We read about the Bhopal Disaster In late 1984, a pressure-relief valve on a tank used to store methyl isocyanate (MIC) at a Union Carbide plant in Bhopal, India, accidentally opened. The causes of the accident had many contributing factors. Some two thousand people were killed and thousands more injured. Then we read about the framework. The ethical theory provides a framework for reaching solutions to ethical problems.

1. SUPERIOR UNIVERSITY LAHORE
SS-3014
NAME: Muhammad Ibrar
ROLL #: BAEM-F18-025
ASSIGNMENT #: 04
SUBJECT: Professional Ethics & Values
SEMESTER: 8th
DEPARTMENT: Avionics Engineering
SUBMITTED TO: Asst. Prof. Air Cdre. Illyas Mahmood (Retd.)

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Lecture summary
Chp#3: Understanding Ethical Problems
In this lecture first We read about the Bhopal Disaster In late 1984, a pressure-relief valve on a
tank used to store methyl isocyanate (MIC) at a Union Carbide plant in Bhopal, India, accidentally
opened. The causes of the accident had many contributing factors. Some two thousand people were
killed and thousands more injured. Then we read about the framework. The ethical theory provides
a framework for reaching solutions to ethical problems. These are the framework.
 Professional ethical framework (eg; PEC, IEEE, etc)
 Moral ethical framework/theories (discussed in this chp)
 Religious ethical framework
Then we read about the Ethical Theories. Many generally accepted theories; However, we talked
about four of them.
Sr.
N0.
Ethical
Theories
Explanation
1
Utilitarianism
Tries to achieve a balance between the good and bad consequences of
an action. This method is fundamental to many types of engineering
analysis Risk-benefit and Cost-benefit
2
Duty Ethics
Duty ethics contends that certain acts or duties should be performed
because they are inherently ethical. These actions can be listed
Honesty and Fairness
3
Rights Ethics
Everyone has inherent moral rights. In the Rights Ethics, we read about
the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which. It is stated that the
universal declaration of human rights stems out from the last sermon
of the holy prophet (P.B.U.H).
4 Virtue Ethics Focuses on the type of person we should strive to be. Any act that
violates an individual’s moral rights is ethically unacceptable
Then we read about professional success in professional success teamwork are very important
because Ethical issues can arise when working on projects in groups or teams. Many of your
engineering classes are designed so that labs or projects are performed in groups. Successful
performance in a group setting is a skill that is best learned early in your academic career since
most projects in the industry involve working as part of a team. For a project to be completed
successfully, cooperation among team members is essential. At the end of this lecture professor
assigned us an assignment and a project on Understanding Moral & Religious Ethics.