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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100‚140 people working for Inditex Group across their headquarters and 6‚009 stores around the world. [1][2] Among those major 9 brands of Inditex‚ Zara‚ one of their oldest brands which was created in 1975 by Amancio Ortega‚ is definitely the most important contributor to the empire. With 1‚751 stores (not including Zara Home) around the world‚ Zara made a sales of €18.088 billion in 2010‚ which contributed 64.5% of Inditex the whole revenue for Inditex Group. [1][2] Within the apparel industry
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company’s business can be divided into three main business areas: fixed line‚ wireless‚ and information and communication technology. PLDT is the leading telecommunications service provider in the Philippines. Through its three principal business groups-wireless‚ fixed line‚ and information and communications technology-PLDT offers the largest and most diversified range of telecommunications services across The Philippines’ most extensive fibber optic backbone and wireless‚ fixed line and satellite
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Responsibility Group Assignments Assignment 1 You have been retained by the chairman/chief executive of a company‚ which is about to be floated on the stock market through an IPO. He is opposed to the advice he has received from his financial advisers that the roles of the chairman and chief executive should be separated. Prepare a report/presentation to him. Group 1 Group 2 Group 12 Assignment 2 Choose any one listed group of companies operating in India. Research its website to study its business
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Demographics- This case involves Zoe girl around 9-11 years old‚ and her toddler brother were removed from their home due to domestic violence‚ child abuse‚ and neglect. Dad/Boyfriend abuses alcohol and Mother appears to be depressed. They live with their Mom and Dad/Boyfriend‚ (DB) in a trailer home out in the country. The little girl is her brother’s caregiver; she is the one who feeds and attends to him. She is very close and protective of her brother. No record or history of extended family known
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of bark mulch. But she knew when Rose had been up all night with her baby‚ when Gary was likely to be late because he had driven to see his sick father over the weekend‚ and how to deal with Ellen when she was depressed because of her boyfriend’s behavior. She kept track of the birthdays of every employee and even those of their children. She was up every morning by five-thirty arranging schedules so that John could get his son out of daycare at four o’clock and Martina could be back in town for her
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He Learned to Pause 5. He Mastered the Body Language of Leadership President-elect Obama started the speech off by talking about the American Dream‚ referring to the “I have a dream speech” by Martin Luther King Jr. He was referring to 3 groups of people in the audience. Obama stated “If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible; who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time; who still questions the power of our
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Growing Managers Group Case Analysis The motivational models which would prove most effective in turning the Phoenix sales team around and setting the team on a more prosperous path would be motivational models focusing on changing behaviors and promoting results. Implementing the Goal-Setting Model and the Reinforcement Model would accomplish both feats. Melissa Richardson needs to exert authority and assertiveness over her sales team. She needs to assess her team members’ strengths and weaknesses
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Abstract This case study highlights about the analysis of the problems‚ background‚ theories‚ and action plans. Before exploring Tucker Company‚ it is necessary to know the background including its past and present. It will be discussed further about the problems in Tucker Company that occurred when it reorganizing its company into 3 new divisions. The 3 new divisions are also known as 3 new product lines of Tucker Company. In the following point‚ it draws the relation among those problems with
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Company Case Analysis Gaining Familiarity Levi Strauss founded Levi Strauss and Company in the mid 1850s. In 1872 Levi Strauss got together with Jacob Davis‚ coming up with an idea to create a new clothing style. In 1873‚ they both were granted a patent to create this new style clothing‚ which today has become the world’s largest brand name apparel present in more than hundred countries. Recognizing Symptoms Since Levi Strauss decided to use a new concept‚ which is ethical behavior‚ they
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