1. The document discusses various topics related to work ethics including the interdependence of industry and society, the importance of hard work and productivity, and maintaining a conducive work environment. 2. It also discusses the importance of valuing time, noting that time is a rare and perishable resource. Anecdotes are provided to illustrate the value of different units of time. 3. Meditation and its benefits are described, including reducing stress and negative emotions. Different types of meditation such as mindfulness meditation are explained.

1. Work ethics
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Mrs.V.SrirengaNachiyar, AP/ECE
Ramco Institute of Technology
Academic Year: 2017-2018 (Even)

2. Introduction
• Industry and Society are the two systems
which interact with each other and are
interdependent.
• Society requires industry/business system
which provides manufacturing, distribution
and consumption activities.
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3. Cont…
• Industry needs investment (capital input), labor
(input), supply (raw materials), production
(industries, business organizations), marketing
and distribution (transport), and consumption
(public, customer).
• Work ethics is defined as “a set of attitudes
concerned with the value of work, which forms
the motivational orientation”.
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4. Cont…
• Many complex social problems exist in the
industrial/business scenario, because:
1. The people desire to be recognized as
individuals and treated with dignity, as living
human beings.
2. Exploitation and bargained pay should be
discouraged.
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5. Cont…
3. Economic independence: Work is the major
instrumental good in life. It is the main source of
providing the income needed to avoid economic
dependence on others, for obtaining desired
materials and services, and for achieving status
and recognition from others.
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6. Cont…
4. Privacy (personal freedom) of the employee,
including women, is to be protected. At the
same time, confidentiality of the employer is
also to be protected. Mutual trust and loyalty
both ways play major roles in this aspect.
5. Security during job and upon retirement: This
concept is being accepted only in government
jobs, public limited companies, and corporate
organizations.
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7. Cont…
6. Recognition to non-work activities, such as
leisure, paid holiday on the day of visit of a
dignitary, social service, and other
developmental activities.
• The workers in prosperous countries are less
willing to consider ‘work’ as their prime
interest in life. They claim that such service
activities give them peace of mind and
happiness. However, such a trend is likely to
decline the work ethics.
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8. Cont…
7. Hard work and productivity are very essential
for the success of an industry. The quality of
work life deserves to be improved.
8. Employee alienation: Absence of or
inadequate ‘recognition and reward system’
lead to ethical problems, affecting the work
ethics. Participative management, quality
circles, job rotation, and flexible working
hours are some of the measures to counter
this situation.
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9. Cont…
9. A different view of work ethics: Work is
considered as a necessary evil. It is a thing one
must do in order to avoid worse evils, such as
dependency and poverty. That is a major source
of anxiety and unhappiness.
• By work ethics, duties to the self, family,
society, and nation are fulfilled. Rights of the
individuals are respected and nourished.
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10. LIVING PEACEFULLY
• Whatever may be the job or profession one
should have conducive environment and
working condition to do his job and carry out
his responsibilities.
• There should not be any tension or over
pressure, unnecessary interference or
disturbance from others though they are
superiors.
• One cannot work effectively under a knife all
the while hanging over the head.
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11. Cont…
• The worker should have peaceful environment at
office as well as home
• To live peacefully, one should start install peace
within (self).
• Charity begins at home.
• Then one can
• spread peace to family, organisation where one
works, and then to the world, including the
environment.
• Only who are at peace can spread peace.
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12. Cont…
• One should adopt the following means to live
peacefully, in the world:
Nurture
1. Order in one’s life (self-regulation, discipline, and
duty).
2. Pure thoughts in one’s soul (loving others,
blessing others, friendly, and not criticizing or
hurting others by thought, word or deed).
3. Creativity in one’s head (useful and constructive).
4. Beauty in one’s heart (love, service, happiness,
and peace).
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13. Cont…
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5. Good health/body (physical strength for
service).
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6. Help the needy with head, heart, and hands
(charity). Service to the poor is considered holier
than the service to God.
7. Not hurting and torturing others either
physically, verbally, or mentally.
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14. Cont…
• The following are the factors that promote living,
with internal and external peace:
1. Conducive environment (safe, ventilated,
illuminated and comfortable).
2. Secured job and motivated with ‘recognition and
reward’.
3. Absence of threat or tension by pressure due to
limitations of money or time.
4. Absence of unnecessary interference or
disturbance, except as guidelines.
5. Healthy labor relations and family situations.
6. Service to the needy (physically and mentally-
challenged) with love and sympathy.
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15. Valuing time
• Time is rare resource.
• Once it is spent, it is lost for ever. It can not be
either stored or recovered. Hence, time is the
most perishable and most valuable resource
too.
• This resource is continuously spent, whether
any decision or action is taken or not.
• The history of great reformers and innovators
have stressed the importance of time and
valuing time.
