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COURSE PLAN – THEORY

Faculty Name Mr N S Balaji

Designation / Department Assistant Professor/ Computer science & Engineering.

Course Code /Name GE8076 PROFESSIONAL ETHICS IN ENGINEERING

Programme / Branch B.E./ Computer Science and Engineering

Year /Semester IV/ VIII

Academic Year 2023– 2024

Regulation 2017

Core/ Elective Elective

Contact Hours 45

No. of Credits 3

Course Pre-requisite:
a. Basics knowledge in Human Ethics

Course Learning Objective:

a. To Study moral awareness (proficiency in recognizing moral problems in engineering like

plagiarism and patenting
b. .Convincing moral reasoning (comprehending, assessing different views)
c. To learn the inspire Moral and Social Values and Loyalty
d. To protect individual engineers by discouraging all industry professionals
e. To appreciate the rights of others.
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1. At the end of the course, the student will be able to:

Knowledge
Course Outcomes
Level

Describe the human values with regard to the individual lifestyle

CO1 U
for the society

CO2 Explain the role of ethics to the engineering field AP

Describe how engineering is applied in association with ethics

CO3 AP
based on engineering experimentation

Explain the engineering ethics-based safety, responsibilities and

CO4 AN
rights

CO5 Discuss the global issues of professional ethics in engineering AP

Cognitive Domain:
R- Remember; U- Understand; Ap-Apply; An- Analyse; E- Evaluate; C-Create

2. Programme Outcomes:
Students graduating from Computer Science and Engineering should be able to:

PO1 Engineering knowledge: Apply the knowledge of mathematics, science, engineering

fundamentals and an engineering specialization to the solution of complex engineering
problems.

PO2 Problem analysis: Identify, formulate, review research literature, and analyse
complexengineeringproblemsreachingsubstantiatedconclusionsusingfirstprinciplesofmathema
tics, natural sciences, and engineering sciences.
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PO3 Design/development of solutions: Design solutions for complex engineering

problemsanddesignsystemcomponentsorprocessesthatmeetthespecifiedneedswithappropriate
consideration for the public health and safety, and the cultural, societal, and environmental
considerations.

PO4 Conductinvestigationsofcomplexproblems: Use research-based knowledge and

research methods including design of experiments, analysis and interpretation of data, and
synthesis of the information to provide valid conclusions.

PO5 Modern tool usage: Create, select, and apply appropriate techniques, resources, and
modern engineering and IT tools including prediction and modelling to complex engineering
activities with an understanding of the limitations.

PO6 The engineer and society: Apply reasoning informed by the contextual knowledge
toassesssocietal, health, safety, legalandculturalissuesandtheconsequentresponsibilities
relevanttotheprofessionalengineeringpractice.

PO7 Environment and sustainability: Understand the impact of the professional

engineeringsolutions in societal and environmental contexts, and demonstrate the knowledge
of, andneedforsustainabledevelopment.

PO8 Ethics: Apply ethical principles and commit to professional ethics and responsibilities
andnorms of the engineeringpractice.

PO9 Individual and team work: Function effectively as an individual, and as a member
orleaderindiverseteams, andinmultidisciplinarysettings.

PO10Communication:
Communicateeffectivelyoncomplexengineeringactivitieswiththeengineering community and
with society at large, such as, being able to comprehend andwrite effective reports and design
documentation, make effective presentations, and giveandreceiveclearinstructions.
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PO11 Project management and finance: Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of

theengineering and management principles and apply these to one’s own work, as a member
and leaderin ateam, tomanageprojectsandinmultidisciplinaryenvironments.

PO12Life-long learning: Recognize theneedfor,

andhavethepreparationandabilitytoengageinindependentandlife-
longlearninginthebroadestcontextoftechnologicalchange.

Programme Specific Outcomes:

Students graduating from Computer Science andEngineering should be able to:

PSO1

Toanalyse,
designanddevelopcomputingsolutionsbyapplyingfoundationalconceptsofComputer
Scienceand Engineering.

PSO2
To apply software engineering principles and practices for developing quality software
for scientificandbusinessapplications.

