Professional Ethics

BASIC CONCEPTS; 1.1 INTRODUCTION; 1.2 ORGANIZATION OF THE BOOK; 1.3 TERMINOLOGY; 1.4 STAKE HOLDERS; 1.5 GOVERNING EDICTS; 1.6 CONTEXTUAL ASPECTS; 1.7 ETHICAL DILEMMAS; 1.8 LIFE SKILLS; 1.9 EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; 1.10 INDIAN AND WESTERN THOUGHTS ON ETHICS; 1.11 VALUE EDUCATION; 1.12 DIMENSIONS OF ETHICS; 1.13 SETTING GOALS IN LIFE; 1.14 IMPORTANCE OF MORALITY AND ETHICS; REVIEW QUESTIONS; GROUP EXERCISES; PROFESSION AND PROFESSIONALISM; 2.1 INTRODUCTION; 2.2 MEANING OF PROFESSION; 2.3 PROFESSIONALS; 2.4 PROFESSIONALISM; 2.5 PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS; 2.6 PROFESSIONAL'S ROLES; 2.7 PROFESSIONAL RISKS; 2.8 PROFESSIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY; 2.9 SUCCESSFUL PROFESSIONAL; 2.10 AMBITION AND SATISFACTION; 2.11 ETHICS AND PROFESSION; 2.12 IMAGE OF THE PROFESSION; REVIEW QUESTIONS; GROUP EXERCISES; ETHICAL THEORIES; 3.1 INTRODUCTION; 3.2 BASIC ETHICAL PRINCIPLES; 3.3 MORAL DEVELOPMENT THEORIES; 3.4 CLASSIFICATION OF ETHICAL THEORIES; 3.5 SOME BASIC THEORIES; 3.6 MORAL ISSUES; 3.7 MORAL DILEMMAS; 3.8 MORAL AUTONOMY; 3.9 RELIGION AND ETHICS; 3.10 TYPES OF ENQUIRY; 3.11 USES OF ETHICAL THEORIES; EXAMPLES; REVIEW QUESTIONS; GROUP EXERCISES; ETHICS IN ENGINEERING PROFESSION; 4.1 INTRODUCTION; 4.2 ENGINEERING PROFESSION; 4.3 ENGINEERING AS SOCIAL EXPERIMENTATION; 4.4 ENGINEERING PROFESSIONALS; 4.5 ENGINEERING ETHICS; 4.6 ROLES OF ENGINEERS; 4.7 BALANCED OUTLOOK ON LAW; REVIEW QUESTIONS; GROUP EXERCISES; ENGINEERS' RESPONSIBILITY FOR SAFETY; 5.1 INTRODUCTION; 5.2 SAFETY AND RISK; 5.3 ASSESSMENT OF RISK; 5.4 RISK AND COST; 5.5 ENGINEER'S RESPONSIBILITY FOR SAFETY; 5.6 RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; 5.7 RISK COSTS AND MANAGEMENT; 5.8 CASE STUDIES; 5.9 PROVIDING FOR SAFE EXIT; 5.10 ETHICAL ISSUES; REVIEW QUESTIONS; GROUP EXERCISES; RESPONSIBILITIES AND RIGHTS OF PROFESSIONALS; 6.1 INTRODUCTION; 6.2 RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES AS CITIZENS; 6.3 PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES; 6.4 PROFESSIONAL RIGHTS; REVIEW QUESTIONS; GROUP EXERCISES; GLOBAL ISSUES; 7.1 INTRODUCTION; 7.2 CURRENT SCENARIO; 7.3 BUSINESS ETHICS; 7.4 ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS; 7.5 COMPUTER ETHICS; 7.6 MEDIA ETHICS; 7.7 WAR ETHICS; 7.8 BIOETHICS; 7.9 RESEARCH ETHICS; 7.10 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHT; 7.11 PROFESSIONALS AND ETHICS; REVIEW QUESTIONS; GROUP EXERCISES; ETHICAL CODES; 8.1 INTRODUCTION; 8.2 NEED FOR ETHICAL CODES; 8.3 SAMPLE CODES; 8.5 CORPORATE CODES; 8.7 LIMITATIONS OF THE CODES; REVIEW QUESTIONS; ETHICAL AUDITS; 9.1 INTRODUCTION; 9.2 NEED FOR ETHICAL AUDIT; 9.3 ETHICAL PROFILE OF ORGANIZATIONS; 9.4 ETHICAL STANDARDS AND BENCHMARKING; 9.5 AUDIT BRIEF; 9.6 ETHICAL AUDITORS; 9.7 PROCEDURE FOR ETHICAL AUDIT; 9.8 ETHICAL AUDIT REPORT; 9.9 EXAMPLES; REVIEW QUESTIONS; GROUP EXERCISES; HUMAN VALUES AND ATTITUDES; 10.1 INTRODUCTION; 10.2 TERMINOLOGY; 10.3 DOMAINS OF LEARNING; 10.4 HUMAN VALUES; 10.5 ATTITUDES; 10.6 VALUES, ATTITUDES AND PROFESSIONALS; REVIEW QUESTIONS; GROUP EXERCISES; ETHICAL LIVING; 11.1 INTRODUCTION; 11.2 NEEDS OF LIFE; 11.3 HARMONY IN LIFE; 11.4 WHAT IS ETHICAL LIVING?; REVIEW QUESTIONS; GROUP EXERCISES; ONLINE RESOURCES; APPENDIX A - ADDITONAL CASES FOR DISCUSSION; ARUNA SHANBAUGH; RUCHIKA GIRHOTRA; NEED FOR SALARY CAP; 2G SPECTRUM SCAM; ADARSH SOCIETY; COMMONWEALTH GAMES SCAM; SATYAM SCAM; MANJUNATH CASE; FAKE PILOT LICENSE CASE; APPENDIX B - TRIPS AGREEMENT; APPENDIX C - DECLARATION OF RESPONSIBILITIES AND HUMAN DUTIES; ADDITIONAL READING MATERIAL