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From the beginning of their college career, most engineering students believe that the end goal for an engineering student is to graduate with a degree in engineering and possibly get a good paying job. As they start getting close to their junior year they realize that the true goal of an engineer is to create and design products for humans that will be safe and beneficial to them. Throughout a student's four - or maybe longer for some - years in college they are taught virtues; some are learned in class, others are learned from practices and working with other students. Most students will not realize that they have acquired virtues during the school experience until they have taken the engineering ethics class, and find that virtue ethics …show more content…

What makes up a virtuous mindset? At Texas A&M, students are taught to embody the core values of the University from day one – its students shaped into leaders and individuals of excellence, integrity, leadership, loyalty, respect, and selfless service. All students at Texas A&M are expected to exercise its core values at all levels of professional and social interaction every day, thereby setting an example for all future students to follow. A strong sense of integrity is constantly reinforced in order to prepare the students for the challenges of the workforce, where important decisions are not always easy to make and a strong constitution is key for success. Students learn and live loyalty during their stay at Texas A&M, adding to the rich history of tradition and preparing to become productive members of society in the …show more content…

Working in multidisciplinary teams can be a challenge, but respect for others can help facilitate interactions between team members and can extend to the interaction between the different branches of a company. Selfless service is a virtue that goes beyond just doing a good job - making sure that the decisions taken in a certain direction are considerate of the network a company operates in, doing what is right because it is right and not for personal profit or

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Students not only need to gain the knowledge for the field that they will be working in, but more importantly they need the knowledge of basic life skills on how to think and react to life experiences. It is important for people to understand that knowledge is power, and knowing that it’s not all about you is one of the best realizations one can have. We are all here to collectively work together for some type of common goal. No one person is more valuable than the other. So the next time we are waiting in line in Walmart, we shouldn’t be cursing about how the cashier is too slow, or that they need to open more lines because we are in a hurry.

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