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Engineering Ethics

Professional Careers

Professional Responsibilities

Confidentiality and Proprietary Information

Conflict of Interest

Environmental Ethics

Environmental Impact

Pew Oceans Report

Population and Global Temperature Rise

Environmental Consequences

Environmental Approaches

Whistleblowing

When to Blow the Whistle

When Are You Obligated

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Engineering Ethics

Rights and Responsibilities

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Engineering Ethics

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| Rights and Responsibilities

Professional Careers

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| Law
| Medicine
| Engineering

Professional Responsibilities

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| Confidentiality and Proprietary Information
| Conflict of Interest
| Environmental Ethics

Confidentiality and Proprietary Information

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| Why is some information confidential?
| What types of information are confidential?
| What happens if you change jobs?
| You have the right to seek advancement
| Companies have the right to keep their information away from competitors

Conflict of Interest

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| Actual conflict of interest
| Giving a bid to a company you own
| Potential conflict of interest
| Good friends of a supplier
| Appearance of conflict of interest
| % of construction cost contracts

Environmental Ethics

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| Western ethical tradition
| People are important
| Plants and animals are important if they are useful to humans
| Do we belong to nature or does nature belong to us?

Environmental Impact

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| Public depending upon engineers to find a technical solution
| Companies very reluctant to spend money where there is no profit
| Whose problem is it - company - engineers - public
| What is the real problem ?

Pew Oceans Report

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| Large fish populations 20% of population in 1965
| National Marine Fisheries Service
| Is a part of the Commerce Department

Population and Global Temperature Rise

Environmental Consequences

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| Economy must grow - Capitalism
| Growth means increased production
| Increased production - increased waste
| Everything comes from and returns to the earth

Environmental Approaches

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| The environment should be as clean as possible regardless of the cost
| Not realistic
| Cost benefit analysis
| Why is cost such an important factor?
| Hard to analyze the value of a species or a human life
| Professional codes of ethics tell us both people and environment are of paramount importance

Whistleblowing

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| Alerting someone other than those directly involved about a problem
| Internal whistleblowing
| External whistleblowing

When to Blow the Whistle

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| There must be a clear and significant danger that can be avoided by blowing the whistle
| The whistleblower must have firsthand knowledge of the problem
| Whistleblower must have a reasonable chance of success
| Whistleblowing is the method of last resort

When Are You Obligated

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| Imminent danger of harm
| All 4 of previous conditions have been met
| You are doing this to protect public interest
| Not for personal gain
| Not for revenge

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Professional Responsibilities

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Conflict of Interest

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Environmental Ethics