Ethics and Legislation of the Engineer's Profession
The first lecture
Introduction to professional ethics
Dr -Hesham Al Safy
1-Ethics is the motive for doing good or doing evil.
2-Ethics are the rules of behavior.
3-Ethics are the rules of behavior followed in a particular society.
4-Ethics are the rules and standards by which we can distinguish between what is
good and what is bad.
5-Morals are relative rules that differ from one society to another and in one
society from time to time.
6-The sources of morality in each society in its religious beliefs, and its history;
and its culture.
7- The moral conscience is the "Censor of behavior " & "control of behavior" ,over
a person’s work, and in order for his work to be moral, this watcher must allow it.
8-Moral value is linked to the ladder of values. An action is good if it achieves a
positive value, and if it achieves a higher value, and it is evil if it achieves a negative
value or a lower value.
9-The relationship between ethics and values that ethics is the application of values
to lived reality; A high value indicates good behavior, and a lower value indicates
bad behavior.
10-The relationship between law and ethics the Ethics is essence of law that must
be in its ethical content.
11-People's application of laws depends on the extent to which the laws carry
explicit or implicit moral values.
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12-The difference between law and morals: the «morality» searches for everything
that is ideal, while the «law» searches for everything that is realistic "looking for
the realization of the possible and not necessarily the ideal".
13-The difference between law and morals: Violation of the law involves imposing
a tangible material penalty on the violator by the state authorities, while violating
the rules of morality is based on a moral penalty on the part of society represented
in contempt for its owner.
14-The difference between law and morals: The Law applies to actions, while The
morals apply to actions and intentions.
15-The difference between law and ethics: the scope of law is narrower in
application than the scope of ethics. Law is concerned with human actions and
behaviors that have an impact on society; While ethics is also concerned with
human actions and behaviors that have no impact on society.
16-Plain lying that does no harm to others is considered immoral; While it is illegal
to lie that causes harm to others, such as false testimony in cases.
17-Sometimes the legal rule is less strict than the moral rule; Morals aim at
perfection; While the law aims to achieve the interests and benefits of society.
18-Ethics does not accept the fall of financial debts with the passage of time, while
the law permits this so that legal disputes do not remain over time.
19-The primitive societies, law and morality are mixed.
20-The Law is separated from morality in modern societies.
21-The legal norm began with the codification and writing of customary rules that
are stable in society.
22-Definition of the profession: The job based on knowledge and experience. It
requires certain skills and specializations and is governed and regulated by certain
laws and morals.
23-The craft is defined as: “ The manual work practiced by the worker without the
need for academic study.”
24-The difference between profession and craft: The profession requires academic
study, while the craft does not require academic study.
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25-The importance of the profession or craft in human life: through which he can
show his abilities, skills and competence; It is also a major source to cover his life
expenses "financial security"; It also meets the various needs of society.
26-Professional ethics is defined as: “the rules of conduct that are supposed to be
followed by persons belonging to the profession.”
27-The rules of medical ethics include a clear definition of the duties that the doctor
must observe in his practice of the profession of medicine, as well as the rules of
ethics for the profession of the engineer include a clear definition of the duties that
the engineer should observe in the performance of his work.
28-Custom has an important role in determining the obligations of every
profession.
29-The importance of the rules of professional ethics: guiding the professional to
the correct behavior that he must follow in his work.
30-Professional ethics plays an important role in determining the obligations of a
professional
31-The importance of professional ethics: guiding the professional to the
appropriate way to confront the problems he faces in his work.
32-The importance of the rules of professional ethics: finding a kind of balance in
the relationship between the strong “specialized professional” party; And between
the client of the weak party "ignorant of specialization".
33-The importance of the rules of professional ethics: Preserving the reputation of
the profession locally and internationally.
34-Violation of the rules of professional ethics at work requires accountability and
the imposition of a penalty on the perpetrator according to the size of the violation
and its impact on society and the reputation of the profession.
35-The professional’s mistake, as a rule, can be compared by comparing the
committed behavior with another professional behavior of his profession and of
the same degree within the profession.
36-Teaching professional ethics ensures the success of the profession in achieving
its goals in society
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