1. Safety of the Public Chapter 5 Jake Voorhees Mike Sturgis Dan Sporik Kyle Clevenger

2. 5-1. The Moral Status of Animals Peter Singer’s ideas on speciesism – Refusal to count the interests of animals Each animal has a life of its own Lives of animals are not just “instrumental” Must respect an animals right to life

3. 5-2. Ethical and Legal Obligations Conforming to legal requirements – Ex. Managers’ try to maximize profit, but must keep within the law and norm of business practice. The law is merely to meet standards

4. 5-3. Ethical Dilemmas I As an ethics term, a dilemma is a difficult situation where both alternatives sacfrice a moral principle. – Tragic Moral Choice, no matter what you do, you lose. Must find a solution with acceptable alternatives that outweighs the unacceptable options.

5. 5-5. Calculating the Value of Human Life Agencies calculate value of life to decide whether to spend money. – Ex. U.S. Department of Transportation Ethical to put value on human life? – Big Issue and controversy. Defenders of cost-benefit analysis favor calculation. – Resources for suicide prevention or for comatose patients?

6. 5-6. Fix Up Your Organization Ethically? Engineers of all experiences are put into positions of responsibility. Junior engineer given responsibility by senior engineer. Junior engineer put into position of power to avoid unethical decision.

7. 5-7. Whistle Blowing II Cons of Whistle Blowing – Criticism, isolation and hounding from colleagues and media – Fired by employer – Wreck life and career Many firms warn against external but in courage internal

8. 5-8. Whistle Blowing I Forms of Whistle Blowing – Internal or External – Anonymous or Named – Active or Alumni Justifiable Obligatory