- is a system of moral principles or a moral responsibility that a

person feels.

Engineering design ethics concerns issues that arise during the design of
technological products, processes, systems, and services. This includes issues such
as safety, sustainability, user autonomy, and privacy.

 Respecting others and ourselves.

 Respecting the rights of others.
 Keeping promises.
 Avoiding unnecessary problems to others.
 Avoiding cheating and dishonesty.
 Showing gratitude towards others and encourage them to work.
 ETHICAL DILEMMA?

1. How to live a good life

2. Our rights and responsibilities
3. The language of right and wrong
4. Moral decisions – what is good and bad?

1. Refute the paradox

2. Value theory approach
3. Find alternative solutions
  NORMATIVE ETHICS How should people act?
-is concerned with the content of moral judgments
META-ETHICS and the criteria for what is right or wrong.

NORMATIVE ETHICS  APPLIED ETHICS How do we take moral

APPLIED ETHICS knowledge and put it
into practice?
DESCRIPTIVE ETHICS -it looks at controversial topics like war, animal
rights and capital punishment.

 DESCRIPTIVE ETHICS What do people think

 META-ETHICS What does right even mean? is right?
- deals with the nature of moral judgment. It looks at the -it is about what moral values people
origins and meaning of ethical principles. actually abide by. What peoples beliefs about
- Seeks to understand the nature of ethical morality.
properties, statements, attitudes, and
judgments
PROFESSIONAL ETHICS PERSONAL ETHICS
PERSONAL ETHICS

might also be called morality, since they reflect general

expectation of any person in any society, acting and any
capacity.
Principles of personal ethics include:
1. Trustworthiness and honesty
2. Concern for the well-being of others
3. Respect for the autonomy of others
4. Willing compliance with the law
5. Basic justice; being fair
6. Benevolence; doing good
7. Preventing harm
PROFESSIONAL ETHICS

the rules governing the conduct, transactions, and

relationships within a profession and among its publics.

INTEGRITY
OBJECTIVITY
CONFENDENTIALITY
PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE
DUE CARE

PROFESSIONAL BEAHAVIOUR