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Ethics Cases for Safety Engineers

Authors: Balassone, James ; McBain, John
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: A collection of ethical dilemmas for engineers charged with clarifying and overseeing product safety....
Year: 2004
URL: http://www.scu.edu/ethics/dialogue/candc/cases/product-safety.html

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-10-29 11:26

Chateau La Bomb

Authors: Tim Wick
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: This numerical problem asks you to analyze a case where a consumer lost her eye when opening a bottle of champagne due to a faulty protective cage. You are asked by the law firm to do an engineering analysis to support their client...
Year: 1995
URL: http://ethics.tamu.edu/Nsfcases/chem/4/chem04.htm

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-10-06 11:24

Optimization, Option Disclosure, and Problem Redefinition: Derivative Moral Obligations of Engineers and the Case of the Composite-Material Bicycle

Authors: McGinn, Robert E.
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: This article describes the moral obligation of engineers and how it is related to design, manufacturing and responsible conduct of research; specifically composite material used in bicycle frame design....
Year: 2006
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/CMS/profpractice/ppessays/composite_bike.aspx

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

Microwaves

Authors: Rabins, Michael J. ; Harris, Charles E. ; Pritchard, Michael S.
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: In your first job after graduate, you are set to work testing the defrosting capability of a number of microwave ovens, including all the series made by your company. While exploring around the lab, you find an instrument that meas...
Year: 2000
URL: http://wadsworth.com/philosophy_d/templates/student_resources/0534605796_harris/cases/Cases/case28.htm

Biblio - KBL781 - 2011-02-22 15:05

Pinto

Authors: Harris, Charles E. ; Pritchard, Michael S. ; Rabins, Michael J.
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: This case briefly describes the case of the Ford Pinto, whose gas tank had a tendency to be punctured and explode when it crashed. The case includes a copy of the memorandum attached to the study "Fatalities Associated with Crash In...
Year: 2000
URL: http://wadsworth.com/philosophy_d/templates/student_resources/0534605796_harris/cases/Cases/case67.htm

Biblio - KBL781 - 2011-02-22 15:05

Allowing Defective Chips to go to Market

Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Shane, a production line engineer who works in a computer chip manufacturer, is finding defective chips once every 150 chips. The current practice is to discard defective chips, but his manager believes it would be more cost effecti...
Year: 1995
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/Resources/Cases/DefectiveChips.aspx

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-10-07 09:23

TV Antenna Collapse

Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: A case study that examines the collapse of a television tower that was caught on film in Missouri Texas which caused the death of several workmen. The case raises questions about the design engineer's social responsibility to ensur...
Year: 2006
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/Resources/Cases/collapse.aspx

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-08-12 14:37

Pulverizer

Authors: Rabins, Michael J. ; Pritchard, Michael S. ; Harris, Charles E.
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Fred is a mechanical engineer who works for Super Mulcher Corporation. This company is currently debating hwo to reduce the legal liability of one of their products, the Model 1 Pulverizer which grinds yard waste into small particle...
Year: 2000
URL: http://wadsworth.com/philosophy_d/templates/student_resources/0534605796_harris/cases/Cases/case47.htm

Biblio - KBL781 - 2011-02-22 15:05

The Incomplete Technical Presentation

Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: This case addresses issues of theoretical papers being presented at technical conferences that are attended by salespersons and the conflicts that arise. Commentaries Included Online...
Year: 1998
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/Resources/Cases/incomplete.aspx

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-07-27 15:42

Light Duty Step Ladder: Which Way Should You Lean?

Authors: Yannitell, D. Y.
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: As a newly licensed engineering with a company who manufactures consumer products, you are asked to evaluate the design of a light-duty step ladder. The relevant government standards you find seems to be not comprehensive Enough. D...
Year: 1995
URL: http://ethics.tamu.edu/Nsfcases/meen/4/mech04.htm

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-10-07 10:42

Faulty Valve

Authors: Harris, Charles E. ; Pritchard, Michael S. ; Rabins, Michael J.
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Describes the case of the Shiley heart valve. In the late 1970's Shiley Inc. came up with a new model of an artificial heart valve that allowed better blood flow than other models, thereby reducing the risk of blood clots. Unfortun...
Year: 2000
URL: http://wadsworth.com/philosophy_d/templates/student_resources/0534605796_harris/cases/Cases/case35.htm

Biblio - KBL781 - 2011-02-22 15:04

XYZ Hose

Authors: Harris, Charles E. ; Pritchard, Michael S. ; Rabins, Michael J.
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: XYZ Hose Company for many years made a plastic-reinforced hose that was used by farmers to fertilize their fields with anhydrous ammonia, a substances that reacts violently with water, so care must be taken in disbursing it. When XY...
Year: 2000
URL: http://www.bsyse.wsu.edu/pitts/be120/Handouts/cases/case56.htm

