Personal Statement of Commitment to Ethical Principles:
Although now I am just an ordinary electrical and electronic university student, I will consider the rules to follow when working from the perspective of a qualified engineer, strictly follow RAE's code of engineer ethics [1].
1. Honesty and integrity.
I, as an engineer, am trusted by my employers and customers to be ethical and will not to do anything that harms the company's products and customers' rights.
2. Respect for life, law, the environment and public good.
Everything I am going to work for will be to protect people's rights, the authority of the law, the security of the environment or the planet and to maintain peace, to address poverty, to make people's lives better.
3. Accuracy and rigour.
I will take my work seriously and responsibly to ensure that the team will not fail, and no customers lose due to engineering mistakes. A famous accident illustrated the seriousness of this very profoundly. For the story of the USA space shuttle 'Challenger', due to the negligence of one small O-ring component compared to the entire craft, it worked at the wrong temperature and lost its prescribed characteristics, resulting in an explosion that claimed the lives of seven astronauts [2]. The incident is still the most profound in my mind. It not only meant the importance of accuracy and rigour but also revealed the massive cost of a small mistake.
4. Leadership and communication.
To improve the guarantee of social welfare and world harmony, I will try my best to have Leadership to influence more people and make social progress by my technology.
Besides, I will communicate actively in the team, maintain the enthusiasm and efficiency of work, and make the work finish smoothly.
In the future, I will give play to my professional ability for the enterprise or institution I work for according to the above criteria and make my contribution to the enterprise or society.
[1] Statement of Ethical Principles (2005). Available at: https://www.engc.org.uk/standards-guidance/guidance/statement-of-ethical-principles/
[2] TEITEL, A. (2018) Challenger Explosion: How Groupthink and Other Causes Led to the Tragedy, HISTORY. Available at: https://www.history.com/news/how-the-challenger-disaster-changed-nasa