Course Agenda

8:30 am—Welcome and Introduction

      Background and fundamentals for the study of Engineering & Ethics

            Case Study:  William LeMessurier and the Citicorp Center

10:00-10:30 am—Break

      Tools for analyzing and resolving ethical conflicts

      Legal responsibilities:  laws regarding engineers and ethics

      Moral responsibilities of engineers

            Case Study:  Collapse of Missouri City antenna tower

            Case Study:  Crash of DC-10 aircraft

12:00-1:00 pm—Lunch

      Some potential ethical conflicts faced by engineers

Conflicts of interest

Gifts, bribery and "grease payments"

Whistleblowing

Case Study:  Ed Turner, PE and the City of Idaho Falls

Case Study:  Roger Boisjoly and the loss of the Challenger

2:30-3:00 pm--Break

Intellectual property

Academic and Scientific integrity      

      Honesty in research and academia

            Case Study:  The A-7 aircraft brake scandal

      Honesty and the need to inform the public

            Case Study:  The DC-10 cargo door problem

            Case Study:  The Ford Pinto case          

      The engineer=s role as Expert Witness