Biblio - KBL781 - 2011-02-22 15:07

Cadillac Chips

Authors: Pritchard, Michael S. ; Harris, Charles E. ; Rabins, Michael J.
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Charged with installing computer chips that resulted in emitting excessive amounts of carbon dioxide from their Cadillacs, General Motors agreed in December 1995 to recall thousands of their cars and pay nearly $45 million in fines ...
Year: 2000
URL: http://wadsworth.com/philosophy_d/templates/student_resources/0534605796_harris/cases/Cases/case31.htm

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

Side Saddle Gas Tanks

Authors: Harris, Charles E. ; Pritchard, Michael S. ; Rabins, Michael J.
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: This case study looks at the New York times coverage of the 1973-1987 Chevrolet and GMC pickup truck controversy. These models had gas tanks on either side of the vehicle, both of which are outside the truck frame, which left it op...
Year: 2000
URL: http://wadsworth.com/philosophy_d/templates/student_resources/0534605796_harris/cases/Cases/case49.htm

Biblio - KBL781 - 2011-02-22 15:05

Cellular Phones: Reach Out and Touch Someone?

Authors: Hamid, Michael ; Rodriguez, Jose J ; Trahan, Nicole
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: This series of case studies looks at the radiation emitted by the antenna in cellular phones and asks students to calculate the range of the electromagnetic fields radiated by these antenna, and how they would handle this discovery ...
Year: 1995
URL: http://ethics.tamu.edu/Nsfcases/elen/07/ee07.htm

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-10-07 09:48

What You See Is What You Don't Get!

Authors: National Academy of Engineering, Online Ethics Center ; National Academy of Engineering, Online Ethics Center
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: While experimenting with a new hand-held computer, a college engineering student discovers an error in a simple computing function. This case study concerns both nature of the error and its ethical implications...
Year: 2006
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/CMS/profpractice/ppcases/numericalprob/pda.aspx

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-07-15 13:57

New Supervisor Policies or Containers

Authors: Pritchard, Michael S.
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Chief engineer of Axtell's Installation Division, Howard Hanson implements a new policy which may be necessary. A situation arises for two engineers which makes them question how necessary the policy is....
Year: 1992
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/cms/12512.aspx

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-09-10 15:50

Failure of a Stacking Hoist

Authors: Harris, Charles E. ; Pritchard, Michael S. ; Rabins, Michael J.
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: The Lakewood Company, a manufacturing firm, has designed, manufactured and sold hundreds of self-contained storage/retrieval systems which are used for storing heavy parts such as dies, which much be intermittently taken from storag...
Year: 2000
URL: http://wadsworth.com/philosophy_d/templates/student_resources/0534605796_harris/cases/Cases/case69.htm

Biblio - KBL781 - 2011-02-22 15:04

Calculator Display

Authors: Roth, Wally
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: You find that a new hand-held computer you have just bought has a software problem that potentially would only affect a small number of users (including yourself). In experimenting with a popular spreadsheet program, you find that ...
Year: 1995
URL: http://ethics.tamu.edu/Nsfcases/elen/04/ee04.htm

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-10-07 09:31

TV Reliability Problem

Authors: Akujuobi, Cajetan M.
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Engineer Doe has decided to own and operate a small TV station. He has the option of buying used or new subsystems to put the station together, and must decide what configuration will meet the required system reliability specificati...
Year: 1995
URL: http://ethics.tamu.edu/Nsfcases/elen/11/ee11.htm

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

A Glitch in the Pilot Line

Authors: Weil, Vivian
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: You are a development engineer for a company making graphical display systems. When developing a a pilot line of state-of-the-art display system for use by a small computer manufacturer, a glitch develops in the pilot line of units...
Year: 1989

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-11-18 15:10

Questing of Delegating Responsibilities or A Vacation

Authors: Pritchard, Michael S.
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Dan Dorset had been looking forward to this trip for weeks. Once he was assigned to help Rancott install its equipment for Boulding, Inc., he arranged his vacation at a nearby ski resort. The installation would be completed on the 1...
Year: 1992
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/cms/12536.aspx

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-09-11 11:28

Ford Pinto Case

Authors: Robert Ladenson ; Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions, Illinois Institute of Technology
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: In designing its 1971 Pinto, the Ford Motor Company decided to place the gas tank behind the rear axle. Mounted in this position, the tank was punctured during tests by projecting bolts when hit from the rear at 20 NIPH. Ford decide...
Year: 1995
URL: http://ethics.iit.edu/EEL/Pinto.pdf

Biblio - Anonymous - 2011-08-03 13:55