St. Xavier's College MahuadanrHuman Values and Professional Ethics

SyllabusHuman Values and Professional Ethics

Objectives:1. To help students distinguish between values and skills, andunderstand the need, basic guidelines, content' and process of valueeducation.2. To help students initiate a process of dialog within themselves toknow what they 'really want to be' in their life and profession3. To help students understand the meaning of happiness andprosperity for a human being.4. To facilitate the students to understand harmony at all the levelsof human living, and live accordingly.5. To facilitate the students in applying the understanding ofharmony in existence in their profession and lead an ethical life

Expected Outcome:

On completion of this course, the students will be able to1. Understand the significance of value inputs in a classroom andstart applying them in their life and profession2. Distinguish between values and skills, happiness andaccumulation of physical facilities, the Self and the Body, Intentionand Competence of an individual, etc.3. Understand the value of harmonious relationship based on trust l..iand respect in their life and profession4. Understand the role of a human being in ensuring harmony insociety and nature.5. Distinguish between ethical and unethical practices, and startworking out the strategy to actualize a harmonious environmentwherever they work.

Unit I Course Introduction - Need, Basic Guidelines, Contentand Process for ValueEducation

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1. Understanding the need, basic guidelines, content and process forValue Education2. Self Exploration-what is it? - its content and process; 'NaturalAcceptance' and Experiential Validation- as the mechanism for selfexploration3. Continuous Haooiness and Prosoeritv- A look at basic Human

Aspirations4. Right understanding, Relationship and Physical Facilities- the basicrequirements for fulfillment of aspirations of every human being withtheir correct priority5. Understanding Happiness and Prosperity correctly- A criticalappraisal of the current scenario6. Method to fulfill the above human aspirations: understanding andliving in harmony at various levels

Understanding Harmony in the Human Being - Harmony in IMyself

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7. Understanding human being as a co-existence of the sentient 'I' andthe material 'Body'8. Understanding the needs of Self ('I') and 'Body' - Sukh and Suvidha9. Understanding the Body as an instrument of 'I' (I being the doer,seer and enjoyer)10. Understanding the characteristics and activities of 'I' and harmony in'I'11. Understanding the harmony of I with the Body: Sanyam andSwasthya; correct appraisal of Physical needs, meaning of Prosperity indetail12. Proqrams to ensure Sanyam and Swasthya

Unit III Understanding Harmony in the Family and Society- Harmony in IHuman-Human Relationship13. Understanding harmony in the Family- the basic unit of humaninteraction14. Understanding values in human-human relationship; meaning ofNyaya and program for its fulfillment to ensure Ubhay-tripti;Trust (Vishwas) and Respect (Samman) as -the foundational values ofrelationship15. Understanding the meaning of Vishwas; Difference betweenintention and competence I J16. Understanding the meaning of Samman, Difference betweenrespect and differentiation; the other salient values in relationship17. Understanding the harmony in the society (society being anextension of family): Samadhan, Samridhi, Abhay, Sah-astitva ascomprehensive Human Goals18. Visualizing a universal harmonious order in society- UndividedSociety (AkhandSamaj), Universal Order (SarvabhaumVyawastha )-from family to world family!

Unit IV Understanding Harmony in the Nature and Existence - Whole eXistenceTas Co-existence19. Understanding the harmony in the Nature20. Interconnectedness and mutual fulfillment among the four orders ofnature- recyclability and self-regulation in nature21. Understanding Existence as Co-existence (Sah-astitva) of mutuallyinteracting units in all-pervasive space

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Unit V Implications. of the above Holistic Understanding of Harmony on TProfessional Ethics23. Natural acceptance of human values24. Definitiveness of Ethical Human Conduct25. Basis for Humanistic Education, Humanistic Constitution andHumanistic Universal Order26. Competence in Professional Ethics:a) Ability to utilize the professional competence for augmenting universalhuman order,b) Ability to identify the scope and characteristics of people-friendly andeco-friendly production systems, technologies and management models27. Case studies of typical holistic technologies, management modelsand production systems28. Strategy for transition from the present state to Universal HumanOrder:a) At the level of individual: as socially and ecologically responsibleengineers, technologists and managersb) At the level of society: as mutually enriching institutions andorqanizations

Mode of Evaluation:

Class tests and Oral test

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