PSO3
To adapt to emerging Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) to innovate
ideas andsolutionsto existing/novelproblems.

3. CO-PO Mapping Table:

Cos PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9 PO10 PO11 PO12 PSO1 PSO2 PSO3

CO 1 3 2 3 3 - - - - 1 3 3 3 1 2 2
CO 2 1 1 1 3 1 - - - 1 2 1 3 2 3 2
CO 3 2 1 2 1 1 - - - 2 1 1 3 1 1 1
CO 4 3 1 3 1 - - - - 2 1 2 1 2 2 2
CO 5 3 1 1 2 2 - - - 3 1 2 3 2 1 2
Weighted - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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Average
Level of Correlation 3 - Strong 2- Moderate 1 -Weak

4. Course Syllabus

GE8076 PROFESSIONAL ETHICS IN ENGINEERING LT PC 3003

OBJECTIVES:
➢ To enable the students to create an awareness on Engineering Ethics and Human
Values, to in still Moral and Social Values and Loyalty and to appreciate the rights of
others.
UNIT I HUMAN VALUES 10
Morals, values and Ethics – Integrity – Work ethic – Service learning – Civic virtue –
Respect for others – Living peacefully – Caring – Sharing – Honesty – Courage –
Valuing time – Cooperation – Commitment – Empathy – Self Confidence – Character –
Spirituality – Introduction to Yoga and meditation for professional excellence and stress
management.
UNIT II ENGINEERING ETHICS 9
Senses of Engineering Ethics – Variety of moral issues – Types of inquiry – Moral
dilemmas – Moral Autonomy– Kohlberg’s theory – Gilligan‘s theory – Consensus and
Controversy – Models of professional roles – Theories about right action – Self-interest –
Customs and Religion – Uses of Ethical Theories.
UNIT III ENGINEERING AS SOCIAL EXPERIMENTATION 9
Engineering as Experimentation – Engineers as responsible Experimenters – Codes of
Ethics – A Balanced Outlook on Law.
UNIT IV SAFETY, RESPONSIBILITIES AND RIGHTS 9
Safety and Risk – Assessment of Safety and Risk – Risk Benefit Analysis and Reducing
Risk – Respect for Authority – Collective Bargaining – Confidentiality – Conflicts of
Interest – Occupational Crime – Professional Rights – Employee Rights – Intellectual
Property Rights (IPR) – Discrimination.
UNIT V GLOBAL ISSUES 8
Multinational Corporations – Environmental Ethics – Computer Ethics – Weapons
Development – Engineers as Managers – Consulting Engineers – Engineers as Expert
Witnesses and Advisors – Moral Leadership –Code of Conduct – Corporate Social
Responsibility. TOTAL: 45

TEXT BOOKS:
1. Mike W. Martin and Roland Schinzinger, Ethics in Engineering, Tata McGraw Hill, New
Delhi, 2003.
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2. Govindarajan M, Natarajan S, Senthil Kumar V. S, Engineering Ethics, Prentice Hall of

India, New Delhi, 2004

REFERENCES:

1. Charles B. Fleddermann, ―Engineering Ethics, Pearson Prentice Hall, New Jersey, 2004.
2. Charles E. Harris, Michael S. Pritchard and Michael J. Rabins, ―Engineering Ethics –
Concepts and Cases, Cengage Learning, 2009.
3. John R Boatright, ―Ethics and the Conduct of Business, Pearson Education, New Delhi,
2003
4. Edmund G Seebauer and Robert L Barry, ―Fundamentals of Ethics for Scientists and
Engineers, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2001.
5. Laura P. Hartman and Joe Desjardins, ―Business Ethics: Decision Making for Personal
Integrity and Social Responsibility Mc Graw Hill education, India Pvt. Ltd.,New Delhi, 2013.
6. World Community Service Centre, Value Education‘, Vethathiri publications, Erode, 2011.

