MEC 215

About Course:

Course Code: MEC 215

Course Name: ENGINEERING ETHICS

Credit Hour: 1

Definition of Ethics, Scopes and Branches of Ethics; Concept of Engineering Ethics and history, Role of Ethics in Social change and emergence of new technologies; Necessity of Ethics in science and technology and application, Application of Ethics is Engineering.

Value, Morality and Human qualities of an Engineer expected in the society, Morality and Human qualities of an Engineer expected in the society, Ethics of Engineers towards his clients, colleagues and organizations; Ethical measures to improve the quality of engineering profession.

Ethical Expectations: Employers and Employees, inter-professional relationship, Ethical standards for the Professional Organizations, Engineer's Commitment towards Ethics, Desired characteristics of a professional code, Institutionalization of Ethical conduct.

Course Outcomes (COs):

1. Know Ethics and Engineering Ethics

2. Understand various ethical qualities of engineers essential for engineering activities

3. Application of Ethical codes and conduct to different engineering case studies

Targeted Program Outcomes (POs): PO6, PO8

Books:

1. Concepts & Cases Engineering Ethics