ME 1102 – Ethics, Professionalism, Social Responsibility & Management Engineering

Vocabulary flashcards covering ethics, professional responsibility, decision-making frameworks, teamwork, communication, and engineering review lenses from the ME 1102 orientation notes.

Management Engineering

The application of quantitative and analytical tools with technical judgment to improve business operations and solve problems.

RA 8495

The Philippine Mechanical Engineering Act of 1998, which recognizes mechanical engineers as contributors to nation-building and governs professional activities such as design, installation, testing, commissioning, operation, maintenance, management, manufacturing, and teaching.

Safety (Professional Responsibility)

An essential professional responsibility requiring engineers to protect life, health, property, and the public.

Integrity (Professional Responsibility)

An essential professional responsibility requiring engineers to use accurate data and avoid misrepresentation and conflicts of interest.

Accountability (Professional Responsibility)

An essential professional responsibility requiring engineers to take responsibility for decisions, records, handovers, and corrective actions.

Facts (Ethical Decision-Making Step 1)

The first step in the ethical decision-making framework, which involves identifying what is known and uncertain.

Stakeholders (Ethical Decision-Making Step 2)

The second step in the ethical decision-making framework, which involves identifying who may benefit or be harmed.

Duties (Ethical Decision-Making Step 3)

The third step in the ethical decision-making framework, which involves determining applicable laws, standards, contracts, and professional duties.

Options (Ethical Decision-Making Step 4)

The fourth step in the ethical decision-making framework, which involves considering redesigning, mitigating, delaying, escalating, or stopping.

Consequences (Ethical Decision-Making Step 5)

The fifth step in the ethical decision-making framework, which involves evaluating safety, quality, cost, environmental effects, workers, and community.

Record (Ethical Decision-Making Step 6)

The sixth and final step in the ethical decision-making framework, which involves documenting assumptions, approvals, risks, and follow-up.

Green Energy Auction Plan

A 10-year plan established by the Department of Energy that targets at least $25\,\text{GW}$ of additional renewable capacity through 2035.

Psychological Safety

A teamwork environment that allows team members to raise hazards, admit uncertainty, question assumptions, and report near misses without being dismissed.

Role Clarity

A teamwork concept that clearly defines who decides, checks, approves, executes, and must be informed on a project.

Closing the Loop

A teamwork practice where every meeting concludes with assigned owners, deadlines, deliverables, risks, and the next verification point.

Technical Communication

A form of communication that conveys calculations, drawings, specifications, test reports, inspection findings, maintenance logs, operating procedures, and change records.

Management Communication

A form of communication that explains schedule, cost, risk, downtime, quality, energy, compliance, and business impact.

Public and Community Communication

A form of communication that explains risks and benefits in understandable language without hiding uncertainty or exaggerating evidence.

SAFE? (Five-Lens Check)

The evaluation lens governed by the guiding question: "Can people be harmed?"

SOUND? (Five-Lens Check)

The evaluation lens governed by the guiding question: "Does the engineering hold up?"

LEGAL? (Five-Lens Check)

The evaluation lens governed by the guiding question: "Do laws, codes, and standards permit it?"

SUSTAINABLE? (Five-Lens Check)

The evaluation lens governed by the guiding question: "What are the lifecycle energy, environmental, and resilience effects?"

RESPONSIBLE? (Five-Lens Check)

The evaluation lens governed by the guiding question: "Is it fair, transparent, documented, and in the public interest?"

Engineering Notebook

A tool maintained by an engineer to record assumptions, calculations, revisions, test conditions, and lessons learned.