EECE200: Assessment 3 – Engineering Ethics
Question 1 [25 Marks]
- What is meant by a violation of an honesty principle of professional ethics? Explain in details and provide an example. [15 Marks]
- Identify at least four differences between professionals and non-professionals? Provide two examples accordantly. [10 Marks]
Question 2 [35 Marks]
You’re chatting about what you’d like to do when you leave a university. You haven’t decided for certain yet, but you know it will be some activity. You are thinking of something that will help you to make the greatest possible amount of money in the shortest possible time. That’s what it’s all about right? You can give some to charity. Maybe.
- Could you identify any ethical (personal or moral) issue in this situation? Explain your opinion in details. [20 Marks]
- Refer to the NSPE code of ethics and list down all the references that deal with public health. [15 Marks]
Question 3: [40 Marks]
Scenario:
Engineer A, a licensed professional engineer with expertise in computer programming and computer coding, is employed by Company X, which manufactures air pollution monitoring equipment for power generation companies. Engineer A is asked to design, program, and develop code for a new type of equipment the company is planning to develop. The computer code Engineer A develops performs well during testing but causes the company’s equipment to reduce its pollution monitoring capacity during peak periods of energy consumption, which decreases the amount of actual pollution reported to the power generating companies—data that is then routinely reported to state and federal officials. Company X officials advise Engineer A that this reduced capacity feature will extend the life of the equipment and provide better value to power generation companies who will purchase it.
- Provide at least four NSPE Code of Ethics References applicable to this scenario. Provide a number and also write the reference quoted. Refer to Clauses (Sections) of NSPE Code of Ethics available on Moodle. [20 Marks]
- Would it be ethical for Engineer A to design, program, and develop code for a new type of equipment the company is planning to develop for power generation companies with a feature that reduces the amount of actual pollution reported to the power generation companies—data that is routinely reported to state and federal officials? Explain your opinion. [20 Marks]