National Society of Professional Engineers
- This is one of the documents used for interpreting ethical dilemmas submitted by engineers, public officials, and members of the public.
- Use this code to analyze your / engineering ethics case study. Consider the possible ethics violations, then argue the innocence or guilt of the engineers involved. What principles were violated? What steps were taken to prevent future failures?
Assignment:
- Imagine you are on the NSPE Board of Ethical Review. Read through a few previously addressed Ethics cases:
Fill in the short form for access to cases.
http://www.nspe.org/resources/ethics/ethics-resources/board-of-ethical-review-cases#2014
then-
- Choose a recalled product, or engineering disaster.
Risk management:
Space program accidents:
As a group, or individually, create a 5 minute long video outlining your chosen engineering ethics case.
Engineering Case Study Presentation:
1. Cite the disaster or product recall that you decided to investigate.
2. Briefly list (in bullet form) the facts about the incident.
3. List the ethical issues involved, and prioritize these issues from most critical to least critical.
4. How was the case resolved in real life? (ie, who lost their job, how much $ were the victims paid, what new regulations were imposed, etc.) Do you agree with outcome on your case? Should more have been done? less? Support your answer by citing relevant sections in the Code of Ethics, and through using background info on the resolution of other similar cases.
5. Discuss this case from the perspective of :
a.) The public
b) The company managers
c) The company employees
6. After this incident was resolved, if you were an authority figure for the company, what steps would you take to ensure future ethics violations would not occur?
7. Think about what ethical issues might come up in your chosen field of work. How do you plan on addressing these issues? If you find yourself in a dangerous working environment or involved with a project that is taking a bad turn - who can you go to for help?
8. Create a Fault or Event tree of the event. What risk control measures were taken? What should have been done?
http://intro1201.blogspot.com/2015/11/risk-management.html
Example presentation:
Note the clear concise slides with large font. Do not paste your entire report onto your slides, just outline the main points!
A slide with only one clear image is better than a cluttered slide with a bunch of text and multiple images. The audience's attention should be on the presenter, not distracted by trying to read and figure out cluttered slides.
Presenters knew the material well enough that they were able to discuss the below images without the need to read text off of slides, so they did not need to clutter the below slides with explanatory text.
What is the difference between plagiarism and research?
Research work has references - and uses more than one reference! A common practice is to reserve the last slide for references, "thank you" to contributing groups and people, acknowledgement of companies involved, etc.
