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Genetic Testing and Athletes

Biblio - Anonymous - 2011-06-27 14:20

Weapons for Life

Authors: National Academy of Engineering, Online Ethics Center ; National Academy of Engineering, Online Ethics Center
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: You are an engineer working for a company that is the sole supplier of a chip component that is crucial to the operation of a lethal defensive military weapon. Such ethical issues are raised as the nature of the product and its vari...
Year: 2006
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/CMS/profpractice/ppcases/numericalprob/weapons.aspx

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-07-16 09:25

To Review or Not- Reviewing the Competition

Authors: National Academy of Engineering, Online Ethics Center
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: This case addresses issues of peer review, the need for more explicit guidelines and the ethical dilemmas faced by reviewers when avoiding conflicts of interest and maintaining confidentiality. Commentaries Included Online...
Year: 2006
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/CMS/2963/rescases/gradres/gradresv2/review.aspx

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-07-27 16:49

The Under-Prepared Student

Authors: National Academy of Engineering, Online Ethics Center
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: This case is not intended to focus on the policies and procedures of viewing student records. Different institutions undoubtedly have specific policies about obtaining this kind ofinformation while maintaining student privacy. Comme...
Year: 2006
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/CMS/2963/rescases/gradres/gradresv6/underprepared.aspx

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-07-27 16:33

Sherry's Secret

Authors: National Academy of Engineering, Online Ethics Center
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: This case questions the ethics of a mentor using the work of a doctoral student's work as his own. Commentaries Included Online...
Year: 2006
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/CMS/2963/rescases/gradres/gradresv2/sherry.aspx

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-07-27 15:07

Scenario One- Sample Scenario from the Computer Science and Telecommunications Board

Authors: National Academy of Engineering, Online Ethics Center
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Two individuals meet online, both are married and have been caught by one of the spouses. The commercial network operator has obligations to enforce policies, including threatning material....
Year: 2006
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/CMS/computers/compcases/netprivacy/scene1.aspx

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-07-27 14:30

Scenario Two-Sample Scenarios from the Computer Science and Telecommunications Board

Authors: National Academy of Engineering, Online Ethics Center
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: A commercial network operator collects personal information and sells it to companies for telemarketers without informed consent....
Year: 2006
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/CMS/computers/compcases/netprivacy/scene2.aspx

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-07-27 14:28

The joy of being wanted (case 1003)

Authors: National Institute for Engineering Ethics
Publication Type: Case Study
Secondary Title: Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education & Practice
Abstract: While interviewing for a job in a distant city at the expense of the prospective employer, you also arrange interviews with others in that area and are faced with the problem of what to tell the first firm and how to handle their a...
Year: 1998
URL: http://www.niee.org/Case_of_the_Month/1003-The%20Joy%20of%20Being%20Wanted.doc

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-07-10 15:15

The Peter/Paul Dilemma (Case 1005)

Authors: Ronald E. Bucknam
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: You are told by your boss to work on one project, and to charge the time spent to another client’s project. ...
Year: 1998
URL: http://www.niee.org/Case_of_the_Month/1004-Expert%20Impartiality.doc

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-08-03 10:06

The Coercive Contribution Conundrum (Case 1006)

Authors: Ronald E. Bucknam
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Given an unexpected bonus before a local election, it is suggested strongly that you contribute the money to a candidate likely to provide contracts to the firm you work for if elected....
Year: 2003
URL: http://www.niee.org/Case_of_the_Month/1006%20-%20Coercive%20Contribution%20Conundrum.doc

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-08-03 10:41

In-Line Engineering: Over-the-Line Financial Planning

Authors: Dohms, Peter H. ; Lawson, William D.
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Sam, Sliderule, the owner of In-Line Engineering, is looking to retire and would like to sell his business to his employees. However, in the past few months his company has been facing stiff competition from another engineering firm...
Year: 2005
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1052-3928

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-08-03 11:35

Water, Water Everywhere (Case 1014)

Authors: Ronald E. Bucknam
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: You are requested by a vice-president in your firm to make the results of a study for a public agency available to other interested private parties before the report is made public by the agency. ...
Year: 2003
URL: http://www.niee.org/Case_of_the_Month/1014%20-%20Water,%20Water%20Everywhere.doc

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-08-03 14:21

Now You Have It, Now You Don't (Case 1016)

Authors: Ronald E. Bucknam
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Your firm is selected for a municipal design project, however instead of awarding you the contract the city council politicians give the project to a firm with “connections.”...
Year: 2003
URL: http://www.niee.org/Case_of_the_Month/1016%20-%20Now%20You%20Have%20It%20Now%20You%20Don%27t.doc

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-08-03 15:28

Priming the Town Pump (Case 1012)

Authors: Ronald E. Bucknam
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Pumps purchased and installed by a municipality against your better advice at the time have failed and your firm is now expected to stand behind the original decision of the municipality’s project manager....
Year: 2003
URL: http://www.niee.org/Case_of_the_Month/1012%20-%20Priming%20the%20Towm%20Pump.doc

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-08-03 14:10

The Plagiarized Proposal (Case 1009)