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16. Cont…
• An anecdote to highlight the ‘value of time’ is as
follows:
1. To realize the value of one year, ask the student
who has failed in the examinations
2. To realize the value of one month, ask the mother
who has delivered a premature baby
3. To realize the value of one week, ask the editor of
weekly
4. To realize the value of one day, ask the daily-
wage labourer
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17. Cont…
5. To realize the value of one minute, ask a
person who has missed the train
6. To realize the value of one second, ask the
person who has survived an accident
7. To realize the value one milli second, ask the
person who has won the bronze medal in
Olympics
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18. Cont…
8. To realize the value of one micro second, ask
the NASA team of scientist
9. To realize the value of one nano-second, ask a
Hardware engineer!; If you have still not realized
the value of time, wait; are you an Engineer
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19. The impediments to successful
cooperation are:
• Clash of ego of individuals.
• Lack of leadership and motivation.
• Conflicts of interests, based on region, religion,
language, and caste.
• Ignorance and lack of interest. By careful
planning, motivation, leadership, fostering and
rewarding team work, professionalism and
humanism beyond the ‘divides’, training on
appreciation to different cultures, mutual
understanding ‘cooperation’ can be developed and
also sustained.
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20. Character
• Character is a characteristic property that
defines the behavior of an individual.
• Character includes attributes that determine a
person’s moral and ethical actions and
responses.
• The character is exhibited through conduct.
Character is determined by the expectations of
society.
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21. Cont…
• On one extreme are those that do not even
conform to the minimum standards, and fail to
acquire the socially-required behaviors, attitudes
and values. These individuals have an unformed
social character.
• At the other extreme are those whose beliefs,
attitudes and values are determined internally by
the strength of their own convictions. These are
individuals with developed minds and formed
characters of their own.
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22. Cont…
• Character is the expression of the personality
of a human being, and that it reveals itself in
one’s conduct. In this sense every human has a
character
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23. Cont…
• Spirituality is also energy: Be energetic and
flexible to adapt to challenging and changing
situations.
• Spirituality is flexibility as well
• Tolerance and empathy are the reflections of
spirituality.
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24. Meditation
• Meditation has been practiced for thousands of
years.
• Meditation originally was meant to help deepen
understanding of the sacred and mystical forces of
life.
• These days, meditation is commonly used for
relaxation and stress reduction.
• Meditation is considered a type of mind-body
complementary medicine.
• Meditation produces a deep state of relaxation
and a tranquil mind.
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25. Cont…
• During meditation, you focus your attention
and eliminate the stream of jumbled thoughts
Benefits of meditation:
• Meditation can give you a sense of calm,
peace and balance that benefits both your
emotional well-being and your overall health.
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26. Meditation and emotional well-being
The emotional benefits of meditation can
include:
• Gaining a new perspective on stressful
situations
• Building skills to manage your stress
• Increasing self-awareness
• Focusing on the present
• Reducing negative emotions
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27. Meditation and illness
Some research suggests that meditation may help
people manage symptoms of conditions such as:
• Asthma
• Cancer
• Depression
• Heart disease
• High blood pressure
• Pain
• Sleep problems
• Anxiety disorders (a feeling of worry)
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28. Ways to meditate can include
• Guided meditation. Sometimes called guided
imagery or visualization, with this method of
meditation you form mental images of places
or situations you find relaxing. You may be led
through this process by a guide or teacher.
• Mantra meditation. In this type of
meditation, you silently repeat a calming word,
thought or phrase to prevent distracting
thoughts.
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29. Cont…
• Mindfulness meditation. This type of meditation
is based on being mindful, or having an increased
awareness and acceptance of living in the present
moment.
• Transcendental meditation. Transcendental
meditation is a simple, natural technique. In
transcendental meditation, you silently repeat a
personally assigned mantra, such as a word, sound
or phrase, in a specific way.
• Yoga. You perform a series of postures and
controlled breathing exercises to promote a more
flexible body and a calm mind.
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30. Questions
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31. Cont…
1. Study of good or bad character is _________
2. The term refers to personal behavior is
_______
3. The term self- determining or self-governing
or acting independently is referred to as
______
4. A person who is having special skill or
training is called as _________
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32. Cont….
6. The term is referred to the study of moral
values, issues and decisions involved in
engineering practice known as __________
7. __________ ____ strengthens one’s ability to
reason clearly and carefully about moral
questions.
8. Universally accepted ethical principles are
____, _______, _____
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33. Cont…
9. ________ is defined as concerned with the
principles of right and wrong behavior and a
lesson can be derived from a story or experience.
10. Morality is understanding the distinction
between ________.
11. The term refers only to professional
behaviour is _______.
12. _______ are the scales we use to weigh our
choices for our actions, whether to move towards
or away from something.
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34. References
1. Mike W. Martin and Roland Schinzinger,
“Ethics in Engineering”, Tata Mc Graw Hill,
New Delhi, 2003.
2. Govindarajan M, Natarajan S, Senthil
Kumar V. S, “Engineering Ethics”, Prentice
Hall of India, New Delhi, 2004.
3. Charles B. Fleddermann, “Engineering
Ethics”, Pearson Prentice Hall, New Jersey,
2004.
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