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Questions

1. Which of the five categories of definitions that ethicists have developed for "ethics" do you feel best apply to your activities as an engineer?

2. Obtain a copy of the code of ethics subscribed to by your engineering or other professional society. How much of its content is clearly based on ethical principles? Of what does the rest consist of?

3. Identify the most important real or potential ethical problems facing you in your present position or one for which you are preparing. Select one and describe your position.

4. Prepare a brief report on a specific case from public print, or your own experience, on an ethical problem faced by an engineer or engineering manager and how it was resolved.

5. Describe the formal or informal code of ethical conduct established by your employer or by a company with which you are familiar. Did you have any training in ethics as a new hire?

6. Were the guidelines for Facilitating Solutions to Ethical Dilemmas in Professional Practice followed in the Boeing case study?

7. How could the Hyatt Regency disaster have been prevented?

8. Discuss one of the case studies listed in Sources.