An Introduction to Ethics

Abstract

Young engineer graduating from university has many career choices. He or she can choose to be an entrepreneur, join a small firm or a multinational organization. Each of these organizations operates in business environment that is totally different before two decades. In a globalized era the frame work in which organizations work also have undergone a lot of change. The product life cycles are shortened, downsizing, and lean and mean manufacturing, outsourcing has become some of the competitive strategies of organization. Organizations have no more stable and predictive environment. In this scenario, the young engineer is faced with many dilemmas. The present paper addresses the issues of moral dilemmas and methods to deal with a set of bibliography.

Keywords: Ethics, Values, Engineering values, morals, moral dilemmas, science of values Moral

JEL Classification: A19