Chapter (1)
Ethics and Professionalism
Dr. Mohammad O. Hamdan
1
DR. M. O. HAMDAN, UAE UNIVERSITY
, Course Learning Outcomes
1) Identify ethical and professional issues pertaining to personal
integrity, and professional conduct pertaining to the society
and the environment [f].
2) Identify professional and ethical responsibilities and ethical
relations to design processes [f, j].
DR. M. O. HAMDAN, UAE UNIVERSITY 2
, Contents
1.1 Scope of Engineering Ethics
1.2 Accepting and Sharing Responsibility
1.3 Responsible Professionals and Ethical Corporation
DR. M. O. HAMDAN, UAE UNIVERSITY 3
, Morality and Ethics
• Concerns the goodness of voluntary human conduct that
affects the self or other living things
• Morality (Latin mores) usually refers to any aspect of human
action
• Ethics (Greek ethos) commonly refers only to professional
behavior
DR. M. O. HAMDAN, UAE UNIVERSITY 4
Ethics and Professionalism
Dr. Mohammad O. Hamdan
1
DR. M. O. HAMDAN, UAE UNIVERSITY
, Course Learning Outcomes
1) Identify ethical and professional issues pertaining to personal
integrity, and professional conduct pertaining to the society
and the environment [f].
2) Identify professional and ethical responsibilities and ethical
relations to design processes [f, j].
DR. M. O. HAMDAN, UAE UNIVERSITY 2
, Contents
1.1 Scope of Engineering Ethics
1.2 Accepting and Sharing Responsibility
1.3 Responsible Professionals and Ethical Corporation
DR. M. O. HAMDAN, UAE UNIVERSITY 3
, Morality and Ethics
• Concerns the goodness of voluntary human conduct that
affects the self or other living things
• Morality (Latin mores) usually refers to any aspect of human
action
• Ethics (Greek ethos) commonly refers only to professional
behavior
DR. M. O. HAMDAN, UAE UNIVERSITY 4
