ENGINEERING ETHICS

• ETHICS: The science or doctrine of the sources, principles, sanctions, and ideals of human conduct and character; the science of the morally right.

• Ethical problems occur often in engineering. An engineer may have to choose between risking the health of workers on a project and stopping the project to install safety equipment, thereby causing delays and increasing costs for the engineer's clients or employers.

  • At what point does the severity of the risk and potential harm to the workers overcome the real loss to the client or employer that will result if the engineer stops the project to install safety equipment?

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