ENGINEERING ETHICS Concepts and Cases This page intentionally left blank g F O U R T H E D I T I O N ENGINEERING ETHICS Concepts and Cases CHARLES E. HARRIS Texas A&M University MICHAEL S. PRITCHARD Western Michigan University MICHAEL J. RABINS Texas A&M University Australia • Brazil • Japan • Korea • Mexico • Singapore • Spain • United Kingdom • United States Engineering Ethics: Concepts and Cases‚ Fourth Edition Charles E. Harris‚ Michael S. Pritchard‚ and
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ATM Security in Africa Introduction • The ATM has brought an interesting new dimension to the lifestyle of the African‚ enabling self service • However‚ the diffusion is still low in Africa • Nigeria fastest growing globally: from 26 ATMs in 2003 to about 7‚000 ATMs by December‚ 2008 • Ghana making appreciable stride with the entrance of Nigerian banks • South Africa and Egypt leading in installed base Generally‚ ATMs • Brings convenience‚ speed and control to customers
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SPECIAL TOPICS IN SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT 1 SYNDICATE ASSIGNMENT Assignment Brief In your study syndicates‚ you are expected to read‚ analyse and interpret the key underlying issues of the following case-study titled "The Privileged Fly". Five (5) questions have to be answered and these questions can be found at the end of the case study. Your answers to the questions must relate to the issues in the case‚ however you are expected to support your responses with appropriate and relevant literature
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Abstract Accurate and automatic identification and authentication of users is a fundamental problem in network environments. Shared secrets such as PINs or passwords and key devices like smart cards just are not enough in some cases. What is needed is something that could verify that you are physically the person you claim to be - biometrics. Biometrics are automated methods of recognizing a person based on a physiological or behavioral characteristic. Biometric technologies
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CASE STUDY SOLUTION OF PROFESSOR’ LALU SCRIPTS INDIAN RAILWAY’S TURNAROUND FOR PRODUCTION AND OPERATION MANAGEMENT CASE-1 ‘PROFESSOR’ LALU SCRIPTS INDIAN RAILWAY’S TURNAROUND Summary In December 2006‚ as many as 137 undergraduate students from the universities of Harvard and Wharton gathered to listen Indian Railways minister‚ Lalu Prasad Yadav at Rail Bhavan. These foreign universities had expressed to know how Lalu converted the loss making Indian Railway into Rs. 20 billion profit making
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CASE STUDY 4 PREPARED BY: GOPI A/L KALAIRASAN CASE STUDY 4 1) There are some 200 economic integration agreements in effect around the world already‚ far more than even a few years ago. Virtually every country is now party to one or more free trade agreements. Supporters argue that free trade is good for nations. a) What is the basis for their support? That is‚ what are the specific benefits that countries seek by joining an economic bloc? Free trade is a policy
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dividing a potential market into distinct subsets of consumers with a common need or characteristic and selecting one or more segments to target with a specially designed marketing mix. Besides aiding in the development of new products‚ segmentation studies assist in the redesign and repositioning of existing products‚ in the creation of promotional appeals‚ and the selection of advertising media. In order to be a viable target market‚ a segment must be identifiable (by some criteria such as demographics
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Networks Volvo utilized data mining in an effort to discover the unknown valuable relationships in the data collected and to assist in making early predictive information. It created a network of sensors and CPUs that were embedded throughout the cars and from which data was captured. Data was also captured from customer relationship systems (CRM)‚ dealership systems‚ product development and design systems and from the production floors in their factories. The terabytes of data collected was streamed
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CHAPTER 12 : CASE STUDY 1 ‘RAMBO GOES VIOLENT’ 1.What are some violence indicators an employee might display? Workplace violence can happen in any work environment‚ and can come from both coworkers and nonworkers alike. Several common behavioral indicators are often present in employees who are experiencing high level of stress. People experiencing elevated stress‚ however‚ are more likely to display violent or destructive behavior than those who are not. Some behavioral signs of stress include
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CUSTOMER DATA In the term of customer data‚ technology now day give a big role to evaluate the concepts by the overall to moving ownership of the customer when they are away from the individual departments and different it at the enterprise level. In the customer relationship management concept‚ individual that in the each department has responsible for the customer. The success factor for Customer Relationship Management (CRM) is by deploying technology that provides various levels of data access
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