1. Business Ethics
The Random House Webster's College Dictionary defines "ethics- as the rules of conduct recognized in respect to a particular class of human actions or governing a particular group, culture or profession. Ethics are of special importance to practicing professionals, including engineers. Professions such as engineers, doctors, teacher, and lawyers have a greater responsibility to society to do their jobs ethically; however there are core concepts in engineering ethics that can be used to monitor the way engineers do their jobs. These concepts can be summarized into three main categories: 1. The public's interest. 2. The qualities of truth, honesty and fairness and 3. Professional performance.
Using these core concepts in engineering ethics as a guide and reading the Harvard Business case study on the Challenger disaster, I can clearly identify a few instances in which the managers on the project encountered different issues in Engineering Ethics.
One of the first instances was the case where they encountered problems with the O-rings "which are seals on the field joint on the space shuttle. The problem was identified and it was emphasized that there was need to redesign the field joint. They even formed a Seal Erosion Task Team but little progress was made on solving the problem. Obviously there was an ethics problem here; the engineers are responsible to make sure that this problem is fixed as soon as possible.
Another instance was when the managers and engineers had the telephone conference. There were mixed reactions between the engineers and the managers, whether this flight should be launched or not. Finally they concluded that a "management decision- should be made concerning the launched. The managers did not really allow the engineers to do their jobs to the best of their abilities. In this case, it was obvious that the engineers were under pressure to meet a launch schedule but pressure is inherent in engineering.
ethics; secondly, the application of science brings inhumane results; finally, the failure of scientific policies causes disastrous results. ... ethics. ... DDT is one kind of Persistent Organic Pollutants that especially affect the higher species of the food chain. The most dangerousness is that the DDT and other pesticides cannot be decomposed with the circle of food. ... As a result, the effect of DDT and other Persistent Organic Pollutants on the whole food chain will probably continue forever. ...
A call for food went out over the internet, and hundreds of people responded. The library, which was where most of the children who would usually be in school were staying while their parents were at work, became inundated with food deliveries and soon a small not-for-profit business was set up to feed the children that weren't getting the food they usually would. ... Science and medicine are inextricably intertwined. ... But technology and science are so much more than that. ... A young girl educating herself on the ethics of the fashion industry. ...
Any event that science is involved in is a direct result of the person making the decision. ... Although science gave him the knowledge to produce the drug, it was his decision alone. ... The use of science for short-term benefit is an idea that people respect, but science that is ethically controversial can be justified by its conclusions in the long-term. ... Pop culture even depicts ethical issues involving science. ... Right now, there is a common belief that these "Franken foods" can cause cancer. ...
The sciences, both natural and human, are arguably the most objective areas of knowledge as they deal more in fact and observation, as opposed to the more opinionated and inference-based subjective areas of knowledge like faith and ethics. ... This newly acquired method of food production allowed these early beings to live easier as survival was no longer a burden. ... The behavioral, or human, sciences exist to tackle such anomalies that do not fall under the umbrella of the natural sciences. ... The human sciences complement the natural sciences in our quest for self-understanding by answer...
How does ethics differ from beliefs and values? People believe in religion or science, people value their families and freedoms. ... There are many shades of gray within the scope of ethics; the wisdom lies in where one draws the line (Professional Ethics, 2003). ... Manifesting my ethics, well that is a question. ... Another type of fear is presented, this is a sovereignty nation, and I am Mufasa, the Lion King, and at the top of the food chain. ...
That is the statement contained in all code of ethics in the medical profession. ... Disaster situations utilize a public health ethics model more than they do a medical ethics model with the end goal of obtaining a balance between individual and collective rights of the patients (Karadag and Hakan 608). ... (Shears 759) Health care disaster ethics incorporates a set of values and principles when making ethical decisions. ... Treatment decisions are to be based on science, evidence, practice and experience and acceptable to the average person. ... The critical patients were to be evacuated ...
Mega-dairies became prevalent in multiple Asian countries in the 1970s, soon emerging all over the world as a major source of food security. It may seem like they're extremely beneficial and should prevail everywhere, but the byproducts of this should also be taken into consideration before this hap...
According to Webster's Dictionary, the definition of the word "forensics- is "the use of science and technology to investigate and establish facts in criminal or civil courts of law."" ... Although investigating crime scenes is not exactly the same as it used to be in the beginning, investigators still use the basics but have just added the help of science to more accurately prove a suspect. Forensic science is a valuable aid in assisting both the police and the courts in bringing the accused to justice by evidence such as fingerprints, DNA, firearms, shoeprints, forensic p...