Transcript ENGINEERING PROFESSIONALISM AND ETHICS EGN 4034 FALL 2008 ASSIGNMENT #1 DR. G.HASKINS ASSIGNMENT REQUIREMENTS        Group assignment From the film and Case 10 in the text Check the Website and use.

ENGINEERING
PROFESSIONALISM AND
ETHICS
EGN 4034
FALL 2008
ASSIGNMENT #1
DR. G.HASKINS
ASSIGNMENT
REQUIREMENTS
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Group assignment
From the film and Case 10 in the text
Check the Website and use the format for
assignments that is listed there. MUST USE
THE STANDARD FORMATTING
Make sure you include your team “name”.
Respond to each question
Must be done on computer….not hand
written.
Insure you have a cover page as required.
GILBANE GOLD
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Gilbane Gold – dried sludge from
wastewater plant sold at fertilizer.
Z-Corp – Computer components
manufacturer.
David Jackson – young environmental
engineer working for Z-Corp
Tom Richards – Environmental Engineer
consultant to Z-Corp.
Phil Port – Manager and head of Z-Corp
environmental affairs dept.
GILBANE GOLD
Frank Seeders – Z-Corp engineering
manager
 Diane Collins – Z-Corp vice president
in charge of the Gilbane plant
 Lloyd Bremen – Former state
commissioner of environmental
protection.
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GILBANE GOLD
Dr. Winslow Massin – Professor
emeritus, Hanover University, School
of Engineering.
 Maria Renato – TV reporter for
Channel 13
 Dan Martin – Lawyer for Z-Corp
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GILBANE GOLD
Homework Assignment #1
Due Wed. 9/24/08
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4.
Have any laws been broken? Is this
question relevant?
What are the major ethical problems?
Which actions of the parties are
unethical?
Where are the decision points (forks in
the road) for the main characters?
GILBANE GOLD
Homework Assignment
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What alternative actions (and likely
outcomes) could have been taken at
these points?
What are the unanswered questions in
this study? What information would help
in the analysis? Is it reasonable that the
information could be obtained?
Should David Jackson have done
anything else before “blowing the
whistle?
GILBANE GOLD
Homework Assignment
8.
What are the likely outcomes if:
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David is fired?
Diane failed to turn a profit?
Z-Corp had informed the city of
problems?
Z-Corp had challenged the city’s laws
in a higher court?