Authors: Ronald E. Bucknam
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: You are requested to submit a proposal for a site investigation, and find later that a competitor has used the scope of work you developed to obtain the job for slightly less money....
Year: 2003
URL: http://www.niee.org/Case_of_the_Month/1009%20-%20The%20Plagiarized%20Proposal.doc

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-08-03 11:53

Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Will the Real Culprits Please Stand Up? (Case 1018)

Authors: Ronald E. Bucknam
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: The instructor in a graduate class discovers several students cheating on the final project, but is directed to be generous in grading the students since support for scholarships, assistantships, faculty salaries and research is dep...
Year: 2003
URL: http://www.niee.org/Case_of_the_Month/1018%20-%20Between%20a%20Rock%20and%20a%20Hard%20Place.doc
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1052-3928(2001)127:2(45)

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-08-03 15:37

The Millikan Case - Discrimination Versus Manipulation of Data

Authors: Goldfarb, Theodore ; Pritchard, Michael S.
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: In the 1930s and 1940s, Robert A. Millikan was the most famous U.S. scientist of his time. He had won the Nobel Prize in 1924, largely due to his important and innovative measurement, carried out around 1910, of the charge on the el...
Year: 2000
URL: http://onlineethics.org/CMS/edu/precol/scienceclass/sectone/cs2.aspx

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-08-05 10:04

Overly Ambitious Researchers - Fabricating Data

Authors: Goldfarb, Theodore ; Pritchard, Michael S.
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Describes two real-life cases from the 1980's handling the fabrication of data. The first covers the Darsee case in which a faculty member, considered a rising star at Harvard University, fabricated data in his research on heart med...
Year: 2000
URL: http://onlineethics.org/CMS/edu/precol/scienceclass/sectone/cs1.aspx

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-08-05 10:11

The Tuskegee Syphilis Study

Authors: Goldfarb, Theodore ; Pritchard, Michael S.
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: From 1932 to 1972, the U.S. Public Health Service funded a study looking at the progress of untreated syphilis. The researchers recruited 616 African American men, 414 of who had the disease. The participants were never explained t...
Year: 2000
URL: http://onlineethics.org/CMS/edu/precol/scienceclass/sectone/cs3.aspx

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-08-05 10:29

One Good Turn Deserves Another (Case 1027)

Authors: Ronald E. Bucknam
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Due to several requests from your client, a developer, you have provided additional services for a project but did not obtain authorization to charge for the additional effort involved. Now your accountant informs you that the budg...
Year: 2003
URL: http://www.niee.org/Case_of_the_Month/1027%20-%20One%20Good%20Turn%20Deserves%20Another.doc
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1052-3928(2003)129:1(9)

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-08-04 11:21

Between A Buck and a Hired Place (Case 1029)

Authors: Lawson, William D.
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: The executive secretary of a Public Works department has worked above and beyond the requirements of her job for many years, but due to personal and health problems is no longer fulfilling her position responsibilities. The Directo...
Year: 2003
URL: http://www.niee.org/Case_of_the_Month/1029%20-%20Between%20A%20Buck%20.doc
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1052-3928(2003)129:3(119)

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-08-04 11:45

A Fair Deal in Fairview? (Case 1034)

Authors: Lawson, William D.
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: A medium-sized city has established a Community Service Corporation (CSC) for the purpose of revitalizing the City's downtown area. A principal in a local engineering firm was elected president of the city’s CSC, receiving no compe...
Year: 2004
URL: http://www.niee.org/Case_of_the_Month/1034%20-%20A%20Fair%20Deal%20in%20Fairview.doc
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1052-3928(2004)130:4(243)

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-08-04 14:09

In-Line Engineering - A Study in Creative Corporate Financing (Part 1) (Case 1036)

Authors: Dohms, Peter H. ; Lawson, William D.
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: 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, ...
Year: 2005
URL: http://www.niee.org/Case_of_the_Month/1036%20Part%201%20-%20In-Line%20Engineering.doc
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1052-3928(2005)131:3(172)

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-08-04 14:23

In-Line Engineering - A Study in Creative Corporate Financing (Part 2) (Case 1036)

Authors: Lawson, William D. ; Dohms, Peter H.
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Part 1 of this case presented the full text of the case study and a summary of the results from an online opinion survey about Sam’s potential actions. Noting that differences exist in respondent opinion about the legality and ethi...
Year: 2005
URL: http://www.niee.org/Case_of_the_Month/1036%20Part%202%20-%20In%20Line%20Engineering.doc
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1052-3928(2005)131:3(172)

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-08-04 14:37

This Land is Your Land. Its Right by My Land (Case 1038)

Authors: Lawson, William D.
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: You are a licensed engineer who retains the services of a joint venture engineering-construction management firm to work on a subdivision with a high public profile. Despite an accelerated/high pressure timetable, things are moving...
Year: 2006
URL: http://www.niee.org/Case_of_the_Month/1038%20-%20This%20Land%20is%20Your%20Land.doc
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1052-3928(2006)132:2(99)

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-08-04 15:07