HS-212 Professional Ethics

Quiz # 3 Max. Marks: 02

Marks Obt.:
Name: Muhammad Qasim Umer Qureshi Roll No.: 19B-062-CE
NOTE: ONLY TYPED AND COMPUTERIZED QUIZZES WOULD BE EVALUATED
Q1. Elaborate the respect for the persons approaches any two in detail.

ANSWER:

RESPECT FOR PERSONS

 Those actions or rules are right that regard each person as worthy of respect as a
moral agent.
 From the standpoint of respect for persons, the precepts of common morality protect
the moral agency of individual human beings.
 GOLDEN RULE APPROACH
 The Self-Defeating Approach
 The Rights Approach

1) The Self-Defeating Approach:

 Requirements of universalizability and reversibility are vital steps in satisfying

that standard.
 Additional features of universalizability as they apply to the notion of respect for persons.
 To proceed anyway, treating myself as an exception to the rule is to pursue my own good
at the expense of others.
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2) The Rights Approach

 Respecting the moral agency of others requires that we accord others

the rights necessary to exercise their agency and to pursuing their well-being.
 What are rights?
 For every right we have, others have corresponding duties of noninterference.
 For instance you have the right to live, others have the duty not to kill you and vice versa.
Q2. TRUE and False
1. Engineers shall not intentionally falsify their qualifications nor actively permit written
misrepresentation of their or their associate's qualifications. Engineers may accept
credit for previous work performed where the work was performed during the period
the engineers were employed by the previous employer. Brochures or other
presentations incident to the solicitation of employment shall specifically indicate the
work performed and the dates the engineers were employed by the firms.

ANSWER:

IT IS FALSE. Because from NSPE codes of ethics, as we know that 5-a point of
RULES OF PRACTISE stated that:
5. Engineers shall avoid deceptive acts.
a. Engineers shall not falsify their qualifications or permit misrepresentation of their
or their associates’ qualifications. They shall not misrepresent or exaggerate their
responsibility in or for the subject matter of prior assignments. Brochures or other
presentations incident to the solicitation of employment shall not misrepresent
pertinent facts concerning employers, employees, associates, joint venturers, or past
accomplishments.

2. Engineers shall not offer, give, solicit, nor receive, either directly or indirectly, any
contribution to influence the award of a contract by a public authority, or which may
be reasonably construed by the public as having the effect or intent of influencing the
award of a contract unless such contribution is made in accordance with applicable
federal or state election campaign finance laws and regulations.

ANSWER:

IT IS FALSE. Because from NSPE codes of ethics, as we know that 5-b point of
RULES OF PRACTISE stated that:
5. Engineers shall avoid deceptive acts.
b). Engineers shall not offer, give, solicit, or receive, either directly or indirectly, any
contribution to influence the award of a contract by public authority, or which may be
reasonably construed by the public as having the effect or intent of influencing the
awarding of a contract. They shall not offer any gift or other valuable consideration in
order to secure work. They shall not pay a commission, percentage, or brokerage fee
in order to secure work, except to a bona fide employee or bona fide established
commercial or marketing agencies retained by them.
3. Engineers shall acknowledge their errors after consulting with their employers or
clients.

ANSWER:

IT IS FALSE. Because as we know that from NSPE codes of ethics, 1-a point of the
PROFESSIONAL OBLIGATIONS stated that:
1. Engineers shall be guided in all their relations by the highest standards of honesty
and integrity.
a. Engineers shall acknowledge their errors and shall not distort or alter the facts.