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ahmedbataweelAssignment Ethics Report & Presentation
This assignment is designed to enhance understanding of the ethical issues involved in the practice of Engineering. Each group is asked to study two cases involving ethical failures in engineering:
Case 1: Assigned by Reddy - The Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster https://www.engineering.com/Library/ArticlesPage/tabid/85/ArticleID/170/categoryId/7/The-Space-Shuttle-Challenger-Disaster.aspx
Case 2: can be selected from which topics wanted. For simplicity, I googled (the world's worst industrial disasters), and I found several lists which can help with your choice:
- The Perils of Industry: 10 Notable Accidents and Catastrophes https://www.britannica.com/list/the-perils-of-industry-10-notable-accidents-and-catastrophes
- 9 of the world's worst industrial disasters
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/9-of-the-world-s-worst-industrial-disasters-1.3189607
Suggestion from me for Case 2: Lac-Mégantic or Deepwater Horizon. If there is no enough information you can pick any of the others.
For each case you selected, critically examine it from the following points of view:
1. What are the circumstances of this disaster?
1. What key ethical principles were involved? Be sure to identify the specific codes (from the ethics standards of IEEE, ACM NSPE etc.) that may have been violated. Be sure to identify the specific violations from the NSPE “Rules of Practice” (e.g., NSPE x.y where “x” is the cannon and “y” is the specific rule of practice)
1. How could this disaster have been avoided?
1. What actions could you have taken if you were part of the project in question?
NSPE Code of Ethics for Engineers: https://www.nspe.org/resources/ethics/code-ethics
Case#1 – Title (Assigned)
a) Brief description of the case highlighting what went wrong
b) A list of ethical issue that were violated. Be sure to provide NSPE violations in the form of <Cannon>. <rules of practice>. You can supplement this with violations from other institutions like IEEE, ACM, etc.
c) Explain how you could have avoided the disaster
Case#2 – Title (selected by you)
a) Brief description of the case highlighting what went wrong
b) A list of ethical issue that were violated. Be sure to provide NSPE violations in the form of <Cannon>. <rules of practice>. You can supplement this with violations from other institutions like IEEE, ACM, etc.
c) Explain how you could have avoided the disaster
You can use the examples provided to understand the structure of the report and the presentation.
Submissions
1. Ethics Report using the format described above.
2. Ethics Presentation (PPT)