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Professional Ethics & Values

This document provides an overview of the topics to be covered in the HSS 201 Professional Ethics and Values course. The midterm exam will cover basic concepts of personal ethics, professional ethics, ethical dilemmas, and life skills. It will also assess understanding of values, morals, ethics and how they relate. Additionally, it will examine the professional value domains of learning and ethical living principles like needs of life, harmony in life, and ethical living for professionals. The document lists relevant textbooks and references and provides introductory explanations of key terms like ethics, morality, values, and the different types of morality.

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Professional Ethics & Values

This document provides an overview of the topics to be covered in the HSS 201 Professional Ethics and Values course. The midterm exam will cover basic concepts of personal ethics, professional ethics, ethical dilemmas, and life skills. It will also assess understanding of values, morals, ethics and how they relate. Additionally, it will examine the professional value domains of learning and ethical living principles like needs of life, harmony in life, and ethical living for professionals. The document lists relevant textbooks and references and provides introductory explanations of key terms like ethics, morality, values, and the different types of morality.

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HSS 201

PROFESSIONAL ETHICS
& VALUES
Text book & Reference Books
Textbooks
• Subramanian R. Professional Ethics,
Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2013.
• Crane Andrew and Matten Dirk, Business Ethics,
Oxford, New Delhi, 2010.
Reference Book
• Govindarajan M, Natarajan S, Senthil Kumar V. S.
Engineering Ethics, Prentice Hall of India, New
Delhi, 2013. Boatright J R., Ethics and the Conduct
of Business, Pearson, New Delhi, 2011
Mid Term I
1. Basic Concepts
Personal Ethics, Professional Ethics, Ethical dilemmas, Life skills,
emotional Intelligence, Value Education
2. Profession and Professionalism
Professional Association; Role of professionals
Professional accountability; Image of a profession
3. Values, Morals and Ethics
Human values, Value system, Acquiring values, Attitudes
4. Professional Value Domains of learning

5. Ethical living: Needs of Life, Harmony in Life, Ethical Living,


Setting goals in life, Ethical living for professionals
Basic Concepts
➢Ethics is a branch of philosophy, which deals
with study of moral standards that govern
our behaviour
➢Bottom line is individual’s own perception
about morality and ethics
➢Moral: Concerned with principles of right &
wrong behaviour
➢ Morality: The degree to which something is
right or wrong, good or bad
Types of morality
➢Descriptive morality
➢Normative morality
➢Ethics: Branch of philosophy, studies ethical
codes required for moral behaviour
➢ Classification of Ethics:
1. Metaethics
2. Descriptive ethics
3. Normative ethics
4. Applied ethics
Values
➢Beliefs about what is right and wrong and
what is important in life
➢Spirituality: concerned with human spirit
rather than the body or physical things
➢Stakeholders in moral issues: Individuals,
organizations, Society.
GOVERNING EDICTS
➢ Religious edicts
➢ Social edicts
➢ Constitutional edicts
➢ Universality
➢ PERSONAL ETHICS
➢ PROFESSIONAL ETHICS
➢ ETHICAL DILEMMAS
➢ LIFE SKILLS

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