DESCRIPTIVE ETHICS
2. Which of the following insures that behavior is ethical. I 2. Which of the following insures that behavior is ethical? I. Following the law II. Acting in the best interest of a society III. Following non-legal standards for socially approved conduct All of the above II and III only None of the above I only
2. Which of the following insures that behavior is ethical. I 2. Which of the following insures that behavior is ethical? I. Following the law II. Acting in the best interest of a society III. Following non-legal standards for socially approved conduct All of the above II and III only None of the above I only
Engineers should follow their professional Code of Ethics because It helps them avoid legal problems, such as getting sued It provides a clear definition of what the public has a right to expect from responsible engineers It raises the image of the profession and hence gets engineers more pay The public will trust engineers more once they know engineers have a Code of Ethics
Engineers should follow their professional Code of Ethics because It helps them avoid legal problems, such as getting sued It provides a clear definition of what the public has a right to expect from responsible engineers It raises the image of the profession and hence gets engineers more pay The public will trust engineers more once they know engineers have a Code of Ethics
The first and foremost obligation of registered professional engineers is to: The public welfare Their employer The government The engineering profession
The first and foremost obligation of registered professional engineers is to: The public welfare Their employer The government The engineering profession
The Model Rules of Professional Conduct require registered engineers to conform to all but one of the following rules. Which rule is not required? Do not charge excessive fees. Do not compete unfairly with others. Perform services only in the areas of personal competence. Avoid conflicts of interest.
The Model Rules of Professional Conduct require registered engineers to conform to all but one of the following rules. Which rule is not required? Do not charge excessive fees. Do not compete unfairly with others. Perform services only in the areas of personal competence. Avoid conflicts of interest.
Assume you are a quality control engineer supervising the completion of a product whose specification includes using only USA-made parts. However, at a very late stage you notice one of your sub-contractors has supplied you with a part having foreign-made bolts in it; but these aren't very noticeable and would function identically to US-made bolts. Your customer urgently needs delivery of the finished product; what should you do?
Say nothing and deliver the product with the foreign bolts included, hoping this fact won't be noticed by the customer. Find (or, if necessary, invent) some roughly equivalent violation of the contract or specifications for which the customer (rather than your company) is responsible--then tell them you'll ignore their violation if they ignore your company's violation. Tell the customer about the problem, and let them decide what they wish you to do next. Put all your efforts into finding legal loopholes in the original specification, or in the way they were negotiated, to avoid your company appearing to have violated the specifications.
Say nothing and deliver the product with the foreign bolts included, hoping this fact won't be noticed by the customer. Find (or, if necessary, invent) some roughly equivalent violation of the contract or specifications for which the customer (rather than your company) is responsible--then tell them you'll ignore their violation if they ignore your company's violation. Tell the customer about the problem, and let them decide what they wish you to do next. Put all your efforts into finding legal loopholes in the original specification, or in the way they were negotiated, to avoid your company appearing to have violated the specifications.
You are the engineer of record on a building project which is behind schedule and urgently needed by the clients. Your boss wants you to certify some roofing construction as properly completed even though you know some questionable installation techniques were used. Should you: Certify it, and negotiate a raise from your boss as your price for doing so. Refuse to certify it. Tell the clients about the problem, saying that you'll certify it if they want you to. Certify it, but keep a close watch on the project in the future in case any problems develop with it.
You are the engineer of record on a building project which is behind schedule and urgently needed by the clients. Your boss wants you to certify some roofing construction as properly completed even though you know some questionable installation techniques were used. Should you: Certify it, and negotiate a raise from your boss as your price for doing so. Refuse to certify it. Tell the clients about the problem, saying that you'll certify it if they want you to. Certify it, but keep a close watch on the project in the future in case any problems develop with it.
Your company buys large quantities of parts from various suppliers in a very competitive market sector. As a professional engineer you often get to make critical decisions on which supplier should be used for which parts. A new supplier is very eager to get your company's business. Not only that, but you find they are very eager to provide you personally with many benefits--free meals at high-class restaurants and free vacation weekends for supposed business meetings and demonstrations, and other more confidential things such as expensive gifts that arrive through the mail, club memberships and so on. What should you do?
