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Engineering Ethics: Dr. Farhat Kaleem

This document outlines the syllabus for an engineering ethics course taught by Dr. Farhat Kaleem. It provides information on class schedules, expectations, use of a learning management system, course outline, introduction to codes of ethics, micro and macro levels of engineering ethics, required skills for ethical engineers, and the task for the following week to read Chapter 1 of both textbooks. The course will focus on developing students' abilities to identify and address ethical issues that may arise in engineering practice and technology development.

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Engineering Ethics: Dr. Farhat Kaleem

This document outlines the syllabus for an engineering ethics course taught by Dr. Farhat Kaleem. It provides information on class schedules, expectations, use of a learning management system, course outline, introduction to codes of ethics, micro and macro levels of engineering ethics, required skills for ethical engineers, and the task for the following week to read Chapter 1 of both textbooks. The course will focus on developing students' abilities to identify and address ethical issues that may arise in engineering practice and technology development.

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Engineering Ethics

Dr. Farhat Kaleem

Electrical Engineering Department


UMT

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Class schedule
 Section A
 Mon and Wed, 12:30 – 13:45, SEN 609
 Section C
 Tue and Thurs, 11:00 – 12:15, SEN 607

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Expectations from the class
 Arrive on time
 Attendance is a PEC requirement
 Can be taken any time in the lecture

3
Learning Management System (LMS)
 Make sure to enrol in the course on LMS as
soon as possible

4
Course outline
 Make sure to read the course outline in your
spare time as well

5
Warning
 This is a reading-intensive course
 You will have to read from the books
 Slides are NOT the substitute of the books
 These are just for the teacher to structure the
lecture

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Introduction
 Codes of Ethics
 Professional engineering associations and societies,
e.g. IEEE, PEC
 Codes offer guidance, but are not a substitute
for individual capabilities for solving ethical
dilemmas

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Engineering Ethics
 Can be seen as a field:
 That consists of responsibilities and rights of those
engaged in engineering
 Their desirable ideals and personal commitments
 The study of decisions, policies and values that are
morally desirable in engineering practice

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Required skills for ethical engineers
 Recognizing and defining ethical issues
 Identifying relevant stake-holders and socio-
technical systems
 Collecting relevant data about stake-holders
and systems
 …continued on next slide

9
Required skills for ethical engineers
 Understanding relevant stake-holder
perspectives
 Identifying value conflicts
 Constructing viable alternative courses of
action or solution and identifying constraints
 …continued on next slide

10
Required skills for ethical engineers
 Assessing alternatives in terms of
consequences
 Engaging in reasoned dialogue or negotiations
 Revising options, plans or actions

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Micro-ethics and Macro-ethics
 Micro-ethics considers individuals and internal
relations of the engineering profession
 Macro-ethics concerns the collective social
responsibility of the profession to make societal
decisions about technology
 Social context in which engineers practice

 Acknowledgement: Material in slides 7 – 12 taken from the paper: A


Systematic Approach to Engineering Ethics Education by Jessica Li and
Shengli Fu, Sci Eng Ethics (2012) 18:339–349, DOI 10.1007/s11948-010-
9249-8

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Task for next week
 Carefully read Chapter 1 from both books.

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