GE 6075 Professional ethics in engineering UNIT I Morals, values and Ethics – Integrity – Work ethic – Service learning – Civic virtue – Respect for others – Living peacefully – Caring – Sharing – Honesty – Courage – Valuing time – Cooperation – Commitment – Empathy – Self-confidence – Character – Spirituality – Introduction to Yoga and meditation for professional excellence and stress management.

Integrity (quality of being honest & having strong moral principles) One of the most important virtue Synonymously with moral Quality of a person's character, when it is applied to objects, integrity refers to the wholeness, intactness (not altered) or purity of a thing Attributed (Attribute is a quality or characteristic given to a person, group) to various parts or aspects of a person’s life Attribute such as professional intellectual and artistic integrity

What is to be a person of integrity Integrity as self integration Integrity as maintenance of identity Integrity as standing for something Integrity as moral purpose and Integrity as a virtue

Integrity as self integration: Matter of persons integrating various parts of their personality into a harmonious Integrity as maintenance of identity:personns acting according to their comitments, rather than ordering ad endorsing desires Commitments( covering many different kinds of inntentionns, promises, convictions and relationships of trust and expectation)

Integrity as standing for something: Social character of integrity is a matter of a persons proper regard for their own best judgment Stand up for their best judgment Integrity as moral purpose: dedication to pursuit of moral life and their intellectual responsibility inn seeking to understand the demands of such life

Integrity as a virtue: balance their desires commitments wishes changing goal and other factor

Element of work ethics Interpersonal skills: include habits, attitudes, manners, appearance and behaviors . We use around other which affect how we get along with other people Initiative: very important characteristic for information age workers, Without initiative procrastination and missed opportunities can become real problem (12B) Being dependable: work ethic construct includes honest, reliability and being in time

Other employability skills Engineer’s job requires technical skills and knowledge but work ethic and work attitudes are also essential for success

Service learninng Is a teaching and learning strategy that integrates meaning community service with instruction and reflection to enrich the learning experience, teach civil responsibility and strengthen communities. Ex: NSS, etc, Importance: Promote learning thro active participation in service Structured time for students to reflect by thinking discussing and wring about their service experience Opportunity to use skills of students Caring others, meeting community thro service projects conducted,

Characteristics Service learning links to academic content and standards Involves young people to help other and determine the needs of other Positive and meaningful Works at all ages Offers powerful opportunities