Micro-Theme on Ethics for Engineers



Micro-Theme on Ethics for Engineers

Introduction

In his career, an engineer has to face a number of situations where they have to decide between an ethical path and the profit of the company. These situations are normally created when the engineer is caught between his ethical values guided by the NSPE Code of ethics and the profitability (mostly the cost cutting parameter) that is a part of his job description.

Discussion

The engineering situation that I have chosen to study the behavior of an engineer in case of an ethical issue has been faced by an engineer at the Wallcote ...