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- Case Study on Mars Exploration
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Authors: Patterson, S. ; Miller, D. ; Edelson, M. ; Eastburn, D. ; Coors, J. ; Streiffer, Robert
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Discusses concerns about samples taken during an unmanned mission to Mars. If life can exist on that planet, there is some concern that it any life contained in samples taken on Mars could pose a threat to the environment on Earth. ...
Year: 2004
URL: http://www.bioethics.iastate.edu/classroom/marsexploration.htmlBiblio - KBL781 - 2009-08-26 14:09
- Whose Summer Home Is It?
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Authors: Morris, Scott ; Mitcham, Carl ; Hardman, Lee ; Cavaletto, Cathy ; Bytnar, Pat ; Vigmostad, Karen E.
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: While beginning work on a summer home on the Great Lakes, the developer is confronted by an ecologist who is worried that building the house will result in the destruction of one of the last stretches of undisturbed sand dunes on Mi...
Year: 1997
URL: http://www.bioethics.iastate.edu/classroom/summerhome.htmlBiblio - KBL781 - 2009-08-26 14:22
- Three Mile Island Nuclear Accident
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Authors: National Academy of Engineering, Online Ethics Center ; National Academy of Engineering, Online Ethics Center
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Index to Three Mile Island Nuclear Accident Information. A discussion of the accident at the Three Mile Island Unit 2 (TMI-2) nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania on March 28, 1979 as one of the most serious in the history of the U.S...
Year: 2006
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/CMS/enviro/envirocases/tmiindex.aspxBiblio - KBL781 - 2009-08-12 14:34
- Reintroduction of the Gray Wolf to Yellowstone National Park: A Case Study
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Authors: Freeman, Arthur Jr. ; Dunning, John B. ; Carroll, Natalie ; Halberg, Constance A. ; Morgan, Janice
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Case study discussing the ethics of reintroducing gray wolves to Yellowstone National Park. ...
Year: 1997
URL: http://www.bioethics.iastate.edu/classroom/graywolf.htmlBiblio - KBL781 - 2009-08-26 14:53
- Herbicide Resistant Rice
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Authors: Vorst, Jim ; Graveel, John ; Hodges, Tom ; Joly, Bob ; Comstock, Gary
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: A case that deals with some of the ethical issues surrounding genetically engineering rice to be herbicide resistant. In some cases, like that of the weed red rice, the herbicide resistant trait could be passed from the crop to the...
Year: 2003
URL: http://www.bioethics.iastate.edu/classroom/herbiciderice.htmlBiblio - KBL781 - 2009-08-26 15:54
- Disposing of Toxic Waste
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Authors: Pritchard, Michael S.
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Just moments ago, Bryan's supervisor, Max Morrison, told him to dump half of the used coolant down the drain. Bryan knew the coolant was toxic, and he mentioned this to Max. But Max was not swayed. Includes expert commentaries ...
Year: 1992
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/cms/12517.aspxBiblio - KBL781 - 2009-09-10 16:27
- Leaking Waste Containers, or Waste Disposal
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Authors: Pritchard, Michael S. ; Jaksa, James A.
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: ABC's chemical waste is stored in a warehouse at an off-site location. While inspecting the warehouse, engineer Scott Lewis notices several leaking drums. Includes expert commentaries....
Year: 1992
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/cms/12537.aspxBiblio - KBL781 - 2009-09-11 11:34
- Cutting Roadside Trees or Trees
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Authors: Pritchard, Michael S.
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: For each of the past 7 years at least one person has suffered a fatal automobile accident by crashing into trees closely aligned along a 3 mile stretch of Forest Drive. Many other accidents have also occurred, causing serious injuri...
Year: 1992
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/cms/12534.aspxBiblio - KBL781 - 2009-09-11 11:09
- Edible Antibiotics in Food Crop
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Authors: Orvis, Kathryn ; Zaleski, Halina ; Zeller, Mike ; Riordan, Terrance
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: A large land-grant institution and a major agricultural company have teamed together to create a variety of corn that has been bioengineered to create large quantities of penicillin. The developers believe that this new crop will h...
Year: 2003
URL: http://www.bioethics.iastate.edu/classroom/ediblevaccines.htmlBiblio - KBL781 - 2009-08-26 15:45
- Cotton Gin Dust Abatement
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Authors: John Shumbera
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: This numerical case asks you, as an engineer at a cotton gin factory, to help meet new regulations set by the Environmental Protection Agency to reduce the amount of dust released by the machines. ...
Year: 1995
URL: http://ethics.tamu.edu/Nsfcases/chem/2/chem02.htmBiblio - KBL781 - 2009-10-06 11:15
- Numerical Problems for Gilbane Gold
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Authors: Mark Holtzapple
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: This is a set of numerical problems that focuses on the ethical issues presented in the film, Gilbane Gold. As the story unfolds, the engineering the video focuses on becomes a whistleblower when he discovers that the computer chip...
Year: 1995
URL: http://ethics.tamu.edu/Nsfcases/chem/5/chem05.htmBiblio - KBL781 - 2009-10-06 11:27
- Weston Wastewater Treatment Case
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Authors: Fletcher, David
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: A operations supervisor at a city water treatment plant blows the whistle on three high-level city employees for tampering with samples that were to be tested for compliance with biochemical oxygen demand standards for discharging w...
Year: 1995
URL: http://ethics.tamu.edu/Nsfcases/cven/2/civil02.htmBiblio - KBL781 - 2009-10-06 11:41
- Suspected Hazardous Waste
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Authors: National Academy of Engineering, Online Ethics Center ; National Academy of Engineering, Online Ethics Center ; National Society of Professional Engineers, Board of Ethical Review
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: A supervisor instructs a student engineer to withhold information from a client about the suspected nature of waste on the client's property to protect what the supervisor takes to be the client's interest. Includes references to th...