5.Course Plan:

Text
Lecturer Cumulative Teaching Focus for CO
Topic to be covered Book/
Hours hours methodology achievement
Reference
UNIT I – HUMAN VALUES

Introduction to Morals, values

L1. 1 T1 PPT CO 1
and Ethics
Integrity ,Work ethic, Service T1 PPT CO 1
L2. 2
learning, Civic virtue
Respect for others, Living T1 PPT CO 1
L3. 3
peacefully
Caring ,Sharing, Honesty, T1 PPT CO 1
L4. 4
Courage
Valuing time, Cooperation T1 PPT CO 1
L5. 5
Commitment ,Empathy
Self Confidence ,Character, T1 PPT CO 1
L6. 6
Spirituality
L7. Introduction to Yoga 7 T1 PPT CO 1
Introduction to Yoga
L8. meditation for professional 8 T1 PPT CO 1
excellence
L9. Stress management. 9 T1 PPT CO 1
Moral and Social Values and T1 PPT CO 1
L10. 10
Loyalty
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Learning Outcomes:

On learning this unit, the student should be able to:

1.Ethics seeks to resolve questions of human morality by defining concepts such as good and
evil, right and wrong, virtue and vice, justice and crime
UNIT II - ENGINEERING ETHICS

L11. Senses of Engineering Ethics 10 T1 PPT CO 2

Variety of moral issues, Types PPT CO 2
L12. 11 T1
of inquiry, Moral dilemmas
Moral Autonomy, Kohlberg’s PPT CO 2
L13. 12 T1
theory
Moral Autonomy ,Gilligan‘s PPT CO 2
L14. 13 T1
theory
Consensus and Controversy PPT CO 2
L15. 14 T1
Models of professional roles
L16. Theories about right action 15 T1 PPT CO 2

L17. Self-interest 16 T1 PPT CO 2

L18. Customs and Religion 17 T1 PPT CO 2

L19. Uses of Ethical Theories. 18 T1 PPT CO 2
UNIT III - ENGINEERING AS SOCIAL EXPERIMENTATION

Engineering as T1 CO 3
L20. 19 PPT
Experimentation
Engineering experiments with T1 PPT CO 3
L21. 20
standard experiments.
Morally Responsible T1 PPT CO 3
L22. 21
Engineers
Engineers as responsible T1 PPT CO 3
L23. 22
Experimenters
Roles played by the codes of PPT
L24. ethics set by professional 23 T1 CO 3
societies.
Models of research ethics with T1 PPT CO 3
L25. 24
examples
Moral ethical and professional T1 PPT CO 3
L26. 25
codes of standards
L27. A Balanced Outlook on Law 26 T1 PPT CO 3
Challenger space shuttle T1 PPT CO 3
L28. 27
disaster
Learning Outcomes:
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On learning this unit, the student should be able to:

 The students able to know ethics in engineering experimentation and to apply the codes of
ethics in engineering profession

UNIT IV - SAFETY, RESPONSIBILITIES AND RIGHTS

Safety and Risk ,Assessment T1

L29. 28 PPT CO 4
of Safety and Risk
Risk Benefit Analysis and T1 PPT
L30. 29 CO 4
Reducing Risk
L31. Respect for 30 T1 PPT CO 4
Authority
Collective Bargaining PPT
L32. 31 T1 CO 4
Confidentiality
L33. Conflicts of Interest 32 T2 PPT CO 4

L34. Occupational Crime 33 T2 PPT CO 4

Professional T2 PPT
L35. 34 CO 4
Rights
T2 PPT
L36. Employee Rights 35 CO 4
Intellectual Property Rights T2 PPT
L37. 36 CO 4
(IPR)
L38. Discrimination Content beyond the syllabus
Learning Outcomes:
On learning this unit, the student should be able to:
 the students to get awareness on Safety, Responsibility and Rights

UNIT V - GLOBAL ISSUES

L39. Multinational Corporations 37 T1 PPT CO 5

Environmental Ethics T1 PPT
L40. 38 CO 5
Computer Ethics

L41. Weapons Development 39 T1 PPT CO 5

Engineers as T1
L42. 40 PPT CO 5
Managers
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PPT
L43. Consulting Engineers 41 T2 CO 5

Engineers as Expert Witnesses T1 PPT

L44. 42 CO 5
and Advisors
T1 PPT
L45. Moral Leadership 43 CO 5
Corporate Social T1 PPT
L46. 44 CO 5
Responsibility.
Learning Outcomes:
On learning this unit, the student should be able to:
 The student able to know about corporate, computer and environment ethics to address
the Global issues.

