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CHEP 582
LAWS AND ETHICS FORCHEMICAL ENGINEERS -Introduction
Engr Lina D. dela Cruz
Chemical Engineering Department
Technological Institute of the Philippines
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Course Description
The course offers discussion on therelevant national laws on theprofessional practice in the
Philippines, chemical engineeringprofession, contracting, projectimplementation, environment andsafety, investments and setting of
enterprises in the Philippines. It alsocovers discussion on ethicalstandards for chemical engineers.
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Engineering and Moral Complexity
Moral values are embedded in theEngineering process itself rather than
merely imposed on it by external rulesand laws.
Ethical issues arise as a productdevelops from a mental concept to
physical completion
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Engineers encounter both moraland technical problems; likeencountering variability in thematerials available to them, thequality of work by co-workers at alllevels, pressures imposed by time
and the whims of the marketplace,and relationships of authority withincorporations.
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Defining Ethics
Ethics - refers to an area of
inquiry. It is the activity ofunderstanding moral values,resolving moral issues, and
justifying moral judgments. It is
also the discipline or area of studyresulting to that activity.
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Defining Ethics
In a second sense, ethics - refers
to the particular beliefs or attitudesconcerning morality that areendorsed by specific groups orindividuals
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Engineering Ethics
Engineering ethics is the study ofthe moral values, issues, and decisions
involved in engineering practice.
The moral values take many forms,including responsibilities, ideals,character traits, social policies, and
relationships desirable for individuals andcorporations engaged in technologicaldevelopment
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Engineering Ethics
Engineering ethics - consists of
the requirements specified in thecurrently accepted engineeringcodes of ethics. It also refers to theactual conduct of individuals who
are engineers.
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Engineering Ethics
Engineering ethics also means the setof justified moral principles of obligation,
rights and ideals that ought to beendorsed, as they apply generally and toengineering in particular, by thoseengaged in engineering. Clarifying such
principles and applying them to concretesituations is the central goal ofengineering ethics as an area of study.
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What is Morality?
-concerns right and wrong, good
and bad, the rules to be followed-it is about reasons centered in
respect for other people as well asourselves, reasons that involve
caring for their good as well as ourown.
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Morality
Moral reasons involve respecting
their rights, keeping promises,avoiding cheating and dishonesty.
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Morality
Morality also concern caring for
others by sometimes being willingto help them (especially when theyare in distress), showing gratitudefor favors, and emphathizing with
their suffering
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Morality
Moral reasons e tend to concern
for minimizing suffering to animalsand damage to the environment
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Moral DilemmaBecause moral principles can conflict,
it is often difficult or impossible toformulate rules that are absolute, that isnever have a justified exception.
They have justified exceptions whenthey conflict with other rules that aremore important in the situation.
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Moral Dilemma
Resolving moral dilemmas
involves good moral judgment inweighing conflicting moral reasons,but frequently it involves severalrelated tasks: Conceptual
clarification, factual inquiries,and resolution of interpersonaldisagreements
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Moral Dilemma
Conceptual clarification is theelucidation of moral ideas and morally
relevant notions. In general, moral ideas,like most ideas in everyday life, containareas of vagueness (lack of clearmeaning) and ambiguity (two or more
meanings) that need to be dealt with.
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Moral Dilemma
Factual inquiries are inquiries
into the facts relevant to resolvingparticular moral issues. These areengineering, scientific, financial, orlegal matters, as they are brought
to bear on resolving moraldilemmas.
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Moral Dilemma
Interpersonal disagreements
are controversies among persons orgroups about how to understandand resolve moral dilemmas.
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They make possible spectacularhuman triumphs once they dreamedof in myths and science fiction.
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Almost a century in From the Earthto the Moon, Jules Verne (father ofScience and fiction) imaginedAmerican space travelers beinglaunched from Florida, circling themoon, and returning to splash down
in the Pacific Ocean.
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In December 1968,three astronautsaboard an Apollospacecraft did exactly
that. Seven monthslater, on July 20,1969, Neil Armstrongtook the first humansteps on the moon.
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This extraordinary event was sharedwith millions of earthbound peoplewatching the live broadcast ontelevision.
Engineering had transformed oursense of connection with the
cosmos and even dreams of routinespace travel for ordinary citizen.
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