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6.4 - Coggle Diagram
6.4
The
Minimalist
View on Ethical Requirements for Engineering Businesses
(Carl Fox Lecture)
The minimal view of ethics is to ensure compliance with relevant laws.
The objection on the minimalist view of ethical responsibility is that law is not always ethical.
e.g. slavery was legal at some point but unethical.
Unethical behaviors in engineering businesses that are accepted now but won't be in the future
Recklessness to climate change
Justified actions and excused actions
Justified
Within the law, moral action
Excused
People did not know any better, but the action was wrong
Why the development of new technologies lead to ethical obligations?
Technology runs faster than the enacted law does
Technology enables people to new horizons and should be regulated
Complying with the law is simply not enough from an ethical point of view
Ethical considerations of Law and Technology
(Carl Fox Lecture)
Under-developed Laws
Managers must not exploit the gaps in laws if they discovered those gaps
It is primarily the government responsibility, then all other stakeholders in the community
Businesses have the responsibility to help improve the laws with governments
Business Ethical policy
Technology should be regulated on how and when to be used otherwise it might be abused
The Royal academy of engineering in the UK four ethical principles
Responsible Leadership
Moral Responsibility
Business strategy must be ethical
Agents have the moral responsibility to be ethical
The word
Responsibility
means:
Casual links for example, high unemployment leads to increased thefts
Assigned to describe the tasks of a role
Morally or ethically responsible means they are liable for their actions
Responsibility and
Blame
Action or Inaction
Decision
Knowledge
Moral Reason