6. Text Books/References/ Websites:

Text/Ref/Website Details

T1 Mike W. Martin and Roland Schinzinger, Ethics in Engineering, Tata McGraw

Hill, New Delhi,2003

T2 Govindarajan M, Natarajan S, Senthil Kumar V. S, Engineering Ethics,

Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi, 2004.
R1 Charles B. Fleddermann, ―Engineering Ethics, Pearson Prentice Hall, New Jersey,
2004.
R2 Charles E. Harris, Michael S. Pritchard and Michael J. Rabins, ―Engineering
Ethics – Concepts and Cases, Cengage Learning, 2009.
R3 John R Boatright, ―Ethics and the Conduct of Business, Pearson Education, New
Delhi, 2003

R4 Edmund G Seebauer and Robert L Barry, ―Fundamentals of Ethics for Scientists

and Engineers, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2001.

R5 Laura P. Hartman and Joe Desjardins, ―Business Ethics: Decision Making for
Personal Integrity and Social Responsibility Mc Graw Hill education, India Pvt.
Ltd.,New Delhi, 2013.

R6 World Community Service Centre, Value Education‘, Vethathiri publications,

Erode, 2011.
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R7 CharuC.Aggarwal,“DataClassificationAlgorithmsandApplications”,CRCPress,2014

NPTEL http://nptel.ac.in/

7. Content beyond Syllabus:

Mode of Resource Coverage of

Sl.No. Topic
Implementation Person POs /PSOs

1 Role of religion in establishing PO1,PO2,

ethical values Internal Internal PO3, PO5 &
2 Bhopal gas tragedy – A case study PSO1

8. Assignment:

Coverage of
CO’s with
Sl.No Submission
Assignment Topics Knowledge Levels
. Date
(AP/AN Level
only)

a) Behaviour of an individual and boosts the

organization culture.
b) Scope and importance of professional ethics in
1 CO1, AN
Engineering
c) Character and spirituality and their importance in
ethics

d) Role and importance of Ethics in Engineering.

e) Various ethical theories and their uses.
2 CO2, AP
f)Moral autonomy by Kohlberg and Gilligan

g) characteristics of Morally Responsible Engineers

h) Engineering experiments with standard
CO3, AP
3 experiments
i) importance of codes of ethics

4 J) Importance of Collective Bargaining. CO4, AP

k)Risk benefit analysis and discuss its role in reducing
risks with suitable
examples
i) testing strategies for safety with suitable examples
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m). Multinational Corporation which is employing

mainly software engineers.
n) Various ethical issues faced by an consultant
5 engineer CO5, U
o) Ethical role of engineers as expert witness with
suitable examples.

9. Student’s Class Notes Verification Schedule:

Sl.No. Portions Verification date

1 Up to1.5 units Before the commencement of CIA – I

2 Unit-1.5 toUnit-3 Before the commencement of CIA – II
3 Unit-4 toUnit-5 Before the commencement of CIA – III

10. Internal Examination Schedule:

Sl.No. Examination Date Topic Marks

1 CIA– I As per Anna University Upto 1.5 Units 50

Chennai Schedule
2 CIA– II As per Anna University Unit1.5 to Unit3 50
Chennai Schedule
3 CIA– III As per Anna University Unit4-Unit5 100
Chennai Schedule

CIA-Continuous Internal Assessment

11. Course Outcome (CO) Assessment:

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Direct Outcome (80%) Indirect Outcome (20%)

CIA– I
CIA– II
CIA– III
60% of Direct Outcome Course End Survey
Assignment
MCQ
AU End Semester Examination 40% of Direct Outcome

CIA - Continuous Internal Assessment MCQ – Multiple Choice Question

12.End Semester Evaluation Components (Anna University, Chennai):

Marks
Sl. No. Components
Internal External
1 Internal Examinations (I – III) 20

2 University Examination 80

Total 100

Date of preparation:20.01.2024

Course Coordinator HoD - CSE

Mr N S Balaji
AP/ CSE