Professional Ethics In Computing

1. PROFESSIONAL ETHICS
IN COMPUTING
Name: Fathimathul Susna ShoukkathAli
Register Number: 20112013
UNIT-1 ENGINEERING ETHICS
UNIT-2 ENGINEERING AS SOCIAL
EXPERIMENTATION
UNIT-3 SAFETY,RESPONSIBLITIES AND
RIGHTS
UNIT-4 GLOBAL ISSUES
Dr Father Jossy P George

2. UNIT-1 ENGINEERING ETHICS
 Engineering ethics.
 Senses of Engineering Ethics- (Normative & Descriptive).
 Variety of Moral Issues- (Resource Crunch, Opportunities, Attitude).
 Types of Inquiry- (Normative, Conceptual, Factual).
 Moral Dilemmas- (Problem of Vagueness, Conflicting Reasons,
Disagreement).
 Theories on Moral Development- (Kohlberg & Gilligan).
 Ethical Theories- (Utilitarian Theory, Duties Theory, Rights Theory, Virtue Theory, Fairness Theory).

3. UNIT-2 ENGINEERING AS SOCIAL
EXPERIMENTS
Difference between standard and
engineering experiments.
 Experimental Control.
 Informed Consent.
 Knowledge Gained.
Similarities between Standard project
and Engineering project.
 Partial ignorance.
 Uncertainties.
 Continuous Monitoring.
 Learning from the past
Code of Ethics
 Integrity.
 Competence.
 Individual Responsibilities.
 Professional Responsibilities.
 Human Concern
UNIT-2 ENGINEERING AS SOCIAL
EXPERIMENTS
Features of Responsible Engineers
 Conscientiousness.
 Comprehensive Perspective.
 Moral Autonomy.
 Accountability.

4. William W. Lowrence’s definition Safety is, a thing is safe if its risks are judged to be acceptable.
Risk is a compound measure of the probability and magnitude of adverse effect”.
UNIT-3 SAFETY, RESPONSIBLITIES AND
RIGHTS
Types Of Risk
Acceptable Risk.
Voluntary Risk.
Job Related Risk.
Personal Risk.
Public Risk.
Different Methods to
determine the Risk
 Testing on the
function of safety
system components.
 Destructive Testing.
 Prototype Testing.
 Simulation Testing.
Analytical Method to
test Safety.
 Scenario
Analysis.
 Failure mode
and effect
analysis.
 Fault Tree
Analysis.
 Event Tree
Analysis

5. Risk-benefit analysis is a technique, similar to ‘cost- benefit analysis’ used to analyze the risk in a project
and to determine whether the project should be carried out or not.
Risk Management:
 Risk Identification.
 Risk Evaluation.
 Risk Control.
There are four main ways to
manage risk:
 Risk avoidance.
 Risk transfer.
 Risk reduction.
 Risk retention.

6. Intellectual Property (IP): refers to creations of the mind, such as inventions; literary and artistic works; designs; and
symbols, names and images used in commerce.
Intellectual Property
Rights
Elements:
 Trade marks.
 Copyrights.
 Patents
 Trade Secrets.
Whistle Blowing and
types:
 External whistle
blowing
 Internal whistle
blowing
 Open whistle blowing.
 Anonymous whistle
blowing

7. UNIT-4 GLOBAL ISSUES
Global Issues The concept of globalization increases with the integration of nations through trade,
investment, transfer of technology and exchange of ideas and culture.
Major Dimensions of Global Issues:
 Multinational Corporations.
 Environmental Issues.
 Computer Ethics.
 Weapons Development.
Engineers as Managers.
 Interpersonal- (Figure head, Leader, Liaison).
 Informational- (Monitor, Disseminator, Spokesperson).
 Decisional- (Entrepreneur, Disturbance handler, Resource allocator ).

8. Thank You