Profession & Professionalism

• Profession is defined as any job/occupation

that requires,
 Advanced Expertise,
 Self-Regulation,
 Public Good.
• It bring high status socially and economically.
• Professional relates to any work that a person
done on profession.
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 Profession & Professionalism
• Professionalism is a status of professional
which implies certain attitudes and typical
qualities.
 Saviour
 Guardian
 Bureaucratic Servant
 Social Servant
 Social Enabler and catalyst
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 ENGINEERING AS
EXPERIMENTATION
• Before manufacturing a product or providing a
project,
 Make several assumptions and trials,
 Design and redesign,
 Test several times till the product is observed
to be functioning satisfactorily.

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ENGINEERING AS EXPERIMENTATION

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 ENGINEERS AS RESPONSIBLE
EXPERIMENTERS
• Engineers responsibility is shared with the
organizations, people, government, and
others.
• They should share a greater responsibility,
 While monitoring the projects,
 Identifying the risks,
 Informing the clients, and
 The public with facts.
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 ENGINEERS AS RESPONSIBLE
EXPERIMENTERS
• The engineer, as an experimenter, owe several
responsibilities to the society, namely,
• A Conscientious Commitment to live by moral
values.
(Engineers must possess open eyes, open ears, and an
open mind)
 A Comprehensive Perspective on relevant
information.
(constant awareness of the progress of the experiment
and readiness to monitor the side effects)
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 ENGINEERS AS RESPONSIBLE
EXPERIMENTERS
 Unrestricted free-personal involvement in all
steps of the project/product development
(Autonomy).
 Be accountable for the results of the project
(Accountability).

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 Assignment Questions/Unit 1
1) Elaborate the link between Integrity & Honesty.
2) Briefly discuss the topic of work ethic and various
elements of service learning.
3) Explain the link between self respect and respect for
others.
4) Briefly discuss the following topics,
Service learning, Living peacefully, Cooperation &
Commitment, Spirituality.
Submit on JAN 19th