Lecture 12: Ethics and Professional Engineering

Question 1

Key ethical topics

Answer 1

environment, health, and general quality of life

Question 2

Nano ethic concerns

Answer 2

high-tech, cost intensive
research and products available to those who can afford
two-tiered health system
data protection and privacy
enhance life/human, pay to become higher performing
some sort of military use

Question 3

Professional engineering

Answer 3

the act of planning, designing,, composing, evaluating, advising, reporting, directing, or supervising that requires the application of engineering principles and concerns the safeguarding of life health, property, economic interests, the public welfare, or the environment, or the managing of any such act

Question 4

How does pro eng work?

Answer 4

Purpose: to protect the public
Mandate: regulate practice of engineering in their jurisdiction

Question 5

Fighting eng misconduct

Answer 5

Ensuring only qualified engs are licensed
Prevention of non-P.eng doing P.eng jobs
Regulating and punishment of misconduct