Chapter 10 Professional Development of OthersWhen producing something that is designed to kill, should the engineer be responsible for the detrimental effects?“The engineer shall hold paramount the health, safety, and welfare of the public unless the rights of other living things are unfairly compromised.”Corporate Donations and SponsorshipsMaintaining the Quality of Engineering EducationChapter 10 Chapter 10 Professional Development of OthersProfessional Development of OthersStephanie Karas, Casey Blake, Stephanie Karas, Casey Blake, Shigemitsu Yoshii, Tiffany Shigemitsu Yoshii, Tiffany HusemanHuseman““The engineer shall hold paramount the The engineer shall hold paramount the health, safety, and welfare of the public.”health, safety, and welfare of the public.”When producing something that is When producing something that is designed to kill, should the engineer be designed to kill, should the engineer be responsible for the detrimental effects?responsible for the detrimental effects?•Whose hands the engineer’s product ends up inWhose hands the engineer’s product ends up in– Kurt Prufer, ovens Kurt Prufer, ovens – Mikhail T. Kalashnikov, AK-47 Mikhail T. Kalashnikov, AK-47 •Trust in government’s discretionTrust in government’s discretion– Defense companies are justifiedDefense companies are justified– “ “But suppose the word But suppose the word publicpublic in the code of ethics in the code of ethics really means all of humanity. What then is the really means all of humanity. What then is the engineer’s responsibility, and would it preclude engineer’s responsibility, and would it preclude working on armaments that are designed to kill some working on armaments that are designed to kill some fraction of the public?”fraction of the public?”““The engineer shall hold paramount the health, The engineer shall hold paramount the health, safety, and welfare of the public unless the safety, and welfare of the public unless the rights of other living things are unfairly rights of other living things are unfairly compromised.”compromised.”•Reverence for LifeReverence for Life– All life is sacredAll life is sacred– The right to exist to its fullest potentialThe right to exist to its fullest potential•Is it wrong to eat meat?Is it wrong to eat meat?– Humans are unnecessarily wastefulHumans are unnecessarily wasteful– “ “Is it respectful to formerly living things of Is it respectful to formerly living things of we are wasteful with our food?”we are wasteful with our food?”Corporate Donations and Corporate Donations and SponsorshipsSponsorships•AltruismAltruism•University of North CarolinaUniversity of North Carolina–Nike, $7 million annuallyNike, $7 million annually–IBM, millions of dollars and computersIBM, millions of dollars and computers•““The loss of independence of both the The loss of independence of both the academic and athletic programs is academic and athletic programs is considered minor by the administration, but considered minor by the administration, but the threat of losing this support must affect the threat of losing this support must affect the decisions and activities of the the decisions and activities of the university.”university.”Maintaining the Quality of Maintaining the Quality of Engineering EducationEngineering Education•Affirmative actionAffirmative action– School accepts tuition at the cost of the School accepts tuition at the cost of the students’ educationstudents’ education– Universities help the students slide by to Universities help the students slide by to maintain their image and their tuitionmaintain their image and their tuition– Lowering the par produces inadequate Lowering the par produces inadequate
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