[No. of Printed Pages — 6] PFE301 Enrol. No. 104M [uc] END SEMESTER EXAMINATION : NOV.-DEC., 2021 PROFESSIONAL ETHICS AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY Time: 2 Hrs. Maximum Marks ; 50 Note: Attempt questions from all sections as directed. SECTION - A (20 Marks) Attempt any four questions out of five. Each question carries 05 marks. 1. What is Utilitarian Theory? 2. Why ethical dilemmas is a challenge in decision making? 3. Elaborate on signifciance of VUCA. 4. Explain the concept of Inclusive development. P.T.O, (453)PFE301 2 5. Give two applications of ethics in different fi . a Elds of knowledge enumerating their importance and g Cope of work. SECTION - B (16 Marks) Attempt any two questions out of three, Each question carries 08 marks 6. a) Discuss the importance of duty ethics and virtue in your profession. Describe the Rights Theory and Virtue theory. (4) (b) Describe the various occupational crime among the professional. Explain the ethical issues encountered in Organizations. (4) Ww (a) The graduate students, post-docs, and professor in your research group have spent the past week brainstorming ideas for a major new proposal to submit to the National Science Foundation. After much discussion, the professor selects Sally’s idea to be the core of the proposal, and invites John to be Co-PI with him, and to take the lead in Soordinating preparation of the proposal. Both.PFE301 (b) the (a) (b) 3 Sally and John are senior post-docs in the lab. It is a real honor and a career advantage to be a PI early in one’s career, By offering one of his post- docs the opportunity to be Co-PI and work with him on preparing the grant, the professor is helping, launch the Postdoc’s career. The issue is, why didn’t the professor offer this opportunity to Sally, since the core idea in the Proposal was hers? In considering this Scenario, how should the different students and Post-docs respond to this decision by the professor? What sh ould Sally do? (4) Discuss the key functions of CSR’ dept of an Organization. Explain the objectives of CSR and two policies concenring CSR. (4) Write briefly in detail with the help of examples from corporate world Industrial standards Limitations of code of ethics PTO. (453)4 pFE3O1 SECTION © (14 Marks) (Compulsory) 9. Conflict of Interest Case Study : You are a sixth-year graduate student at a large university in the final months of your dissertation research on novel photonic materials. You are worried about your next appointment, and have applied for several postdoctoral positions in this field plus a few tenure-track assistant professorships at universities where you would like to work. To your surprise and pleasure, you are invited for an interview for a tenure- track appointment at your undergraduate alma mater, a prestigious research institution in a city where you already have connections and would love to live. In the question-and-answer period following your seminar on your research, the department chair asks for detailed information about the. novel material- preparation technique developed in your graduate research, aid used extensively in your experiments, - (453)pre301 5 Your group is working on a patent application and its members have agreed not to provide details until a paper currently being prepared is submitted for publication. Your thesis advisor will be giving the first major presentation on the technique at a major international conference in a couple months. You answer that you and your colleagues are in the process of writing it up for publication and a patent application, and you would be glad to send them an early preprint when it is available. The question and answer period continues and concludes uneventfully and pleasantly. After the seminar, in your private interview with the Chair, he pushes harder for this information, remarking that the Department seeks team players, willing to share information with department colleagues, and referring to your undergraduate roots and the need to prove you are one of them to be a viable candidate for the position. . What should you do? (gi What are the interests of the various players? (6) P.T.O. (453) 6 PFE3OL (b) Where are the your options? (8) re conflicts of interest? What ay, e{No. of Printed Pages — 4] PFE301 Enrol Novae [UC] END SEMESTER EXAMINATION : NOV-DEC 2022 PROFESSIONAL ETHICS AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY Time: 2 Hrs Maximum Marks: 50 Note: Attempt questions from all sections as directed. SECTION - A (20 Marks) Attempt any four questions out of five Each question carries 05 marks Discuss in detail the various types of Moral issues with examples Define ethics and discuss how ethics is different from morality with examples Describe