Knowledge in ethics and human values

MISUSE OF HATE SPEECH LAWS

The Constitution of India does not provide for a state religion. Article 25(1) states, "Subject to public order, morality and health and to the other provisions of this Part, all persons are equally entitled to freedom of conscience and the right freely to profess, practise and propagate religion". Article 19 gives all citizens the right to freedom of speech and expression but subject to "reasonable restrictions" for preserving inter alia "public order, decency or morality". Article 28 prohibits any religious instruction in any educational institution wholly maintained out of state funds.

Human Values

OBJECTIVES: To understand the moral values that ought to guide the Management profession, Resolve the moral issues in the profession, To justify the moral judgment concerning the profession.  Intended to develop a set of beliefs, attitudes, and habits that engineers should display concerning morality. To create an awareness on Management Ethics and Human Values. To inspire Moral and Social Values and Loyalty. To appreciate the rights of others. The prime objective of the Professional Ethics is to develop ability to deal effectively with moral complexity in students of B.S. A Crescent Institute of Science and Technology as follows. TO IMPROVEMENT OF THE COGNITIVE SKILLS  Moral awareness (proficiency in recognizing moral problems in management) convincing moral reasoning (comprehending, assessing different views)  Moral coherence (forming consistent viewpoints based on facts)  Moral imagination (searching beyond obvious the alternative responses to issues and being receptive to creative solutions) Moral communication, to express and support one‘s views to others. TO ACT IN MORALLY DESIRABLE WAYS  Moral reasonableness i.e., willing and able to be morally responsible.  Respect for persons, which means showing concern for the well-being of others, besides oneself.  Tolerance of diversity i.e., respect for ethnic and religious differences, and acceptance of reasonable differences in moral perspectives.  Moral hope i.e., believes in using rational dialogue for resolving moral conflicts.

Moral Of human value

MORAL Morals are the welfare principles enunciated by the wise people, based on their experience and wisdom. They were edited or changed rulers according with the development of knowledge in Higher Education and technology time to time. Morality is concerned with principles and practices of morals such as: What ought or ought not to be done in a given situation? What is right or wrong about the handling of a situation? And what is good or bad about the people, policies, and ideals involved?

EXAMPLES OF INTEGRITY AT WORKPLACE

Work When You're on the Clock: Attending and working diligently when you're on the clock is a clear example of workplace integrity. Socializing, surfing the Internet, making personal phone calls, texting and frequent snacking are activities that detract from work time. Saving those activities for break time will show your boss, co-workers and customers that you work hard when you’re on the clock. The career website Calibrate Coaching recommends honoring your work hours by not stealing time from your employer. Even if you don't actually clock in and out with a time card, focusing on your work responsibilities while you're at your desk, work station or production area will showcase your strong work habits.

Follow Institution Policies

Abiding by institution policies is a powerful way to demonstrate integrity. Cutting corners and neglecting to follow workplace regulations can lead to mistakes, problems and even dangerous situations. Your willingness to properly record financial transactions, safely dispense of hazardous or toxic materials, follow Institute protocol for dealing with stake holders, perform clean-up or set-up procedures and properly maintain equipment shows others that you're not just looking for the easy way out. Establishing yourself as a trustworthy worker who submits to Institute policies shows your principal and co-employees and students that you'll faithfully carry out your duties.

