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Online Ethics Center: Professional Ethics in Engineering Practice: Discussion CasesTexto en EspañolProfessional Ethics in EngineeringPractice: Discussion CasesThese cases present situations that raise ethical questions common inengineering practice and research. They are based on original casesbrought to the BER (Board of Ethical Review) of the NSPE (NationalSociety of Professional Engineers) for review. The NSPE BER reviewscases with the specific purpose of making an ethical judgment on theactions of (only) the engineers in the cases, based solely on the NSPECode of Ethics. The Online Ethics Center is presenting new versions ofthese cases that are more suitable for group and class discussion. Theserewritten cases are deliberately open ended to encourage exchangeregarding how one should respond to the situation rather than simplyjudgments about what someone already did. The discussion cases vary inthe extent of their resemblance to the corresponding NSPE case. Eachrewritten case has a link to the original NSPE version.Last Modified:10/03/05 by mmPublic Safety and WelfareConflicting Interests and Conflict of InterestEthical Engineering/Fair Trade PracticesInternational Engineering EthicsResearch EthicsPublic Safety and Public WelfareClient Request for SecrecyAn engineer notices a problem with his calculations that couldendanger people. The architect and client agree to make somechanges and ask the engineer to keep this situation secret.Code EnforcementAn engineer is in the position of having to trade one safetyconcern for another.Use of CD-ROM for Highway DesignA chemical engineer thinks about offering services in facilitiesdesign and construction, which he would perform with the helphttp://onlineethics.org/cases/nspe/index.html (1 of 7)10/25/2005 9:06:52 AM