Code Of Ethics In Engineering

Introduction

Ethics

Ethics can be best defined as the analysis of the traits of moral or social which includes the social selections of a person as they communicate with people. Ethics should be highly considered by engineers and engineers should be mindful of it as they are making professional decisions in the field of engineering. Ethics is divided into two, some are preventive and others promote welfare to the society.

Engineering Ethics Engineers as professionals are governed by some rules and standards that are related closely to ethics. Engineering ethics is described as the rules and standard that controls the management of engineers as professionals, or the application of a series of scientific discipline in the field of engineering.

There is no clear cut solution to a single problem or a case study; however, there are many right solutions to it. Various solutions can be made to an ethical problem, as it resembles the open-ended engineering design problems.

Codes of Ethics Multiple professional engineering societies have managed to initiate some codes of ethics. The roles of the codes are to provide bodywork for an engineer in making ethical judgement. Apart from that, these codes demonstrate the rights, responsibilities and the commitments of the engineers. It also assists the engineers by providing a starting point to make any ethical decision.

Since the codes of ethics are not legal documents, disobeying its provisions will not result in taken into custody or imprisonment. However, the person who violates it may be expelled from a professional society, such as National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE) and American Society of Mechanical Engineers

In terms of public, software engineers should take action parallel with the interest of the public or community. They should fulfil the duty of their work with full responsibility. The software being approved or officially agreed to must be safe to use, fulfilled the requirements, has been tested beforehand, environment-friendly and has good quality. Any possible harm to the consumer or environment should be revealed to appropriate parties. Apart from that, false statement must be omitted, especially to the public. The second principle would be client and employer. A software engineer must satisfy both sides by being competence and offers the best service and being truthful about qualifications and area of expertise. Next, the property of the employer or clients can be used, only with their knowledge and approval. The information of clients and employer, from any projects should be enclosed and kept confidential by the software engineers and should not be revealed to inappropriate