Essays on Engineering Ethics

Abstract

This paper aims at studying the role of engineers in the society and the industry. It also focuses on appraising the role that engineers play to change human lives and the world. A general definition of the engineering profession helps in understanding them better. The research aims at assessing the ethical and social responsibility that engineers are bound with. This is achieved by studying the education and training criteria set by the governing and accreditation bodies pertaining to the engineering disciplines. With the help of case studies, the paper seeks to explore the sort of ethical and social responsibilities. ...

Need of Code of Ethics in Engineering

Engineering profession needs Code of Ethics in order to indicate the conducts and standards that all the members of an organization such as Engineers Island adopt and abide by in their professional lives. The Code of Ethics is meant for enabling engineer to maintain cordial relations with employers, peers, clients, and society (Humphreys 1999). The Code of Ethics is also for creating awareness in Engineers regarding social as well as environmental obligations. It is for developing and maintaining professional standards and conduct. Further, it is also for ensuring proper adoption and implementation of disciplinary action, and also for enforcing ...

For some time now, philosophers, scientists, and intellectuals from different fields concern themselves over the nature of epistemology—the study of knowledge itself. The subject itself is a broad one, so they attempt to view and explain it through different perspectives. The study of knowledge can be presented according to its ethical considerations, the essence of what is considered useful information and what is not, and the likes. This means that many approaches can be made to learn more about the nature of knowledge. What is interesting about epistemology is that, because it is the study of knowledge itself, ...

The first image that comes to mind when thinking about the ethical implications of defense engineering is the first scene in the movie Real Genius, where several men who represent a counsel of defense are sitting around a table watching video clips of a new weapon that is being developed at Caltech University. This was an idea for the end of the 20th century. The movie was filled with ethical questions and moral imperatives that imply the ideas of ethical technology in the military. Science, University Students, and Engineers make a significant contribution to the advancement of defense technology. ...

Introduction

Human beings are social beings and hence necessitate societies to be formed. Co-relations in these societies has always proved hard and hence for members to co-exist peacefully with each other there need to be a set of guidelines. The society is held together by the moral fabric defined by the members which is based on their values, truths, norms, honesty or generally what is considered upright by the members. The society concept also applies to different professions practiced worldwide. Every profession has their own society, this cuts across from the most esteemed professions such as engineering or architectural to ...

Application of the Engineering Ethics Principle

Though it is true that engineering requires skills in order to accomplish certain projects or tasks, the skills and expertise in the field are not justifiable enough for one to determine the success of the project. This is because engineers do not only act out of their own accord and total freedom in whatever they want to do; instead, they follow certain ethical standards in order to make sure that the welfare and the benefit of most, if not all people are being prioritized. The incorporation of ethics in the field of engineering gives way to make the field ...

Introduction

Software development is also known as software design and involves the development of a software product. Software development can also refer to computer programming which involves writing and maintaining source codes of a given computer program. The process of software development is very wide and includes researching on a particular kind of software, making new developments or modifying an already existing software, prototyping, requirements engineering, maintenance and carrying any other activity that can result into the formation of a software product. Software development is usually done for a variety of purposes. In each of the purposes that may trigger the development of software, customer ...