Growing up on an organic farm, Gerald Wahr majored in chemical engineering in college in order to understand how pesticides hurt the environment. When his father becomes seriously ill, Gerald knows he needs to quickly get a job after graduate to help save the family farm. The only position he can find is with Pro-Growth Pesticides, with whom he gets an interview.
Notes
Case from Harris, Charles, Michael Pritchard and Michael Rabins. Engineering Ethics: Concepts and Cases. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing Company, 2000. Available from the Wadsworth website.
