S.Vijayalakshmi
18.1.11
Sociologist Raymond Baumhart asked
business people, "What does ethics
mean to you?"
Among their replies were the following:
Courage
Beauty
Honesty
Compassion…….
VALUES
ENVIRONMENT
SELF
SOCIETY
CULTURE
HUMAN EXISTENCE
OUR EXPERIENCES
HUMAN VALUES
SENSES
ETHICS is an activity and area of inquiry
Ethical is different from non moral
MICRO ETHICS
Typical everyday problems that can take
significant proportions in an engineer’s life
MACRO ETHICS
Societal problems that are often shunted
aside until they resurface on a regional or
national scale
WHERE AND HOW DO MORAL
PROBLEMS ARISE?
ACTIVITY – pg 6
VARIOUS STAGES
Conception
Design and manufacture
Testing
Sales
Service
These examples show how ethical
problems arise
Most often when there are differences of
judgment or expectations as to what
constitutes the true state of affairs or
Proper course of action