Reference no: EM131023642
Directions: Answer all the questions below. Some questions have several parts. Answer all parts of each question.
1. Broome's article presents a problem for establishing a universal code of ethics for engineers.
A. Summarize the problem and explain the problem of public paramountcy.
B. Evaluate the "new praxiology view of engineering."
C. Present a cogent and persuasive argument for or against the author's conclusions.
2. Fleischmann promotes a number of methods or practices to enable students to embrace ethical thought and behavior.
A. Choose a method she promotes and explain it clearly.
B. Make an argument for or against her method or the practice.
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A. Explain how important (or not) it is for an engineer to understand the implications of their design.
B. Should the engineering community be encouraging themselves to approach their work as group projects or encourage design as an individual enterprise. Why or why not?
4. We had a class that focused upon the properties of lead, the history of lead and the dangers of lead.
A. Make a good argument for the continued use of lead.
B. Lead abatement is dangerous, expensive and a long term project. Make an argument for continued abatement or an argument to cease abatement.
C. Is lead abatement an engineering issue? Why or why not?
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