AT LEAST 750 WORDS OBJECTIVE: Demonstrate understanding of the importance of engineering ethics.Assignment: Choose one of the Engineering Disasters of the last 100 years and investigate the documentat

ENGR 1201

Introduction to Engineering

Writing Assignment #3

OBJECTIVE: Demonstrate understanding of the importance of engineering ethics.

Assignment: Choose one of the Engineering Disasters of the last 100 years and investigate the documentation of the disaster. Sources to begin your search for your topic include but are not limited to the following:

http://listverse.com/2007/12/04/top-10-worst-engineering-disasters

http://www.matscieng.sunysb.edu/disaster/

http://abduh137.wordpress.com/2008/04/25/the-50-major-engineering-failures-1977-2007-part-1/

Answer the following as they relate to your chosen disaster. Reference the “Code of Ethics for Engineers as appropriate.

1. What role should (did) ethics play in the outcome and possible prevention ot the disaster chosen? Analysis of the case using the ethical theories discussed in class.

2. What obligations do engineers have to be ethical, beyond the Code of Ethics?

3. What specific pieces of the “Code of Ethics for Engineers” can be applied?

4. Who was responsible, in your opinion? (i.e., Designer, inspector, contractor, fabricator, engineer etc.) Justify your answer.

5. Was the failure engineered, procedural, systematic or just due to lack of attention to detail?

6. What ethical issues do students face?

7. What obligations do students have to behave ethically?

8. When and where should students practice ethical behavior?

9. What role should engineering professors play in teaching engineering ethics?

10. How will practicing ethics now, help me throughout my career as an engineer?

THIS MUST BE TYPE WRITTEN FOR SUBMISSION

Don’t forget to cite any sources you may use in helping you formulate your thoughts.