Choose a minimum of one topic (Conscientiousness) per person in your group from

Choose a minimum of one topic (Conscientiousness) per person in your group from the list below OR make up your own topic(s) from the book or in-class discussion and technical people who were interviewed in terms of what you have learned so far from this class. Discuss the aligned or contrasting opinions within the group on the topic and potential future work implications
1st paragraph: introduce the topic
2nd paragraph: our thoughts and perspective about our topic
3rd paragraph: the implications of our topic into our future careers
Martin, Mike W., and Roland Schinzinger. “Chapter 5: Commitment to Safety.” Introduction to
Engineering Ethics, 2nd ed., McGraw-Hill Higher Education, New York, New York, 2010,
Conscientiousness
People act responsibly to the extent that they conscientiously commit themselves to live according to moral values, instead of a consuming preoccupation with a narrowly conceived self-interest. By conscientious moral commitment we mean sensitivity to the full range of moral values and responsibilities relevant to a given situation, and the willingness to develop the skill and expend the effort needed to reach a reasonable balance among those consid- erations. Conscientiousness implies consciousness: open eyes, open ears, and an open mind. The contemporary working conditions of engineers tend to narrow moral vision solely to the obligations that accompany employee status. More than 90 percent of engineers are salaried employees, most of whom work within large bureaucracies under great pressure to function smoothly within the organization. There are obvious benefits in terms of prudent self-interest and concern for one’s family that make it easy to emphasize as pri- mary the obligations to one’s employer. Gradually the minimal negative duties, such as not falsifying data, not violating patent rights, and not breaching confidentiality, may come to be viewed as the full extent of moral aspiration. Conceiving engineering as social experimentation restores the vision of engineers as guardians of the public interest, whose professional duty it is to hold paramount the safety, health, and welfare of those affected by engineering projects. And this helps to ensure that such safety and welfare will not be disregarded in the quest for new knowledge, the rush for profits, a narrow adherence to rules, or a concern over benefits for the many that ignores harm to the few.
The role of social guardian should not suggest that engineers force, paternalistically, their own views of the social good on
soci-ety. For, as with medical experimentation on humans, the social experimentation involved in engineering should be restricted by the participant’s voluntary and informed consent.
Martin, Mike W., and Roland Schinzinger. “Chapter 5: Commitment to Safety.” Introduction to
Engineering Ethics, 2nd ed., McGraw-Hill Higher Education, New York, New York, 2010, pp. 86