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BAPATLA ENGINEERING COLLEGE

(Autonomous)

Ref No: Principal/BEC/A/05/2018-19/702, Dt 30.11.2019

COURSE PLAN

1. Department Mechanical Engineering

B.Tech
2. Program

3. Semester/Year Second
PROFESSIONAL ETHICS AND HUMAN VALUES
4. Course title /code (PE&HV)
14EC601

5. Prerequisite – Code and Title General Awareness of an industry

6. Number of hours tuition 60

7. Date of Preparation 30/11/2019

8. Syllabus
UNIT – I
Human Values: Morals, Values and Ethics, Integrity, Work Ethic, Service Learning, Civic
Virtue, Respect for others, Living peacefully, Caring, Sharing, Honesty, Courage, Valuing time
Co-Operation, Commitment, Empathy, Self Confidence, Character, Spirituality
(14)
UNIT -II
Engineering Ethics: Senses Of ‘Engineering Ethics, Variety of Moral Issues, Types of Inquiry,
Moral Dilemmas, Moral Autonomy, Kohlberg’s Theory,
Gilligan’s Theory, Consensus and controversy, Professions and Professionalism, Professional
Ideals and Virtues, Theories about Right Action, Self interest, Customs and religion, Uses of
Ethical Theories. (14)
UNIT – III
Engineering as Social Experimentation: Engineering as Experimentation, Engineers as
Responsible Experimenters, Codes of Ethics, Balanced Outlook on law
Safety, Responsibility and Rights: Safety and Risk – Assessment of Safety and Risk, Risk
Benefit Analysis and Reducing Risk.
Collegiality and Loyalty, Respect For Authority, Collective Bargaining, Confidentiality,
Conflicts Of Interest, Occupational Crime, Professional Rights, Employee Rights, Intellectual
Property rights (IPR), Discrimination. (20)
UNIT – IV
Global Issues:
Multinational Corporations, Environmental Ethics, Computer Ethics, Weapon Development,
Engineers as Managers, Consulting Engineering, Engineering as Expert Witnesses and Advisors,
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Moral leadership, Sample codes of Ethics like ASME, ASCE, IEEE, Institution of Engineers
(India), Indian institute of material management, Institution of Electronics and
Telecommunication Engineers (IETE), India etc., (12)
9. Course Objectives
The student will able to

1. Understand the Engineering Ethics and uses of ethical theories

2. Understand social responsibilities and rights
3. Familiar with Global issues like Multinational Corporations-Environmental
Ethics-Computer Ethics-Weapons Development-Engineers As Managers
-Consulting Engineers-Engineers As Expert Witnesses And Advisors-Moral Leadership Sample Code
Of Ethics Like ASME, ASCE, IEEE, Institution Of Engineers(India), Indian Institute Of Materials
Management, Institution Of Electronics And Telecommunication Engineers(IETE), India Etc.
4. Familiar with Morals, Human values and Ethics.
5. To enable students appreciate the essential complementarity between 'VALUES'
and 'SKILLS' to ensure sustained happiness and prosperity which are the core
aspirations of all human beings.
6. To facilitate the development of a Holistic perspective among students towards
life, profession and happiness, based on a correct understanding of the Human
reality and the rest of existence. Such a holistic perspective forms the basis of
Value based living in a natural way.
7. To highlight plausible implications of the above Holistic understanding in terms of
ethical human conduct, trustful and mutually satisfying human behaviour and
mutually enriching interaction with Nature.
8. To facilitate the development of a Holistic perspective among students towards
life, profession and happiness, based on a correct understanding of the Human
reality and the rest of existence. Such a holistic perspective forms the basis of
Value based living in a natural way.

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10. Learning Outcomes
1. To create awareness on professional ethics and Human Values
2. To create awareness on Engineering Ethics providing basic knowledge about engineering Ethics,
Variety of moral issues and Moral dilemmas, Professional Ideals and Virtues.
3. To provide basic familiarity about Engineers as responsible Experimenters, Research Ethics, Codes
of Ethics, Industrial Standards
4. To inculcate knowledge and exposure on Safety and Risk, Risk Benefit Analysis and have an idea
about the Collective Bargaining, Confidentiality, Professional, Employee, Intellectual Property Rights

5. The students identify the importance of human values and skills for sustained happiness.

6. The students strike a balance between profession and personal happiness/ goals.

7. The students realize/ explain the significance of trust, mutually satisfying human behavior and
enriching interaction with nature.

