LOYALTY AND

HONESTY

Chapter 5
 Engineering Ethics in
Research
Honesty:
1. In the level of investigation and

understanding, honesty is
necessary particularly in
approaching the searched problem.
2. In the level of reporting, honesty is

necessary in reporting the result.

 Engineering Ethics in
Research
Hardworking
Commitment and continuity of the search.
This means to be dedicated to your
research and intention to find out the truth.

Sincerity and good intention:

Your intention should be the find out the truth
and contribute to the human knowledge
and progress.
Ethical requirements for Engineers at work
Place

Engineering Work place is the company

firm, where engineers deal with machines
and human beings, involving external and
internal relationships with client, employees
and co-workers.
 Ethical requirements for Engineers at work
Place

Between Engineer and Manager

There is on going debate among Professionals
on the relationship between managers and
engineers.
Is manager and engineer are
synonymous terms?
In other words is every engineer a
manager or every manager is
engineer?
 Between Engineer and
Manager
In the Generic sense, an engineer can be a
manager, but a manager cannot be an
engineer.
in the level of decision making normally
engineer is concern about the quality of the
product, while non-engineering manager is
concern about marketing position of the
product in the business world.
 Between Engineer and
Manager
In the level of authority and legality
manager of the organization normally
overrules engineers, and even sometimes if
shortcoming are there in the company
engineers are blamed.
Managers normally concentrate on rewords
and privileges, while engineers concentrate
on the practical side of the company.
 Between Engineer and
Manager
Engineers pay more attention to the
engineering details, while managers pay more
attention to the broader issues, such as the
relation of the company to the government.
Engineering normally deal with machines and
systems, while managers normally deal with
people.
 Islamic managerial ethics
According to the Islamic perspective of
Management, there are three interrelated
portions of managerial ethics with regard
to the administration and management.
First, is the ethics towards work structure.
Second, is the ethics towards manpower and
human resource.
Third, is the ethics towards the personality
(his perception, traits and morality) of the
administrators.
 Islamic managerial ethics
To the ethics towards the personality
enhancement of workers dynamics; his
psychological set up and mental satisfaction are
fundamental.
With regards to the work structure, the

administrator should be more definite about

certain elements of work structure, such as:
1.Division of work according to specialization and
skill.
2. Subordination of personal interests.
3.Authority and responsibility.
 Islamic managerial ethics
on the human resource dimension of
administration, Islam believes the overall well
being of the employees such as:
paying their salary on time
giving them enough workloads
providing incentives according to their work
and productivity
enhancing the employees team spirit
and clear set of communication language
 Ethical requirements for Engineers at work
place

1. Safety: following safety rules and regulations is

very essential and necessary.
2. Equality environment. An environment which
promotes equal access to available opportunities
3. Justice and equality. Everyone should be given
the suitable job that he or she is able to do.
4. Working hours. For deciding the suitable time to
work, how long, utilizing the time of work efficiently.
5. payments/benefits should be based on the work
and effort of the worker.
 Ethical requirements for Engineers at work
Place

6. Providing good and enough facilities for workers.

7. Accessibility of the company is needed, where workers of the
company are able to access the company without difficulties.
8. Cooperative, comfortable and friendly environment among the
workers is needed.
 Ethical requirements for Engineers at work
Place

9. Career development for longer

survival for both staff and the
company is also inevitably needed. .
10. Freedom of personal belief and rights for
everyone of the staff is necessary.
11. Transparency and tolerance is needed.
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