A Service-Learning Program Provides Educational Experiences

Under which students learn and develop through active participation in thoughtfully organized service experiences that meet actual community needs and that are coordinated in collaboration with school and community; That are integrated into the students‘ academic curriculum or provide structured time for a student to think, talk, or write about what the student did and saw during the actual service activity; That provides students with opportunities to use newly-acquired skills and knowledge in real-life situations in their own communities; and That enhance what is taught by extending student learning beyond the classroom and into the community and helps to foster the development of a sense of caring for others. SERVICE-LEARNING BENEFITS Service-Learning benefits students by  Linking theory to practice  Deepening understanding of course materials  Enhancing the sense of civic responsibility through civic engagement  Allowing students to explore possible career paths  Stressing the importance of improving the human condition  Developing relevant career-related skills  Providing experience in group work and interpersonal communication  Promoting interaction with people from diverse backgrounds  Instilling a sense of empowerment that enhances self-esteem Service-Learning benefits faculty by  Providing exciting new ways to teach familiar material  Offering professional development challenges  Engaging faculty in meaningful interactions with the community at large  Encouraging faculty to form close, interactive, mentoring relationships with students  Reminding faculty of the direct consequences of their teaching for society  Connecting faculty across academic disciplines through a shared approach to teaching and learning process.

CIVIC VIRTUE

Civic virtues are the moral duties and rights, as a citizen of the village or the country or an integral part of the society and environment. An individual may exhibit civic virtues by voting, volunteering, and organizing welfare groups and meetings. The duties are  To pay taxes to the local government and state, in time.  To keep the surroundings clean and green.  Not to pollute the water, land, and air by following hygiene and proper garbage disposal. For example, not to burn wood, tyres, plastic materials, spit in the open, even not to smoke in the open, and not to cause nuisance to the public, are some of the civic (duties)virtues. To follow the road safety rules. On the other hand, the rights are  To vote the local or state government.  To contest in the elections to the local or state government.  To seek a public welfare facility such as a school, hospital or a community hall or transport or communication facility, for the residents.  To establish a green and safe environment, pollution free, corruption free, and to follow ethical principles. People are said to have the right to breathe in fresh air, by not allowing smoking in public.  People have inalienable right to accept or reject a project in their area. One has the right to seek legal remedy, in this respect, through public interest petition. 

PROFESSIONAL ETHICS

INTRODUCTION Management have an ethical and social responsibility to themselves, their clients and society. Practically (although there is much debate about this), engineering ethics is about balancing cost, schedule, and risk. Management ethics is a means to increase the ability of concerned engineers, managers, citizens and others to responsibly confront moral issues raised by technological activities. The awareness of moral issues and decisions confronting individuals and organizations are involved in Management &Technology. MANAGEMENT ETHICS WHY STUDY MANAGEMENT ETHICS? Training In Preventive Ethics • Stimulating the moral imagination • Recognizing ethical issues • Developing analytical skills • Eliciting a sense of responsibility • Tolerating disagreement and ambiguity Obstruction to Responsibility • Self-interest. • Fear. • Self-deception. • Ignorance. • Egocentric tendencies. • Microscopic vision. • Groupthink Clearly Wrong Engineering Practices • Lying • Withholding information • Failing to adequately promote the dissemination of information • Failure to seek out the truth • Revealing confidential or proprietary information • Allowing one‘s judgment to be corrupted. Questionable Management Practices • Trimming – smoothing of irregularities to make data look extrem

RESPECT FOR OTHERS

This is a basic requirement for nurturing friendship, team work, and for the synergy it promotes and sustains. The principles enunciated in this regard are:  Recognize and accept the existence of other persons as human beings, because they have a right to live, just as you have.  Respect others ‘ideas (decisions), words, and labour (actions). One need not accept or approve or award them, but shall listen to them first. One can correct or warn,if they commit mistakes. Some people may wait and watch as fun, if one falls, claiming that they know others’ mistake before and that they will fall!  Appreciate colleagues and subordinates on their positive actions. Criticize constructively and encourage them. They are bound to improve their performance, by learning properly and by putting more efforts.  Show goodwill ‘on others. Love others. Allow others to grow. Basically, the goodwill reflects on the originator and multiplies itself on everybody. This will facilitate collinearity, focus, coherence, and strength to achieve the goals.

