What Is a Profession?

Quinn, Aaron

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“…A profession is also prepared to apply this knowledge and exercise these skills in the interest of others. 3 It is easy to see that engineering meets this definition, simply by examining the requirements for accreditation as an engineering program 1 .…”

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“…1 The minimum requirements above would certainly indicate that students from ABET accredited engineering programs graduate with "special knowledge and skills in a widely recognised body of learning derived from research, education and training at a high level." 3 Those in professions are "governed by codes of ethics, and profess commitment to competence, integrity and morality, altruism, and the promotion of the public good within their expert domain. Professionals are accountable to those served and to society."…”

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“…Professionals are accountable to those served and to society." 3 These requirements, and our accountability to society, hold engineers to a much higher standard than the general population, and thus require specific preparation for ability to meet that higher standard.…”

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Engineering Ethics Education: Why a Liberal Arts Ethics Class is Not Sufficient for Tomorrow’s Engineers

McCullough

ASEE Southeast Section Conference Proceedings

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While ethics has always been a concern for the engineering community, there has been a continual debate among engineering educators as to whether it is necessary to have a dedicated engineering ethics curriculum, or whether ethics education can be safely left to the liberal arts portion of the students' education. This paper examines the differences in emphases and perspectives in the two types of courses at High Point University and discusses why, in the author's view, that ethics taught from a liberal arts point of view alone, is not sufficient to prepare engineers for ethical professional practice, thus necessitating dedicated engineering ethics coverage in the engineering curriculum.

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Section: Difference In Purpose Of Studymentioning

confidence: 99%