Core Ethics & Values
What is the definition of ethics?
Standards of right and wrong
What is the definition of Internal Ethical Issue
Ethical issues within the workplace involving people inside the organization
What does NSPE stand for?
National Society for Professional Engineers.
What is proprietary information
Private information that a company owns which gives them a competitive advantage.
If you had to pick, what word do I usually say?
Realistically
Ethics considers the meaning of "doing the ________ thing"
Right
External ethical issues connect to how a company interacts with the outside environment, such as people who use their products or how products affect the ________.
Environment
According to the NSPE core directives, engineers must put public ________, health, and welfare above all else.
Safety
Making up research results and reporting them is called ________
Fabricating
What is my dog's name
Ollie
True or False: Ethics is factual knowledge based on physical science rules, just like physics or chemistry.
False. Ethics deals with values, moral choices, and human conduct rather than objective physical properties.
An engineering firm notices that plastic from their products is ending up in local rivers and causing severe plastic pollution. Is it internal or External?
External
An electrical engineer is asked by a client to sign off on structural civil engineering plans that they know nothing about. Which NSPE core directive would this violate?
The rule requiring engineers to perform services only in areas where they are knowledgeable/competent.
Little johnny goes on Instagram Notes and starts lying and saying things about Emmanuel and King's friendship. Aaron hears about this and wants to " Squabble" up with little johnny. Is this an Internal Conflict or external conflict?
Internal
What brand of truck do I drive?
GMC
An engineering team makes three prototypes. Prototype A is cheap but doesn't last; Prototype B is fast to make; Prototype C is safe but costs more. Based on Ethicsalone, what prototype should they pick?
Protoype C.
A factory manager pressures an engineer to hide unsafe factory working conditions from upper management to protect the manager's end-of-year bonus. Is this an internal or external issue?
Internal
An auto-braking system fails 1 out of 100 times in high-speed testing. Fixing it costs $2 million and delays launch by 6 months. The client pressures the lead engineer to sign off that everything is okay. Should the engineer sign off?
No. Under NSPE Core Directives, public safety, health, and welfare must be placed above all else—including financial cost, deadlines, and client pressure.
In this room, there is 4 walls,17 tables and 32 chairs, how many flags are there?
9