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Engg As Expt
Engg As Expt
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OK ?
No
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Finished product
Effective engineering
Lack of established channels of communication, misplaced pride in not asking for information, embarrassment at failure and plain neglect
Demands engineering practitioners to remain alert and well informed at every stage of a projects history
Standard experiments Carried out under Controlled environment Experimental subjects human beings out of experimenters control
Informed consent
Subjects participation consent informed
knowledge Voluntariness
All the information to decide upon Enter into experiment without by force/deception
(public/clients) (risks and benefits)
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Informed consent
Normally governed by
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Knowledge gained
Primary aim concern about the manner of conducting experiment
Gaining of new knowledge secondary aim (1) Valid consent of human subject is sought (2)Safety measures are taken. (3)Means must exist to terminate the experiment at any point and to provide safe exit for all participants
To protect safety of human subjects and respect their right of consent. A constant awareness of the experimental nature of the project, imaginative forecasting of Its possible side effects and a reasonable effort to monitor them. A conscientious commitment to live by moral values. A comprehensive perspective. Autonomy Accountability To display technical competence and other attributes of professionalism
As social experimentation
Conscientiousness
Sensitivity to full range of moral values
Conscientiousness implies consciousness: open eyes , open ears and an open mind. Skill & effort to reach balance between values and responsibilities
Conscientiousness
Engg social expt restores vision (guardian of public interest)
Safety and welfare should not be disregarded In the quest for knowledge, rush for profits and a narrow adherence to rules
Relevant information
Conscientiousness is blind
-without relevant factual
information
To fully grasp context of ones work commitment to obtain and assess all available information to meet Ones moral obligations.
To view the specialized activity in a project as part of a larger whole having a social impact-that may involve unintended effects
Moral autonomy
Moral attitudes critical reflection
Viewing engineering as of ones personality experimentation can help to overcome this tendency and can help restore a sense of autonomous participation in ones work
As an employee under an employer Carrying out duties in companys Interest no longer morally and Personally identified with ones actions
Accountability
Willingness to submit ones action to moral scrutiny
Open & responsive to the assessment of others
submission to employers
Accountability
First , In large scale projects an engineer contributes only a fragment of work and the created product is far removed from workplace crating a distance that lead to a lessened sense of personal accountability. Second , bureaucracies tend to diffuse and delimit Areas of personal accountability within the hierarchies of authority Third , frequent pressure to move on to a new project deprive engineers to observe current project adequately .This promotes a sense of being accountable only for meeting schedule. Fourth ,preoccupation with legalities wards off one to morally involve beyond institutional role.