 You will face ethical dilemmas in your career – count on it!  Your decisions will affect: ◦ your professional reputation. ◦ your employability. ◦ the.

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 You will face ethical dilemmas in your career – count on it!  Your decisions will affect: ◦ your professional reputation. ◦ your employability. ◦ the welfare of others.  Companies are placing more value on ethics (or at least saying they are – just ask Enron, Worldcom, and Adelphia!). 2

By the end of this chapter, you should:  Understand what is meant by morals, ethics, and values.  Be familiar with the IEEE Code of Ethics.  Understand what a patent is, the criteria for filing one, and the elements that constitute it.  Understand differences between patents, copyrights, trademarks, and trade secrets.  Understand the concepts of negligence and liability as they apply to product design.  Understand how to incorporate ethical issues throughout the design process.  Be able to analyze ethical case studies and suggest solutions to the dilemmas that they embody. 3

Ethics 1. Branch of philosophy that deals with the general nature of good and bad and the specific moral obligations of and choices to be made by the individual in her/his relationship to others. 2. Rules or standards governing conduct, especially those of a profession. What are the key points? 4

What are  Morals?  Principles?  Values? 5

Rule-Based Ethics – Apply a set of rules to make all decisions ◦ Universality: reasons for action that all people in society could accept. ◦ Transitivity: you would accept others applying the same decision to you.  What does this remind you of?  What are problems with this? 6

Conditional Rule-Based Ethics - ???? Examples of this are? What are the problems with this approach? 7

Utilitarian Ethics - The decision that produces the highest good for all people involved. Problem? 8

Question: Is it ethical to accept a job offer with a company, then change your mind and decline the offer if you subsequently receive a better offer from another company? YES or NO. How do you avoid being put in this situation? 9

Question: Is it ethical to go on a job interview with a company that you have no intention working for? YES or NO. 10

Copyrighted material – see Chapter 11 in the book. 11

 The question here is "Who owns it?"  When you show up for the first day of work at a new company they will likely ask you to sign a contract. ◦ They own all of the intellectual property that you create while on the payroll. ◦ You may also have to sign a no-compete clause indicating that you will not work for a direct competitor for a given period of time after leaving the company. 12

Patent – legal protection for a design or invention. The Patent Quiz (True or False) 1. If you have a patent on a design and somebody else uses it, the government will find them and penalize them. 2. The first person to file for a patent at the patent office receives the patent. 3. If you have a patent on a technology, you have unlimited right to use it. 4. Filing for a patent is free. 5. You must reduce the idea to practice in order to receive a patent. 6. If you unwittingly infringe upon someone else’s patent, you are not liable. 13

What is the difference between a utility patent and design patent? 14

To get a utility patent, the idea must be: 1. Novel 2. Non-obvious 3. Useful Who determines this? 15

1. Citation of prior art. 2. Description of the invention. 3. Claims – legal description of the invention and its uniqueness. 16

 See example in the text. 17

 Copyrights - protect published works such as books, articles, software, etc.  Copyrights are good for _____ years.  Trade Secrets are ???  Question: Is it legal to reverse-engineer another company's product to reveal their trade secrets?  How does the Digital Millennium Act affect this? 18

Liability: 1. something that one owes; an obligation; debt. Tort: Any wrongful act that does not involve a breach of contract and for which civil suit can be brought. Negligence: not following reasonable rules and standards that apply and committed a wrongful act. 19

An act is defined a legally negligent if the following 4 hold true. 1.The manufacturer had a duty to follow reasonable standards and rules. 2.There was a breach of duty (i.e. failed to include safety devices). 3.The plaintiff was harmed. 4.The breach caused the harm. 20

An even less stringent standard, known as strict liability, has been adopted. The person/company suing you does not have to prove negligence. You are liable if the following four things hold true. 1.The product was dangerous and/or defective. 2.The defect existed when is left your control. 3.Defect caused harm. 4.The harm is assignable to the defect. 21

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 What is a whistleblower?  What are some well-known examples of “whistleblowing” ? 23

When it is appropriate to become a whistleblower? ◦ The harm to the public must be considerable or serious. ◦ Concerns must have been made to your superiors (up to the CEO) without satisfactory resolution. ◦ You have documented evidence that would convince an impartial observer that your company is wrong. ◦ Release of the information outside of the company will prevent the harm. 24

1. Gather information. 2. Identify the stakeholders. 3. Consider the ethical values are relevant to the situation. 4. Determine the best course of action. Apply to Example 11.1 in text and end-of- chapter problems. 25

 Have you conducted adequate research to understand prior art? Are you infringing on patents or copyrights?  Do your requirements specifications meet the needs of the stakeholders?  Did you make the design space as large as possible?  Did you identify and apply relevant safety standards?  Did you consider all possible ways a design can fail?  Did you consider ways the product can be misused?  Did you conduct design reviews?  Have you reversed engineered another’s product?  Are your cost & project schedules fair & realistic?  Did the design pass acceptance tests (verification)? 26

 Be prepared to encounter ethical dilemmas in your career.  Important to understand basics of intellectual property – who owns it?  Employ good design process activities to include ethical considerations in design..  Apply ethical decision-making paradigm and utilize resources available to you. 27