VALUES AND ETHICS

 Expectations from the Students * Appreciating the importance * Listening rather than just hearing * Questioning one's own belief * Focusing on Meaning rather than Words * Avoid jumping to readymade solutions. Topics to be covered in this article 1.1 Need for Value Education 1.2 Basic Guidelines for value education 1.3 Content of value education 1.4 Process of value education      

 v> Contact hours: 4 Basic structure, Justice, democracy, secularism, rule of law, Fundamental rights and duties.

 v> : Contact hours: 4 Social and ethical responsibilities of Technologists, Roles of Engineers in industry, society, nation and the world, Codes of professional ethics, Whistle blowing and beyond.

Engineering profession: Professional Accountability, Roles of Software professional, Ethics and image of profession, Ethical issues for software professionals, Conflicts between business demands and professional ideals.

 v> Renewable Energy Resources, Environmental degradation and pollution. Eco-friendly Technologies. Environmental Regulations, Environmental Ethics.

Rapid Technological growth and depletion of resources, Reports of the Club of Rome, Limits of growth, Sustainable development, Technology assessment impact analysis.

Harmony in family and society: Understanding human relationship in terms of mutual trust and respect, Understanding society and nation as extensions of family and society respectively.

 v> Understanding the need, basic guidelines, content and process for value education, Basic Human Aspirations: Prosperity and happiness, Methods to fulfil the human aspirations.