Professional Ethics and the Education of Engineers at the International Islamic University Malaysia

Ibrahim M. Zein

doi:10.12816/0037479

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Professional Ethics and the Education of Engineers at the International Islamic University Malaysia

Authors:

Ibrahim M. Zein

Publisher:

International Institute of Islamic Thought

Main Topics:

Education | Islam, Bábism & Bahá"í Faith

Journal:

American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences 2016 Vol.33 Issue 4, pp.77-94

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

10/2016

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

102627

Frequency:

Quarterly

pISSN:

08877653

DOI:

10.12816/0037479

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Abstract:

 This article focuses on professional ethics for engineers and engineeringstudents at the International Islamic University Malaysia(IIUM). Due to the phenomenological interest in the theory of valueand its realization within the framework of the professional ethicsof engineers in a particular educational institution, this research appliesa methodic strategy to address two levels of discourse equally.Thus, the theoretical aspect utilizes the tools of textual strategiesand content analysis, whereas the specific case of the IIUM’s engineeringfaculty serves as a source of my phenomenological reflectionson professional ethics for engineers.Despite being based on a limited source of data, some of the phenomenologicalremarks might be useful for other institutions ofhigher learning, for the stand on the theory of value used here is forboth the values’ universality and relationality to human beings or,more directly, both the universality and rationality of an ethical discourse.Although largely an Islamic interpretation, this article’s maincontributions are how to overcome this predicament in ethical sensibility,ward off dismissive gestures, and distinguish between valuesand their realization in the everyday world. By this process, thehuman agent discovers, rather than makes, values and comes to understandthat ethical sensibility is not about truth and falsehood, butabout the person’s degree of realization.

Article Details

Professional Ethics and the Education of Engineers at the International Islamic University Malaysia

Authors:

Ibrahim M. Zein

Publisher:

International Institute of Islamic Thought

Main Topics:

Education | Islam, Bábism & Bahá"í Faith

Journal:

American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences 2016 Vol.33 Issue 4, pp.77-94

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

10/2016

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

102627

Frequency:

Quarterly

pISSN:

08877653

DOI:

10.12816/0037479

Descriptors:

PROFESSIONAL ETHICS

ISLAMIC ETHICS

ENGINEERING

HIGHER EDUCATION

VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION

UNIVERSITIES

MALAYSIA

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Article Details

Authors: Ibrahim M. Zein

Publisher: International Institute of Islamic Thought

Main Topics: Education | Islam, Bábism & Bahá"í Faith

Journal: American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences 2016 Vol.33 Issue 4, pp.77-94

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 10/2016

Document Language: English

Document ID (Org No.): 102627

Frequency: Quarterly

pISSN: 08877653

DOI: 10.12816/0037479

Descriptors:

Issues

Authors:

Ibrahim M. Zein

Publisher:

International Institute of Islamic Thought

Main Topics:

Education | Islam, Bábism & Bahá"í Faith

Journal:

American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences 2016 Vol.33 Issue 4, pp.77-94

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

10/2016

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

102627

Frequency:

Quarterly

pISSN:

08877653

DOI:

10.12816/0037479