<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="6.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><rec-number>816</rec-number><ref-type>Case Study </ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Dohms, Peter H.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Lawson, William D.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">In-Line Engineering - A Study in Creative Corporate Financing (Part 1) (Case 1036)</style></title></titles><taxonomies><taxonomy><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Engineering </style></taxonomy><taxonomy><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Employer/Employee Relationships</style></taxonomy></taxonomies><pubtype><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Case Study </style></pubtype><audience-level><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">grad</style></audience-level><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2005</style></year></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://www.niee.org/Case_of_the_Month/1036%20Part%201%20-%20In-Line%20Engineering.doc</style></url></web-urls></urls><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">National Institute for Engineering Ethics </style></publisher><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">In-Line Engineering has been in business in the Midwestern United States for over 30 years, and the company’s owner, Sam Sliderule, P.E., wants to sell the business to his employees and gracefully retire.  This is challenge enough, but to complicate matters, In-Line Engineering is now facing stiff competition from a new firm in town, FBN Engineering Services.  In just a few short months, In-Line’s backlog of work has plummeted and it has become clear to Sam that unless he quickly sells out to one of FBN’s competitors, say, Nemesis Engineering, he will have to release all of In-Line’s employees and close the doors.  Desperate to stave off financial ruin, Sam and one of his engineer employees draft a transition plan consisting of several components, all geared toward improving In-Line’s financial situation for the short term.  Though Sam feels the plan might accomplish a buy-out by Nemesis, he is uncomfortable with parts of it.  Sam has sought your opinion as to whether the various components of the plan are legal and ethical. 

</style></abstract><doi><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">10.1061/(ASCE)1052-3928(2005)131:3(172)</style></doi><notes><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice, Vol. 131, No. 3, July 2005, pp. 172-174

by Peter H. Dohms, (Seniro Vice President, Gallet and Associates Gulf Coast, Inc., 3355 Copter Road, Suite 8, Pensacola, FL 32514.) and William D. Lawson, P.E., (Deputy Director, National Institute for Engineering Ethics, Murdough Center of Engineering Professionalism, Texas Tech Univ., Box 411023, Lubbock, TX 79409-1023.)

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