Controversy and consensus
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This document discusses professional ethics and the relationship between consensus and controversy. It provides examples of codes of ethics that guide teacher behavior to protect student rights, though interpretations can vary slightly between schools and states. Professional ethics are important for an organization's success by promoting ethical employee conduct and performance. The document also examines different roles engineers may take, such as serving society, management, or playing the economic system. While consensus represents agreement, controversy reflects disagreement, which is inevitable when people exercise moral autonomy since interpretations can differ. The goal of teaching professional ethics is to promote tolerance for diverse views through open discussion, not just unanimous agreement. Authority provides structure, but discussing moral issues can help address conflicts between autonomy and authority.
Controversy and consensus
- 3. PROFESSIONAL ETHICS • Every profession has its particular rules, regulations, or you could say principles. • A person when choosing a job must know that specific profession. Ethics means principles of something. In different roles, they have ethics according to their knowledge about the situation, how people belonging to that profession should behave. • Professional ethics is guidance for people working in a particular profession that tells them what they supposed to do and what they are not supposed to do while working there. 3
- 4. EXAMPLE • Professional educators are typically held to a universal code of ethics that is designed to protect the rights of all students. • The code of ethics can vary from school to school or differ slightly in each state, but the basic principles always remain the same: Teachers are required to show impartiality, integrity and ethical behavior in the classroom and in their conduct with parents and colleagues. 4
- 5. WHY PROFESSIONAL ETHICS NEEDED FOR CONSENSUS AND CONTROVERSY • Ethics plays a very important role in the professional life. The success or failure of any business depends on how a worker deals with a complex situation. • If they deal in the ethical manner then the chances for the growth and development are more. • However, there is a strong correlation between work ethics and employee performance. If helps to improve the skills of the individuals. • Workplace ethics consists of Loyalty, Respect, Intergrity, Accountability, and many more 5
- 6. MODELS OF PROFESSIONAL ROLES • It is understood that an engineer has to play many roles while exercising his professional obligations. 6
- 7. ENGINEERS AS SAVIORS • It is believed that engineers hold the key for any improvements in society through technological developments. • Thus some people consider engineer as a savior because they redeem society from poverty, inefficiency, waste and the hardships drudgery of manual labor. 7
- 8. ENGINEERS AS GUARDIANS • Engineers know the direction in which technology should develop and the speed at which it should move. • Thus many people agree the role of engineers as guardians, as engineers guard the best interests of society. 8
- 9. ENGINEERS AS BUREAUCRATIC SERVANTS • The engineers‘ role in the management is to be the servant who receives and translates the directives of management into solid accomplishments. • Thus the engineers act as a bureaucratic servants i.e., loyal organizations set by the management. 9
- 10. ENGINEERS AS SOCIAL SERVANTS • As we know, engineers have to play the role of social servants to receive society‘s directives and to satisfy society‘s desires. 10
- 11. ENGINEERS AS SOCIAL ENABLERS AND CATALYSTS • Besides merely practicising the management‘s directives, the engineers have to play a role of creating a better society. Also they should act as catalysts for making social changes. • Sometimes engineers have to help the management and the society to understand their needs and to make decisions about desirable technological development. 11
- 12. ENGINEERS AS GAME PLAYERS • In actual practice, engineers are neither servants nor masters of anyone. In fact, they play the economic game rules, which may be effective at a given time. • Like managers, the engineers‘ aim is also to play successfully within the organization and moving ahead in a competitive world 12
- 13. CONSENSUS AND CONTROVERSY Consensus means =Agreement CONSENSUS: 13
- 15. CONT… • When an individual exercise moral autonomy, he may not be able to attain the same results as other people obtain in practicing their moral autonomy. • Here there might be some differences in the practical application of moral autonomy. This kind of controversies i.e., disagreements are inevitable. • Since exercising moral autonomy is not as precise and clear-cut as arithmetic, therefore the moral disagreements are natural and common. • So in order to allow scope for disagreement, the tolerance is required among individuals with autonomous, reasonable and responsible thinking. 15
- 16. PRINCIPLE • According to the principle of tolerance, the objective of teaching and studying engineering ethics is to discover ways of promoting tolerance in the exercise of moral autonomy by engineers. 16
- 17. GOAL • Thus the goal of teaching engineering ethics is not merely producing always a unanimous moral conformity; it is about finding the proper ways and means for promoting tolerance in the practical applications of moral autonomy by engineers. • In a way, the goal of courses on engineering ethics and goals of responsible engineering have some similarities. Both situations require the need for some consensus regarding the role of authority. 17
- 18. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN AUTONOMY AND AUTHORITY • Moral autonomy and respect for authority are compatible with each other. Exercising moral autonomy is based on the moral concern for other people and recognition of good moral reasons. Also moral autonomy emphasizes the capabilities and responsibilities of people. Authority provides the framework through which learning attitudes are encouraged. • Sometimes, conflicts will arise between individuals‘ need for autonomy and the need for consensus about authority. This situation can be rescued by having open and frank discussion regarding a moral issue with the help of authority. 18
- 19. ILLUSTRATION • Consider the relationship between autonomy and authority, with reference to a classroom. In the classroom, the teachers have authority over students. Authority of the teachers helps in maintaining the dignity and decorum of academic climate in a institution; also in restoring the confidence and respect between teachers and students. • As per the first point, there should be the acceptance of authority of authority by both the teachers and students, in order to conduct the classes in orderly ways. • When the authority is misused, conflicts may arise between autonomy and authority. As per the second point, allowing open discussions between teachers and students can reduce the unhealthy academic atmosphere. 19
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