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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Case Study 6 One of the main causes of the housing bubble “bursting” in the mid-2000’s was largely due to the sub-prime mortgages. A sub-prime mortgage is generally classified as a mortgage loan to a borrower with a low credit score‚ with a small down payment‚ or high debt to income ratio. The market for sub-prime mortgages was 37.6 percent of total mortgages by the end of 2005. In 1994 sub-prime mortgages accounted for only 6 percent of total mortgages. To a great extent the “bubble burst” is
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inch margins In this case‚ George Stein is faced with an ethical dilemma. 1. First‚ describe the ethical dilemma presented in this case. • Then list all of the reasons why you believe George might act unethically and remove the filters‚ allowing the maggots to remain in the mix. • Then list all of the reasons why you think that George might behave ethically‚ refuse to remove the filters‚ and report the maggot problem to management. 2. Who does the ethical dilemma impact? 3. If
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CASE STUDY ANSWER: REAL SALES OR WISHFUL THINKING? What Is the Ethical Issue? In response to pressure from headquarters to make the quarterly sales numbers‚ Marty is going to ask Robert to submit fictitious sales orders. Working from a wheelchair‚ Robert takes longer to call on customers and his sales are generally the lowest in the department. Some in the company believe a person in a wheelchair should not be in warehouse sales‚ and they may use Robert’s lower sales numbers to justify
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Case Study Case 2.1 Hacking into Harvard The case “Hacking into Harvard” involves the applicants of some of the nation’s most prestigious MBA programs‚ who thought they had a chance to find out sooner what admission decisions the business schools made in their case. On Businessweek Online message board they saw instructions left by an anonymous hacker on how to get into schools databases and find out the decisions made. It was not hard – all schools used the same application software from Apply
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Discuss ethical considerations related to research studies at the biological level of analysis. Ethical Considerations and Their Relation to Research Studies at the BLOA Ethical considerations related to research studies at the biological level of analysis include both physical and mental protection of the participant‚ consent of the participant‚ confidentiality between the researcher and the participant and a right for the participant to withdraw from the study. The biological level of
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Selected Answer Guide: CASE STUDY CASE 2-3 CAMRY goes interactive to attract black women Q1) There are three types of reference group influence – informational‚ normative‚ and identification. Assuming Bianca is a representative for the group consisting of successful‚ urban‚ professional African-American women‚ which type(s) of group influence do you see operating in this campaign? Informational influence is a potential since a member of the target group is implicitly saying‚ “You are
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HCS/438 DQ’s Week 1: DQ1: What are the differences between descriptive and inferential statistics? According to Bennett (2009)‚ the biggest difference between descriptive and inferential statistics is that descriptive statistics "deals with describing raw data in the form of graphics and sample of statistics" and inferential statistics "deals with estimating population parameters from sample data." This means that inferential statistics would be an estimate because the data would be estimated
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Introduction to Case Study by Winston Tellis+ The Qualitative Report‚ Volume 3‚ Number 2‚ July‚ 1997 (http://www.nova.edu/ssss/QR/QR3-2/tellis1.html) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Abstract This paper is the first of a series of three articles relating to a case study conducted at Fairfield University to assess aspects of the rapid introduction of Information Technology at the institution. This article deals with the nature of the problem
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Case Study Analysis Framework - Written Analysis is organized in the following parts (developed by J. T. Kowalski) Step 1: Introduction State the full title of the case study‚ author names‚ year published Title: Contested Territory: Parents and Teachers Wrestle for Power in an Urban Neighborhood School located Within a Gentrifying Community Authors: David Mayrowetz‚ John Price Year Published: 2005 Describe the situation of the case Thomas Payne Elem. – had several concerns including: school
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