Year: 1992
URL: http://onlineethics.org/cms/14282.aspxBiblio - KBL781 - 2009-10-16 13:07
- Environmental Justice and the Mississippi River Industrial Corridor
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Authors: Cox-White, Becky ; Keller, David R. ; Leever, Martin G. ; Connolly, Peggy
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: This case discusses the trend of of zoning residential with industrial areas, the intentional targeting by corporations of minority communities for hazardous materials facilities, and the political weakness of minority communities t...
Year: 2009
URL: http://environmentalethics.posterous.com/Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-10-30 12:31
- Ethics and the Spotted Owl Controversy
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Authors: Velasquez, Manuel ; Baile, Jane
Publication Type: Case Study
Secondary Title: Issues in Ethics
Abstract: What is society's obligation to protect endangered species? To what extent should preserving endangered species and the environment they inhabit take precedence over other considerations, such as major economic dislocation?...
Year: 1991
URL: http://www.scu.edu/ethics/publications/iie/v4n1/homepage.htmlBiblio - KBL781 - 2009-09-14 11:47
- Mycoherbicide Spraying of Drug Crops (Case 8)
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Authors: Althaus, Ruth Ann ; Bellon, Christina ; Skipper, Robert Boyd ; Connolly, Peggy ; Brinkman, Anthony
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: As heroin addiction continues to grow in the United States, the U.S. government has been looking for was to eradicate opium at its source - the opium plants grown in fields in areas like Afghanistan. One way to do this is to use myc...
Year: 2008
URL: http://ethics.iit.edu/EEL/Case%208.pdfBiblio - KBL781 - 2010-03-12 12:48
- Parklife
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Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Due to climate change, a large number of desperate Kenyans have settled illegally in the country's parks and are deforesting large areas to make them suitable for cultivation and cattle-grazing. Sadly cutting down the trees is helpi...
Year: 2009
URL: http://ethics.iit.edu/EEL/Parklife.pdfBiblio - KBL781 - 2010-03-09 12:11
- Biofuel
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Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: The increased demand for corn-based ethanol in the United States has lead to a rise in the global prices for corn. This price has had the devastating effect of inflating food prices for the poor, and as growing corn requires a mass...
Year: 2008
URL: http://ethics.iit.edu/EEL/Biofuel.pdfBiblio - KBL781 - 2010-03-09 12:09
- Lauderdale Aqua Skiers
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Authors: Althaus, Ruth Ann ; Bellon, Christina ; Connolly, Peggy ; Leever, Martin ; Brinkman, Anthony ; Skipper, Robert Boyd
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: For nearly 40 years, the young residents of Don Jean Bay have performed as members of a water-ski team, the Lauderdale Aqua Skiers. While long-time residents value the team as a healthy tradition, some homeowners on the lake where ...
Year: 2007
URL: http://ethics.iit.edu/EEL/Lauderdale%20Aqua%20Skiers.pdfBiblio - KBL781 - 2010-03-15 16:25
- Conflicting Rights
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Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: In Alaska, about half of the State's native population of 100,000 people leave partially or entirely off the land through fishing, hunting and gathering. A controversy exists as to if, n years of low yield, Native Alaskans who live ...
Year: 2000
URL: http://ethics.iit.edu/EEL/Conflicting%20Rights.pdfBiblio - KBL781 - 2010-03-23 15:10
- City of L'Acide Remediation Case
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Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: The city of L'Acide has contracted with the engineering firm Benebaction Inc., to remediate at 3 hectare hazardous waste site from an old firing range that was deeded to the city by the military shortly after the Korean War. The cit...
Year: 2010
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/Resources/Cases/LAcide.aspxBiblio - KBL781 - 2010-04-13 16:31
- To Flush or Not to Flush: That’s the Question
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Authors: Ronald E. Bucknam
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Putting the final touches on a toxic contaminant study report, you visit the site being monitored one more time unannounced, only to find the owner flushing some of the monitoring wells....
Year: 2003
URL: http://www.niee.org/Case_of_the_Month/1008%20-%20To%20Flush%20Or%20Not%20to%20Flush.docBiblio - KBL781 - 2009-08-03 11:45
- I'd Rather be Fishing (Case 1039)
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Authors: Lawson, William D.
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: A field technician, working for an environmental engineering firm, is sent out to conduct preliminary evaluation of a site. He takes samples from two drums on the property and calls his boss to give a preliminary report. The techn...
Year: 2006
URL: http://www.niee.org/Case_of_the_Month/1039%20-%20I%27d%20Rather%20Be%20Fishing.doc
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1052-3928(2006)132:3(191)Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-08-04 15:25
- Marginal Environmental Returns
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Authors: Jason Swoboda
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Joe, an engineer at a chemical company has realized that though the company is operating below the environmental standards set by the state, there has been significant environmental problems downstream of the plant outflow. He belie...
Year: 1995
URL: http://ethics.tamu.edu/Nsfcases/chem/3/chem03.htmBiblio - KBL781 - 2009-10-06 11:20
- Real-Life Avatar
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Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: James Cameron, director of the movie Avatar, had become philanthropically involved a conflict over the Belo Monte damn project in the Amazon rain forest. The Belo Monte dam is part of a proposed hydroelectric project on the Xingu R...
Year: 2010
URL: http://ethics.iit.edu/EEL/Avatar.pdfBiblio - KBL781 - 2010-09-08 09:49