LIVING PEACEFULLY

 To live peacefully, one should start install peace within (self). Charity begins at home. Then one can spread peace to family, organization where one works, and then to the world, including the environment. Only who are at peace can spread peace. You can’t gift an article which you do not possess. The essence of oriental philosophy is that one should not fight for peace. It is oxymoron. War or peace can be won only by peace, and not by wars!  One should adopt the following means to live peacefully, in the world Nurture  Order in one’s life (self-regulation, discipline, and duty).  Pure thoughts in one’s soul (loving others, blessing others, friendly, and not criticizing or hurting others by thought, word ordeed).  Creativity in one’s head (useful and constructive).  Beauty in one’s heart (love, service, happiness, and peace). Get  Good health/body (Physical strength for service to enjoy the academic environment in the institution)  Help the needy with head, heart, and hands (charity). Service to the poor is considered holier than the service to God. Not hurting and torturing others physically, verbally, or mentally. 

THEORIES ABOUT RIGHT ACTION

The main objectives of right action are To understand the distinction between a theory of Right and a theory of Good.  To understand Utilitarianism, Ethical Egoism, and Consequentialism  To know how rule utilitarianism differs from actutilitarianism; ―Utilitarianism is the moral philosophy putting that at the centre of things. It concentrates upon general well-wishing or benevolence, or solidarity or identification with the pleasure and pain or welfare of people as a whole. The good is identified with the greatest happiness of the greatest number, and the aim of action is to advance the good (this is known as the principle of Utility). We should always do whatever will produce the greatest possible balance of happiness over unhappiness for everyone who will be affected by our action. Utilitarianism is often summed up as doing ‗the greatest good for the greatest number. Theories of Rights Action are philosophical concepts concerned with human nature and their rights and duties to lead the life with ethical values. The concepts mainly focus on individual person‘s actions and their consequences. There are different versions of rights action introduced by difference ethicists during the eighteen-century Enlightenment Era: utilitarianism; rights ethics, and duty. Our task here is to define the concept of Rights Action. We may have different perspectives and understanding of the concepts. After having learnt the concepts: utilitarianism; liberty rights; welfare rights; and duty ethics we can theorize the concept of Right Action as the followings:  Right action is the action which controls bylaw  Right action considers to good consequences of action  Right action is the action which is benefits to all students, teachers, society, industry etc.  Right action is the consequences of action that is not violate the moral rule.

SPIRITUALITY

Spirituality is a way of living that emphasizes the constant awareness and recognition of the spiritual dimension (mind and its development) of nature and people, with a dynamic balance between the material development and the spiritual development. This is said to be the great virtue of Indian philosophy and for Indians. Sometimes, spirituality includes the faith or belief in supernatural power/ God, regarding the worldly events. It functions as a fertilizer for the soil ‘character’ to blossom into values and morals. Spirituality includes creativity, communication, recognition of the individual as human being (as opposed to a life-less machine), respect to others, acceptance (stop finding faults with colleagues and accept them the way they are), vision (looking beyond the obvious and not believing anyone blindly), and partnership (not being too authoritative, and always sharing responsibility with others, for better returns). Spirituality is motivation as it encourages the colleagues to perform better. Remember, lack of motivation leads to isolation. Spirituality is also energy: Be energetic and flexible to adapt to challenging and changing situations. Spirituality is flexibility as well. One should not be too dominating. Make space for everyone and learn to recognize and accept people the way they are. Variety is the order of the day. But one can influence their mind to think and act together. Spirituality is also fun. Working is okay, but you also need to have fun in office to keep yourself charged up. Tolerance and empathy are the reflections of spirituality. Blue and saffron colors are said to be associated with spirituality. Creativity in spirituality means conscious efforts to see things differently, to break out of habits and outdated beliefs to find new ways of thinking, doing and being. Suppression of creativity leads to violence. People are naturally creative. When they are forced to crush their creativity, its energy turns to destructive release and actions. Creativity includes the use of color, humor and freedom to enhance productivity. Creativity is fun. When people enjoy what they do, it is involvement. They work much harder.