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Engineering Ethics- What is Engineering Ethics and the Importance,
Fundamental Principle and Applications and Enhancement of Engineering Ethics

A. What is Engineering Ethic?

1. Engineering ethic is a system of moral principle to be applied to practice of engineering.

2. It is a set of obligations by engineers to society, to the clients and to his profession.

3. It is related to moral issues, ideas, character and engineering matters

B. Importance of engineering ethic?

1. Engineering Ethics will increase the ability of engineers to respond and confront moral issues raised from technical, financial and legal responsibility

2. To ensure design, supervision and safety , etc to follow standards and specification

C. Fundamental principle of engineering ethic?

1. Knowledge and conviction of professional and moral responsibility to themselves and human beings

2. To uphold and advance the integrity, honour and dignity of the engineering professions.

3. Using kowledge and skill for the enhancement of human welfare

4. Being honest and impartial

5. Striving to increase the competency and prestige of the emgineering profession

6. Supporting the profession and technical societies of their disipline

7. To continue their professional development throughout their career

8. To provide opportunities for the professional development of those engineers under their supervision

D Application of engineering ethics

1. Engineers shoukd hold paramount the safety, health and welfare of the public in the performance of their professional duties

2. Engineers should perform services only in the areas of their discipline and competence

3. Engineers should issue public statement in objective and truthful manner

4. Engineers shall act in professional matter as faithful agents and shall avoid conflict of interest.

E. Enhancement of engineering ethic

1. Better training for engineers

2. Better exposure

3. Provide guidance

4. Improve awareness

5. Improve understanding

6. Emphasis of ethics

7. Improve capacity and competency

8. From lessons learnt

9. Not afraid to say what they think

F. Some exmaple of Bad engineering ethics

1. Improper procedure

2. Do comply codes

3. Not using resources efficiently and effectively

4. Use of Wrong materials or specification

5. Mislead client and publics

6. Misinterpretation of formulae

7. Dispute fact or wrong prediction, liability especially the cost of redesign and reconstruct is too high

8. Change of design but calculation was not done or check what redesign and construction change would do etc

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