Presented by: Dr.

Mohamed Emara

Definition
Ethics is the study of the morality of

human action.
Ethics is the standard of life that
people should strictly adhere to.
Without ethics the world would have
been a dangerous place and we cant
trust any one.

Engineering Ethics
Engineering

Ethics represents the

attempts of professional engineers to
define proper course of action in
their dealings with each other, their
clients, employees, and the general
public.

Professional Ethics
Professional

Ethics represents the

norm and standards followed by the
professionals in all fields in their
dealing with each other, with their
colleagues and with the society in
general.

Comparison
Doctors

and lawyers affect one

person at a time while those of
engineers may affect hundreds if not
thousands of people at the same
time. So, Engineering ethics are very
important because they affect most
of our everyday life.

Code of Ethics
Codes & Standards
International standard
National standard

Engineering ethics codes

Medical ethics codes
lawyers ethics codes

Case Study I
(construction Engineer)
A

construction engineer, whos

responsible for the construction of a
fifteen floors building.
Suddenly became real sick and had
to stay on bed for one month.
General Manager replaced him by
another engineer to continue the
work.

Case Study I (contd)

The new engineer discovered that

the reinforcement of the

doesnt agree with the design.

steel

Should he make the changes himself

without telling anyone so that he wont

harm his colleague?
Should he tell the General Manager that
the previous engineer was dishonest?

Case Study I
(Discussion)
If the new engineer lets the first one go

with his actions and make the

necessary changes himself, he will
commit a terrible ethical mistake
because he will let the dishonest
engineer go unpunished. Then, the
previous engineer may also continue
such dishonest action again in another
project.
He should tell GM about what he found.

Case Study II
(Mechanical Eng.)
A mechanical engineer who did not

make all necessary calculations when

making the final check on a test of
car brakes.
He

might cause the occurrence of

hazardous during testing the car due to
his carelessness when checking the
brakes.
He will cause bad reputation for his
company and probably the loss of his job.

Case Study II (Contd)

He will cost his company a lot of money

to pay for any damage.

If the test passes without any troubles,
the car might be put into the market and
this will cause major problems to the
people in public and great risk to their
lives.

Case Study III (Legal

Ethics)
A lawyer takes a case to defend a

Heroin Dealer while he knows that he is

guilty, just for becoming famous and for
the money.
He will find ways to make the accused dealer look

innocence while he is not.

He will use his knowledge of laws to prove his
innocence.
He will help the dealer to get away and continue to
destroy peoples lives and the countrys future
instead of stopping him.
He will get a reputation that he doesnt deserve.

Conclusion
Ethics is the study of the morality of

the different actions of the humans.

It helps determining the values, the
conduct and the behavior of the
humans.
It also helps determining what should
be done and the different reactions
of people according to the different
situations of life.

Conclusion (Contd)
A professional should ask himself the

following questions
move he makes:

before

every

Will this action benefit or harm society?

Will this action benefit or harm my

professional reputation?
Is this action going to harm any
individual now or in the future, directly
or indirectly?