Ethics

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Ethics
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Introduction
1. What is ethics?
2. Why should we discuss it?
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Personal ethics
What determined your personal code of behavior?
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Personal ethics
What if?
Your code of ethics
ASCE code of ethics
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Professional ethics
What should ASCEs code of ethics include?
https//www.asce.org/pdf/ethics_guidelines010308v2
.pdf
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Example 1

• Terry needs a C or better in CE 377 to graduate
  and take a great job with a consulting firm.
• Unfortunately, the class is not really in Terrys
  main area of interest, and the professor is
  really boring, and the homework is confusing, and
  this semester Terry has senior design, which is
  real engineeringunlike CE 377.
• During the final exam, Terry sits next to a star
  student. A quick peek (or two) to the left might
  help Terry get that C.

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Example 2

• Ollie Mobrien of Himlycorn Engineering prepares a
  traffic study for a client who wants to build a
  facility in a high-priced area of the country.
• Ollies study suggests the client will need a
  road with five lanes of traffic. However, a
  three-lane road would use less land and save the
  client millions of dollars. Himlycorn sure could
  use the repeat business of this client.

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Example 3

• A professor assigned a term paper in an
  engineering class. Two students wrote
  particularly good papers, and the professor
  decided to submit them to a journal. He
  rearranged some paragraphs, cut some text, and
  removed one-third of the original references. He
  was the sole author on the published papers.

Adapted from ASCE News
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Example 4

• To provide an opportunity for professional
  development, an engineer prepares a review course
  for people planning to take the Fundamentals of
  Engineering Exam. The engineer uses the ASCE
  logo, without permission, on the brochure used to
  promote the course.

Adapted from ASCE News
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Example 5

• An engineering firm hired another engineer as a
  subconsultant to study the soil types at a site.
  The engineers report stated that the soil
  consisted of gravel, sandstone, brown coarse
  sand, and light brown well graded sand. However,
  after a contractor raised concerns that the
  report did not match conditions at the site, a
  member of the firm investigated and found no
  evidence of soil borings. Furthermore, the entire
  site consisted of volcanic rock.

Adapted from ASCE News