Public Safety

Authors: Newberry, Ruth ; Lane, T. J. ; Peyton, R. B.
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: From 1994 to 1996, the USDA saw a rise in the number of Tuberculosis cases in wild deer. The case discusses some of the actions taken by Michigan authorities to help contain the problems, and the reactions of stakeholders, such as f...
Year: 2004

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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.aspx

Authors: Boisjoly, Roger M.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Science and Engineering Ethics
Abstract: The purpose of the commentary is to expose the serious differences between actions by engineers desired in theory by nonengineers versus what is actually required by practicing engineers in promoting the design of safe products. All...
Year: 1995
DOI: 10.1007/BF02584073

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.aspx

Authors: Thompson, Paul B.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Science and Engineering Ethics
Abstract: The author looks at the problem of explaining why truth-telling is problematic in reconciling expert and lay attitudes toward risk. Evaluating risk always incorporates an estimate of the reliability of information. Furthermore, the ...
Year: 1999
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-999-0050-5

Authors: Society of Professional Journalists
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad didn’t cause much of a stir when they were first published in September 2005. But when they were republished in early 2006, after Muslim leaders called attention to the 12 images, it set off rioti...
Year: 2006
URL: http://www.spj.org/ecs2.asp

Authors: Parke, Dennis V.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Science and Engineering Ethics
Abstract: The historical background of the discovery of adverse health effects of medicines, food additives, pesticides, and other chemicals is reviewed, and the development of national and international regulations and testing procedures to ...
Year: 1995
DOI: 10.1007/BF02628804

Authors: Fletcher, David
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Mary Johnson is working as the lead engineer on a project designing a parking structure in an area where the soil is poor. She runs into some issues dealing with the construction crew who suspect her credibility because she is a wo...
Year: 1995
URL: http://ethics.tamu.edu/Nsfcases/cven/1/civil01.htm

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

Authors: Hamid, Michael
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Recent studies have raised concern over the high intensity electromagnetic fields that can be produced by high voltage electric power lines running through residential areas. Possible effects of the magnetic fields are malignant tu...
Year: 1995
URL: http://ethics.tamu.edu/Nsfcases/elen/08/ee08.htm

Authors: Levine, Murray ; Gibbs, Lois Marie
Publication Type: Book
Abstract: This is the personal version of incidents at Love Canal, where an elementary school was built on top of a site that was used for the disposal of chemical waste. Lois Gibbs was one of the main individuals who organized the Love Cana...
Year: 1982

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Authors: Citizens Commission on Bhopal ; Morehouse, Ward ; Subramaniam, M. Arun
Publication Type: Book
Abstract: This is a book-length account of the Bhopal tragedy and its implications for American workers and communities exposed to similar risks...
Year: 1986

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Authors: National Society for Professional Engineers, Board of Ethical Review ; National Academy of Engineering, Online Ethics Center
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: An engineer is in the position of having to trade one safety concern for another. Includes references to NSPE Code of Ethics, and a link to the original case brought before NSPE's Board of Ethical Review. ...
Year: 1998
URL: http://onlineethics.org/cms/14279.aspx

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: A client believes an engineer's designs are too costly, but the engineer fears that anything less may endanger the public. Includes references to the NSPE Code of Ethics, and a link to the original case brought before NSPE's Board o...
Year: 1984
URL: http://onlineethics.org/cms/14288.aspx

Authors: National Society of Professional Engineers, Board of Ethical Review ; National Academy of Engineering, Online Ethics Center ; National Academy of Engineering, Online Ethics Center
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: An engineer has a conflict between honoring an agreement with a former employer and reporting a hazard to protect the public interest. Includes references to the NSPE Code of Ethics, and a link to the original case brought before NS...
Year: 2006
URL: http://onlineethics.org/cms/14292.aspx

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 engineer, hired by a software company, believes that the company's new software design is safe under existing standards. However, the new software may not meet the new standards that he knows are about to be released--standards t...
Year: 1996
URL: http://onlineethics.org/cms/14281.aspx

Publication Type: Book Chapter
Secondary Title: Professional Ethics and Social Responsibility
Abstract: This essay discusses the professional responsibility of engineers (indeed, of all professionals) to assist the general public to obtain information about risks associated with specific technological artifacts and systems that may be...
Year: 1994

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Authors: Hanson, Kirk O. ; Baker, Gregory A.
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: The case describes the 2006 E. coli outbreak in the California spinach industry. The case unfolds over a period of about one month, with four separate eventful days described in detail. At the end of the narrative for each day, the ...
Year: 2009
URL: http://www.scu.edu/ethics/practicing/focusareas/business/e-coli-outbreak.pdf

Authors: Broome Jr, Taft H.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Research in Philosophy and Technology
Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to consider whether public paramountcy rules are consistent with defensible conceptions about the nature of engineering. The main arguments are: (1) while these rules are consistent with conventional app...
Year: 1989

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Authors: Fotheringham, Heather
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: This case examines the moral issues surrounding a disagreement with a boss at work concerning the safety of a transmission tower. It considers safety and risk and whistleblowing. The session is suitable for beginners and students wi...
Year: 2007
URL: http://www.engsc.ac.uk/downloads/scholarart/ethics/transmissiontowers.pdf

Authors: White, Paul A. ; Peterson, M. J.
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: The abstract gives a history of how countries around the world and China especially handle the containment of highly infectious diseases such as bird flu or Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). Because of how regulations stand,...
Year: 2008
URL: http://www.ethicslibrary.org/resources/78/

Authors: Peterson, M. J.
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: The Bhopal case is an in-depth study of the industrial accident at the Union Carbide factory in India that immediately killed 2,000 people, injured another 200,000 to 300,000 more, and immediately raised questions about plant safety...
Year: 2009
URL: http://www.ethicslibrary.org/resources/80/

Authors: Herkert, Joseph R.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: IEEE Technology and Society
Abstract: The author examines the connections between engineering ethics, risk communication, and the engineering culture, and looks at how risk communication could be made into a two-way conversation between experts and the public. ...
Year: 1994
DOI: 10.1109/44.273764

Authors: Kant, Lalit ; Mourya, D.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Science and Engineering Ethics
Abstract: This article discusses actions take in India to help prevent the possible misuse of developed and emerging technologies such as advances in bioengineering.As a signatory to the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention, India has put...
Year: 9999
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11948-008-9062-9
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-008-9062-9

Authors: Vallero, Daniel A. ; Vesilind, P. Aarne
Publication Type: Book
Abstract: This book focuses on environmental aspects of engineering ethics, gives a historic and philosophical background for the concept of environmental justice, and discusses the technical tools necessary to help engineers evaluate project...
Year: 2007

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