how to balance between compliance-based ethics and value-based ethics in brief.1136 I ss the models of professional engineers and tives for professionalism in brief SECTION - B (16 Marks) Attempt any two questions out of three. Each question carries 08 (a) Discuss the application ¢ vital role in professic () Specify the various types of Ethical inquiries available with examples 4) Distinguish between employee rights and professional rights with examples al are the factors that affect risk acceptability? at is the use of knowledg © of risk acceptance to engineer?PFE301 3 1136 SECTION = iC (14 Marks) (Compulsory) 9. (a) Imagine that you are driving a trolley and that all of a sudden you realize that the trolley’s brake system -has ed. Further imagine that approximately 80 meters ahead of you on the trolley track (a short di ance from the trolley’s station) five crew men are working on a section of the track on which your trolley is traveling. You realize that you cannot stop the trolley and that you will probably not be abie to prevent the deaths of the five workers. But then you suddenly realize that you could “throw a switch” that would cause the trolley to go on to a different track. You also happen to notice that one person is working on that track. You then realize that if you do nothing, five people will likely die, whereas if you engage the switch to change tracks, only one person would likely die What would you do in this situation? @ IEE (O),END SEMESTER EXAMINATION: APRIL-MAY 2022 PROFESSIONAL ETHICS AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY Time: 2 Hrs. Maximum Marks: 50 Note: Attempt questions from all sections as directed. SECTION - A (20 Marks) Attempt any four questions out of five. Each question carries 05 marks. 1. Explain in detail the branches of ethics? 2. Sustainability is a term that has grown in popularity and has become a catchphrase for green business practices that have been incorporated into many corporate strategies. Explain the Sustainable Business Practices? 3. Write short notes on the nature of ethical enquiry in Business. 4. Define the term VUCA. Why is VUCA important? BT.O. (1810)PFE301 2 PRESOL 3 3S. Different te between Inform Consent and debriefing. SECTION — B (16 Marks) Attempt any two questions out of three. Each question carries 08 marks. Highlight the different approaches to the study of ethics giving example. Research ethics govern the standards of conduct for se) ¢ researchers It is the guideline for responsibly conducting the research. In the light of above statement explain the principles of research ethics? CSR “is the ethical behavior of a company towards society”. Highlight the types of Social Responsibilities. SECTION - C (14 Marks) (Compulsory) You are # sole practitioner who used to provide a range of accountancy services for a small company (Company A) that owns a hardware shop in the town where you practise. Following a brief retendering process, the client chose to engage an alternative firm of accountants. Both you and the other firm had been renay asked to tender for a range of services, including the preparation of year-end accounts, tax compliance work, and a due diligence exercise in respect of the intended purchase of @ small hardware business in the ‘You believe that you were unsuccessful in the tendering process based on cost alone, as Company A is not very profitable, and suffers from the competition of the other hardware business that it intends to acquire. ‘You are the continuity provider for another local sole Practitioner. Two months ago, he suffered a heart attack, and so you are currently acting for a number of his clients. He is not expected to resume practising for another two months. One of the clients of the incapacitated practitioner (Company B) operates a shop selling electrical goods, The director and majority shareholder has called you to arrange a meeting to discuss 2 business venture that he is considering, At the meeting, the client explains that he intends to make an offer for the same small hardware business that Company A is seeking to acquire. He is aware that there is another bidder for the business, but is unaware that it is Company A, or that Company A used to be P.T.O, (1810)PFE301 4 your client. When the meeting is over, you start to feel uneasy. You want to help Company B and provide a valued service on behalf of the practitioner for whom you are the continuity provider. But you realise that you are also in possession of confidential information concerning the plans of your previous client. You are aware of Company A’s problems and its motivation for wishing to acquire the business. Explain the key fundamentals principles, identify relevant facts and suggest course of action?