8. The students develop/ propose appropriate technologies and management patterns to create harmony
in professional and personal life

Course Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

1. Clear idea about human values

2. Understood the core values that shape the ethical behavior of an engineer
3. Exposed awareness on professional ethics and human values.
4. Known their role in technological development
5. Clear idea about professional Ethics which are very useful in their professional
life.
6. Knowledge of Global issues.
7. Understanding the Harmony at various Levels
8. Implications of the Right Understanding in Life and Profession.
9. Students understand the core values that shape the ethical behavior of an engineer
and Exposed awareness on professional ethics and human values.
10. The students will understand the basic perception of profession, professional
ethics, various moral issues & uses of ethical theories
11. The students will understand various social issues, industrial standards, code of
ethics and role of professional ethics in engineering field.
12. The students will be aware of responsibilities of an engineer for safety and risk
benefit analysis, professional rights and responsibilities of an engineer.
11. Teaching – Learning Methods

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12. Assessment Methods

Home Assignments-10 M
QUIZ-10M

13. LESSON PLAN

Week No. of Learning Outcomes Unit/module/ Teachi Assessment
Periods Topic(s) ng Methods
Metho
ds
1 4 Student will understand clear idea about BB QUIZ
human values : Morals, Values and Ethics UNIT-I
2 4 Student will understand clear idea about BB HOME
human values : Integrity, Work Ethic, UNIT-I ASSG
Service Learning, Civic Virtue
3 4 Student will understand clear idea about BB QUIZ
human values : , Respect for others, Living UNIT-I
peacefully, Caring, Sharing, Honesty,
Courage, Valuing time
4 4 Student will understand clear idea about BB MID
human values : Co-Operation, Commitment, UNIT-I
Empathy, Self Confidence, Character,
Spirituality

5 4 Understood the core values that shape the BB QUIZ

ethical behavior of an engineer with UNIT-II
Engineering Ethics
6 4 Engineering Ethics: Senses Of ‘Engineering BB HOME
Ethics, Variety of Moral Issues, Types of UNIT-II ASSG
Inquiry,
Moral Dilemmas, Moral Autonomy,
Kohlberg’s Theory,

7 4 Students understand the importance of BB QUIZ

Gilligan’s Theory, Consensus and UNIT-II
controversy, Professions and
Professionalism, Professional Ideals and
Virtues,
8 4 Review with students basic Theories about BB MID
Right Action, Self interest, Customs and UNIT-II
religion, Uses of
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 Ethical Theories.
9 4 Educate the students on how to BB QUIZ
systematically evaluate the Engineering as UNIT-III
Social Experimentation: Engineering as
Experimentation, Engineers as
Responsible Experimenters, Codes of
Ethics, Balanced Outlook on law

10 4 Educate the students on how to BB HOME

systematically evaluate the Safety, UNIT-III ASSG
Responsibility and Rights
11 4 Introduce to students basic : Safety and Risk BB QUIZ
– Assessment of Safety and Risk, Risk UNIT-III
Benefit Analysis and Reducing Risk.
12 4 Student analyse with Collegiality and BB MID
Loyalty, Respect For Authority, Collective UNIT-III
Bargaining, Confidentiality,
Conflicts Of Interest, Occupational Crime,
Professional Rights, Employee Rights,
Intellectual
13 4 Educate the students on how to BB QUIZ
systematically evaluate UNIT-IV
Multinational Corporations, Environmental
Ethics, Computer Ethics, Weapon
Development
14 4 Engineers as Managers, Consulting BB HOME
Engineering, Engineering as Expert UNIT-IV ASSG
Witnesses and Advisors,
Moral leadership, Sample codes of

15 4 Ethics like ASME, ASCE, IEEE, Institution BB QUIZ

of Engineers UNIT-IV
(India),

16 4 Indian institute of material management, BB MID

Institution of Electronics and UNIT-IV
Telecommunication Engineers (IETE), India
etc.,

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14.Resources
Text Book 1. Govindarajan. M, Natarajan. S,
Senthilkimar.V.S, Engineering Ethics, Phi, 2004.
2. Mike Martin and Roland Schinzinger, Ethics In
Engineering, Mc Graw Hill, New York 1996.
3. M.P.Raghavan, Professiional Ehics and Human
Values, Scitech Publications(India)
Pvt.ltd., 2009.
Reference Books 1. Charles D Fleddermann, Engineering Ethics,
Prentice Hall, New Jersey, 2004.
2.Charles E Harris, Michael S Pritchard and
Michael J Robins, Engineering Ethics Concepts
and
Cases, Thomson Learning, United States, 2000.
3. John R Boatright, Ethics and The Conduct Of
Business, Phi, New Delhi, 2003.
4.Edmund G Seebauer And Robert L Barry,
Fundamentals Of Ethics For Scientists And
Engineering, Oxford University Press, 2001.
Journals/Journal Articles

Other Resources such as Guest Lecture, Field

Study, etc.