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Signing Off on Drawings

Authors: National Society of Professional Engineers, Board of Ethical Review ; National Academy of Engineering, Online Ethics Center
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: An example of why signing off on one's drawings is essential to responsible engineering. Includes references to the NSPE Code of Ethics, and a link to the original case brought before NSPE's Board of Ethical Review....
Year: 2006
URL: http://onlineethics.org/cms/14316.aspx

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-10-16 16:30

The Case of the Troubled Computer Programmer

Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: A programmer is asked to install proprietary software in violation of the licensing agreement....
Year: 2010
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/Resources/Cases/TroubledProgrammer.aspx

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-10-19 13:35

Installing Programs Without Licensing

Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: A supervisor promises a technician that he will not be held responsible for installing un-licensed software....
Year: 2010
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/Resources/Cases/licensing.aspx

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-10-19 13:35

A Comparison of Ethical Concern Channels in Aerospace Corporations

Authors: Whitbeck, Caroline
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: A scenario based on interviews with several aerospace firms, this module explores how ethical concerns are managed within these organizations....
Year: 2006
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/Topics/LegalIssues/LegalEssays/aero_intro/aero-scen.aspx

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-10-27 14:05

Legal Records Scenario

Authors: Loui, Michael C.
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: When the managing partner of a law firm wants to increase the productivity of the firm's secretarial staff, he hires a computer consulting firm to record email messages sent by the secretarial staff, as well as to monitor the keystr...
Year: 1997
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/Resources/Cases/legal-rec.aspx

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-10-27 15:41

Whose Property?

Authors: Harris, Charles E. ; Pritchard, Michael S. ; Rabins, Michael J.
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: At his previous job at a small computer firm specializing in developing software for management tasks, Derek was the primary contributor in designing an innovative software system for customer services. His former employer never ask...
Year: 2000
URL: http://www.bsyse.wsu.edu/pitts/be120/Handouts/cases/case15.htm

Biblio - KBL781 - 2011-02-22 15:06

Legality vs. Ethicality in Software Testing: A Module for Classroom Exercises

Authors: Wujeck, Joseph H. ; University of California at Berkeley, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Publication Type: Teaching Module
Secondary Title: Perspectives on the Profession
Abstract: A classroom module that will "involve students by employing impromptu theatrics in arguing courses of action in a fictitious and credible scenario" involving the core issue of legality vs. ethicality in software testing....
Year: 2006
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/Resources/TeachingTools/20357/6594.aspx

Biblio - KBL781 - 2011-05-19 09:55

Active Learning in an Asynchronous Learning Environment: A Classroom Demonstration

Authors: University of Illinois at Springfield, Department of Computer Science ; Miller, Keith
Publication Type: Conference Paper
Secondary Title: OEC International Conference on Ethics in Engineering and Science
Abstract: One societal implication of the Web is the easy access people have to websites with content that many people find objectionable. Keith Miller offers an interesting and worthwhile classroom exercise on this topic for a computer engin...
Year: 1999
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/CMS/activelearning.aspx

Biblio - KBL781 - 2011-05-19 13:14

The Case of the X979 Jumpstart

Authors: Facione, Peter A.
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Who owns ideas? That question comes up again and again in the start-up business environment. This fictional case study asks us to consider the ethical boundaries involved in intellectual property when two companies are working on cr...
Year: 2001
URL: http://www.scu.edu/ethics/dialogue/candc/cases/jumpstart.html

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-10-29 12:50