Dec 2019)

UNIT V

GLOBAL ISSUES

Multinational Corporations – Environmental Ethics – Computer Ethics– Weapons Development

– Engineers as Managers – Consulting Engineers – Engineers as Expert Witnesses and Advisors
– Moral Leadership – Code of Conduct - Corporate Social Responsibility.

PART A

1. What is meant by „globalization‟? (May/June 2016)

2. Write note on ‟Multinational Corporation (MNC)‟.
3. What are the advantages of MNC?
4. What are the advantages of MNCs to host country? (Apr/May 2018)
5. What are demerits of MNCs to host country? (Nov/Dec 2018)
6. List a few international rights to be considered.
7. What is „technology transfer‟? (Nov/Dec 2015) (Nov/Dec 2017)
8. What is appropriate technology (Aptech)?
9. Define appropriate technology. (Nov/Dec 2019)
10. What are the factors to be considered for determining the appropriateness?
11. How appropriate is Appropriate Technology (Aptech)?
12. Write note on MNCs and Morality.
13. Write note on „ethical balance‟.
14. What is ethical relativism?
15. What is ethical absolutism?
16. Give some of the environmental issues of concern to engineers.
17. What is environmental ethics? (Apr/May 2019)
18. List the duties of engineers as experimenters towards environmental ethics.
19. What are the categories of environmental ethics?
20. What is libertarian extension?
21. What is ecological extension?
22. What is conservation ethics?
23. List the environmental disasters.
24. What is acid rain? How is it caused?
25. What is human centered environmental ethics?
26. What is nature centered environmental ethics?
27. What is meant by computer ethics? (Nov/Dec 2016)
28. What are the different types of problems/issues found in computer ethics?
29. What are the ethical problems initiated by computers in the workplace?
30. Explain Hacking.
31. How viruses are spread over computers?
32. What is computer crime?
33. What are the property issues concerned with the computers?
34. Define physical and logical security related to computer.
35. What are the ethical features involved in computer crime?
36. Write note on privacy and anonymity.
37. List some issues concerned with the privacy.
38. What is Trojan horse attack?
39. What is “The Right to Information (RTI) Act”?
40. What are the characteristics of engineers as managers?
41. What are ways to promote an ethical climate?
42. List conflicts in case of project managers arise.
43. List the principles for resolving the conflicts.
44. What are the ethical responsibilities of consulting engineers?
45. Point out the responsibilities of Consulting Engineers. (Nov/Dec 2017)
46. How can deceptive advertising be done?
47. What is competitive bidding?
48. What is contingency fee?
49. Write note on „Engineers as Expert Witness‟.
50. Distinguish between eye-witness and expert – witness.
51. What are hired guns?
52. What are the various issues and requirements for engineers who act as advisors in public
planning and policy making?
53. What is meant by moral leadership? (Nov/Dec 2015) (May/June 2016)
54. Explain the meaning of „moral leadership‟. (Nov/Dec 2019)
55. Why is moral leadership required for engineers? What are the reasons?
56. Define code of conduct. (Nov/Dec 2016)
57. What is code of conduct and mention its significance. (Apr/May 2018)
58. Give the usage of the code of conduct.
59. Enumerate the code of ethics of engineers.
60. Why are the codes formulated for engineers by National Society of Professional
Engineers (NSPE)?
61. What are the codes formulated for engineers by Institution of Engineers (IEI)?
62. Write note on „corporate responsibility‟.
63. What is meant by corporate social responsibility? (Nov/Dec 2018)
64. Define CSR. (Apr/May 2019)
65. How is corporate social responsibility practiced? (Apr/May 2017)
66. What are the benefits of CSR?
67. What are the limitations of CSR?

PART B

1. Discuss about the pros and cons of globalization.

2. Discuss in detail about Multinational Corporation (MNC) including international human
rights, technology transfer, morality and ethical balance.
3. Explain in detail the various advantages and disadvantages of MNCs. (Nov/Dec 2016)
4. Discuss about Bhopal Gas Tragedy as a Case Study.
5. State the most important ethical mistake made by the multinational corporation which
caused Bhopal gas plant disaster.
6. Discuss about environmental ethics. Explain environmental disasters.
7. State the types of concern for environment by the Engineers. Discuss the approaches to
resolve environmental problems. What do professional codes of Ethics about the
environment? (Nov/Dec 2017)
8. Discuss the ethical issues related to computer ethics. (Nov/Dec 2015) (Nov/Dec 2019)
9. What is meant by Computer Ethics? State and Explain the categories of ethical problems
and the unethical acts computer as an instrument of unethical behavior. What is meant by
hacking? (Nov/Dec 2017)
10. Write notes on (i) Computers in workplace (ii) Property issues concerned with the
computers (iii) Computer crime (iv) Privacy and anonymity (v) Right to Information
(RTI) Act.
11. Discuss in detail about the moral and ethical issues involved in use of computers.
(Apr/May 2017)
12. Discuss in detail about the moral and ethical issues involved in use of computer
technology. (Apr/May 2019)
13. Discuss the ethical issues related to computer ethics and internet.
14. Describe in details about the Global issues of Weapon development. (May/June 2016)
15. Discuss the ethical role of engineers in weapon development with suitable examples.
(Apr/May 2018)
16. Discuss about „Engineers as Managers‟. What are conflicts in case of engineers as
managers? How are these conflicts resolved?
17. Discuss the ethical role of engineers as a consulting engineer with suitable examples.
(Apr/May 2018)
18. Explain the role of engineers as “Consulting Engineers”. (Nov/Dec 2019)
19. Discuss the ethical role of engineers as consultants with suitable examples. (Nov/Dec
2018)
20. Discuss the following in detail: (i) Engineers as consultants (ii) Engineers as expert
witness and advisors. (Nov/Dec 2015)
21. Explain the role of engineers as consultant and expert witnesses. (Apr/May 2017)
22. Write in detail about Engineers used as Consultant and Advisor. (Apr/May 2019)
23. Justify Engineers as Expert witness and Advisors with suitable examples. (May/June
2016)
24. Discuss the ethical role of engineers as expert witness with suitable examples. (Nov/Dec
2018)
25. Write note on „Moral leadership‟.
26. Write note on „Code of conduct‟.
27. What are the fundamental canons, rule of practice, and professional obligations given by
code of conduct?
28. Describe the scope and functions of corporate responsibility. (Nov/Dec 2016)
29. Discuss the various global issues that have an impact on business.

PART C

1. Discuss the ethical role of engineers in weapon development with suitable examples.
(Dec 2018)
2. Explain the significance of Environmental ethics for an Engineer by giving an examples
of environmental issue. (Apr 2019)