Module 1: professional ethics I. Principles of professional ethics


Corruption, Bribery and Fraud – Corruption is dishonest or fraudulent conduct by



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CpELaws Midterm
2. Corruption, Bribery and Fraud – Corruption is dishonest or fraudulent conduct by
those in power
 An engineer maybe bribed to give permit to a potentially harmful project
 Ex – giving permissions for real estate in environmentally sensitive areas and for constructions not following the design standards
3. Environmental Protection
Generally, the engineering goals and environmental goals are conflicting
 Engineers today are grappling with the ethical dilemmas posed by the conflicts between the economic and environmental requirements of their work
 Ex – Power generation using fossil fuels
4. Fairness
 An engineer’s decisions will have an impact on a variety of different groups of people.
 As a professional an engineers has a duty to treat all of these people fairly.
 It is sometimes difficult to identify exactly who will be affected by a particular decision, and what their interests are
5. Honesty in Research and Testing
 Ex- Volkswagen emissions cheating scandal – the company rigged the air pollution tests
6. Conflict of Values and Conflict of Interest
 The existing conflicts between the professional values of engineering and business values
 Conflict of Interest(CoI) is often a common issues faced by many people in their profession where one’s professional interests comes in conflict with personal interests.
 Conflict of Interest will undermine the concept of fairness (refer previous article for more clarity)

College of Engineering and Architecture Computer Engineering
CpE Laws and Professional Practice As a result of the concurrent development of engineering as a profession and technology-driven corporations, there exists conflicts between the professional values of engineering and business values of corporations. o The professionals value autonomy, collegial control, and social responsibility, while businesses emphasize loyalty, conformity, and the overarching goal of improving the bottom line. o This tension is exacerbated when the career paths of engineers lead to management positions. o In the past conflict between self-interest and public interest was seldom a problem for engineers, since engineering works were almost synonymous with human progress. o Today environmental issues have created a divergence between self- interest, employer interest, professional interest and public interest. o Thus engineers today are grappling with the ethical dilemmas posed by everyday conflicts between the economic and environmental requirements of their work.

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