Do not accept any of the gifts that go beyond legitimate business entertaining, even if your company would allow you to accept such gifts. Report all gifts, etc., to your company, and let them decide whether or not you should accept them. Accept the gifts without telling your company, because you know that your professional judgment about the supplier will not be biased by the gifts. Tell other potential suppliers about the gifts, and ask them to provide you personally with similar benefits so you won't be biased in favor of any particular supplier.
Do not accept any of the gifts that go beyond legitimate business entertaining, even if your company would allow you to accept such gifts. Report all gifts, etc., to your company, and let them decide whether or not you should accept them. Accept the gifts without telling your company, because you know that your professional judgment about the supplier will not be biased by the gifts. Tell other potential suppliers about the gifts, and ask them to provide you personally with similar benefits so you won't be biased in favor of any particular supplier.
Assume that you are a professional engineer employed by a consulting firm. Your firm is competing with another firm for a project funded by the government. You should by all means get the project because you have obligations to your employer who desperately needs the project to boost its image. state the fact that your firm is more technically competent and can run the project in a more cost effective manner. by all means get the project because you have obligations to other registrants working in the same firm who all wanted the project. recommend the firm to hire more fresh engineering graduates to work on the team so that they can earn work experiences.
Assume that you are a professional engineer employed by a consulting firm. Your firm is competing with another firm for a project funded by the government. You should by all means get the project because you have obligations to your employer who desperately needs the project to boost its image. state the fact that your firm is more technically competent and can run the project in a more cost effective manner. by all means get the project because you have obligations to other registrants working in the same firm who all wanted the project. recommend the firm to hire more fresh engineering graduates to work on the team so that they can earn work experiences.
You are asked to evaluate, in a dollar amount, the loss of some injuries caused by an implant or artificial body part manufactured by a defendant in a lawsuit. You should not do it because you are not a medical expert. do a thorough, well-documented research on the loss considering all economic factors in the modeling coming to a dollar amount based on your professional judgment. by all means help your client because you feel that you have an obligation to safeguard the safety, health, property and welfare of the public, especially in this case the client is a racial minority. help your client so that you can publish a paper in the Journal of Irrepealable Research.
You are asked to evaluate, in a dollar amount, the loss of some injuries caused by an implant or artificial body part manufactured by a defendant in a lawsuit. You should not do it because you are not a medical expert. do a thorough, well-documented research on the loss considering all economic factors in the modeling coming to a dollar amount based on your professional judgment. by all means help your client because you feel that you have an obligation to safeguard the safety, health, property and welfare of the public, especially in this case the client is a racial minority. help your client so that you can publish a paper in the Journal of Irrepealable Research.
Assume you decided to help your client in Question 6 above Assume you decided to help your client in Question 6 above. In your model of analysis you may or may not consider the effect of inflation on the time value of the loss and the factor of physical depreciation of body parts on the original value of losses. You should forget about these two factors because they are not worth the trouble. consider the two factors based on solid research and judgment. tell your client that considering the two factors may or may not yield more favorable results but will cost more of your time and you will bill him or her for that. consider the two factors because you are personally and professionally interested in the result.
Assume you decided to help your client in Question 6 above Assume you decided to help your client in Question 6 above. In your model of analysis you may or may not consider the effect of inflation on the time value of the loss and the factor of physical depreciation of body parts on the original value of losses. You should forget about these two factors because they are not worth the trouble. consider the two factors based on solid research and judgment. tell your client that considering the two factors may or may not yield more favorable results but will cost more of your time and you will bill him or her for that. consider the two factors because you are personally and professionally interested in the result.
Is it legal and/or ethical for an engineer to sign and seal plans that were not prepared under his direction, supervision, or control?
Is it legal and/or ethical for an engineer to sign and seal plans that were not prepared under his direction, supervision, or control? Stamping plans for someone else is illegal.
Is it legal and/or ethical for an engineer to sign and seal plans that were not prepared by him but were prepared under his direction, supervision, and control?
Is it legal and/or ethical for an engineer to sign and seal plans that were not prepared by him but were prepared under his direction, supervision, and control? The registration laws of all states permit a registered engineer to stamp/sign/seal only plans that were prepared by him personally or were prepared under his direction, in responsible charge.
Is it legal and/or ethical for an engineer to alter a report prepared by another engineer for his client?
Is it legal and/or ethical for an engineer to alter a report prepared by another engineer for his client? It is illegal to alter a report to bring it "more into line" with what the client wants unless the alterations represent actual, verified changed conditions.