Bidding Process

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

Authors: Gill Jr, James H. ; Hatipkarasulu, Yilmaz
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Science and Engineering Ethics
Abstract: The goal of this paper is to identify the shareholder ethics and responsibilities in online reverse auctions for construction projects by analyzing the ethical issues for the parties involved in the process. The identification of th...
Year: 2004
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-004-0024-6

Authors: Pritchard, Michael S. ; Douglas, Roscoe A.
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: At T&D Manufacturing, the procedure to obtain needed tooling is to have the tools designed in house by company tool engineers. When the design is approved, part prints and specifications are mailed to at least three approved outside...
Year: 1992
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/cms/12520.aspx

Authors: Schwartz, Arthur
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Science and Engineering Ethics
Abstract: Today the concept of ethics in connection with competitive bidding and contracting may seem like a contradiction in terms. In recent times, ethics has generally been viewed as being concerned almost exclusively with fundamental prin...
Year: 2004
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-004-0023-7

Authors: National Academy of Engineering, Online Ethics Center ; National Society of Professional Engineers, Board of Ethical Review ; National Academy of Engineering, Online Ethics Center
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Is it ethical for an engineer to work for a local government agency and for a consulting firm that deals with this agency? Includes references to the NSPE Code of Ethics, and a link to the original case brought before NSPE's Board o...
Year: 2006
URL: http://onlineethics.org/cms/14296.aspx

Authors: National Society of Professional Engineers, Board of Ethical Review ; National Academy of Engineering, Online Ethics Center
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: An engineer is thinking about placing a bid on a contract for a job for which, in his job at another firm, he prepared the plans. Includes references to the NSPE Code of Ethics, and a link to the original case brought before NSPE's ...
Year: 2006
URL: http://onlineethics.org/cms/14306.aspx

Authors: National Society of Professional Engineers, Board of Ethical Review ; National Academy of Engineering, Online Ethics Center
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: This case describes possible methods of making amends for a firm's deficit in a particular area of expertise that a client needs to complete his project. Includes references to the NSPE Code of Ethics, and a link to the original cas...
Year: 2006
URL: http://onlineethics.org/cms/14290.aspx

Authors: Stout, L. Bruce
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education & Practice
Abstract: This short article discusses the ongoing debate about competitive price bidding that has continued from 1978 until now, after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that codes of ethics such as the NSPE and ASCE codes unfairly restrain trade...
Year: 1995
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1052-3928(1995)121:4(256)

Authors: Swamy, Ranjini
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: A civil service officer managing a sugar cooperative is pressured by an Indian state government official to disregard the stated bidding criteria and accept a bid for new machinery as a favor. Case divided into two sections and is p...
Year: 2009
URL: http://www.babson.edu/GVV/Student/4_Individual-Cases-and-Modules/Indent-For-Machines_A_S.pdf

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: An engineering firm takes measures to remedy a deficit in a particular area of expertise needed to successfully complete for and carry out a public project. Includes references to the NSPE Code of Ethics, and a link to the original ...
Year: 2006
URL: http://onlineethics.org/cms/14290.aspx

Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: This case discusses a common practice in some countries of "underbidding for a job" by including deliberate mistakes in the construction drawings....
Year: 2010
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/Resources/Cases/Bidding.aspx

Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: As the engineer in charge of designing and ordering materials for the heating and cooling system for a new 200 room motel, you are getting bids from suppliers for your job. One supplier's price is almost twenty percent lower than a...
Year: 2006
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/Resources/Cases/HeatPumpEthics.aspx

Authors: National Academy of Engineering, Online Ethics Center ; National Society of Professional Engineers, Board of Ethical Review
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Three competing firms submit price proposals with significant price differences. The lowest price proposal is challenged on the grounds that competent engineering services could not be provided within this budget. Includes reference...
Year: 2006
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/Resources/Cases/ec80-1.aspx

Authors: Harris, Charles E. ; Pritchard, Michael S. ; Rabins, Michael J.
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: At T&D manufacturing, the normal procedure to obtain needed tooling is to have tools designed in house by company engineers and then have the design prints and specifications mailed to at least three approved outside vendors. The ou...
Year: 2000
URL: http://wadsworth.com/philosophy_d/templates/student_resources/0534605796_harris/cases/Cases/case12.htm