This weeks post is about ethics relating to our field. Ethics is big part of engineering. we as engineers have to constantly make decisions that affect a large number of people. Engineers have a code of ethics. My Engineering textbook, Thinking Like an Engineer, devotes a whole chapter to ethics. The chapter talks about how to make ethical decisions, consequences, perspectives, plagiarism, engineering creed, and social responsibilities. We deal so closely with other people and the goal for our products is to make the best possible product. It goes without saying ethics is a very important to engineer. The key points in the chapter corresponds almost exactly with my own set of ethics. They stress making the best possible ethical decisions. A few ways I make ethical decisions in college relating to my field are:
- Working on the robot
- Surveys in engineering 100
- Completing my own honest work
How does your field deal with ethics?
Resources:
Stephan, Elizabeth A., Bowman, Park, Sill, Ohland. Thinking Like an Engineer: An Active Learning Approach(Custom Edition for Michigan State University). New Jersey: Pearson, 2013. Print
I feel like a lot of science fields have similar codes of ethics, in that they stress honesty in your work, and ensuring the safety of the people who will be affected by your work. Although you weren't specific about the ethical guildelines facing engineers, I was wondering what ethical rule was most important to you personally as a future engineer?
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