BOEING EXAM #2 REVIEW
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Incident at Morales ---
Falsely inflating a project budget as a hedge against future budget cuts ... (select the
best answer)
A.
is expected by senior management and is considered ethical practice.
B.
is the same as providing contingency funds and is considered ethical practice.
C.
None of the other answers are correct statements nor are they considered ethical
practice.
D.
is an accepted way of protecting a project from across the board cuts and is
considered ethical practice. - ANSWER-C
Ethicana --- In the video Ethicana, the term "appreciation" is used in the sense of
appreciating the support of highly placed governmental officials for a large project
funded by an international agency. Even though the "appreciation" takes the form of
diverting project funds into the personal accounts of these officials, this is not
considered a bribe. - ANSWER-False
Ethicana --- The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act applies to US companies dealing with
foreign government officials as well as foreign companies that sell their stock on US
stock exchanges or have business operations in the United States. - ANSWER-True
Ethicana ---
When working on an engineering project in a foreign country, there is no ethical
difference between handing a cash payment to a government employee to expedite
service and paying a bribe to a high ranking government official to get a contract. -
ANSWER-False
Ethicana ---
Ethical responsibilities and obligations do not stop at international borders. -
ANSWER-True
The New Cheating Economy ----
At Penn State, professor Craig Grimes has been accused of defrauding the National
Institutes of Health and Advanced Research Projects Agency of federal grant
monies, to the tune of $3 million. Grimes requested grants to study the measurement
of gases in a patient's blood, but the money was not spent for this research. Instead,
clinical trials were never performed, and the grant funds were misappropriated,
largely for the personal use of Grimes. Grimes has been charged with making false
statements, money laundering, and fraud. He faces up to 35 years in prison and a
fine of $750,000. - ANSWER-True
The New Cheating Economy ----
, For Bengü Sezen at Columbia University, over the course of a decade, conducted a
massive and sustained effort to manipulate and falsify research data. She even
created fictitious people and organizations to back up her data and results. Sezen
was found guilty of 21 counts of research misconduct, with at least nine papers
found to be falsified, fabricated, plagiarized, or unable to be replicated. - ANSWER-
True
The New Cheating Economy ----
Dr. Anil Potti resigned from his job at Duke University amid questions of research
fraud. It was discovered that Potti exaggerated his credentials, claiming incorrectly
that he was a Rhodes scholar. The American Cancer Society suspended hundreds
of thousands of grant dollars that were to be used for Potti's work. Nine of Potti's
papers on individualized treatments for cancer have been retracted. - ANSWER-True
Incident at Morales --- In "Incident at Morales", which of the following engineering
decisions, if any, raise ethical issues? (Incorrect answers result in negative partial
credit)
A. Whether to use more expensive controls manufactured by Lutz and Lutz, which
has inside influence with Phaust.
B. Whether to purchase lower strength, less expensive stainless steel alloy pipes
and connectors or more expensive high strength pipes and connectors made with a
special order stainless steel alloy.
C. Whether to line the evaporation ponds to prevent ground water contamination.
D. Seeking advice from engineers who had built a similar plant at Big Spring, Texas -
ANSWER-A, B, C
Incident at Morales ---
Technically competent, ethically sensitive, reasonable people may have different
perspectives and can disagree when faced with complex ethical issues - ANSWER-
True
Incident at Morales ---
While ethics is an integral component of engineering practice, ordinary business
decision-making should take precedence over engineering ethics. - ANSWER-False
Incident at Morales ---
Although the chemical process was designed for automated operation, Fred allowed
Manuel to volunteer to control the process manually. Under what conditions would
this be a safe and reasonable thing to do? Pick the best answer.
A.
If the system provided a "maintenance" mode for manual operation, then this would
be a safe and reasonable thing to do during regular production.
B.
If the company's workman's compensation insurance allowed manual operation of
automated production then this would be a reasonable and safe thing to do.
C.
Manual operation would never be a safe and reasonable thing to do under any
circumstances.
D.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Incident at Morales ---
Falsely inflating a project budget as a hedge against future budget cuts ... (select the
best answer)
A.
is expected by senior management and is considered ethical practice.
B.
is the same as providing contingency funds and is considered ethical practice.
C.
None of the other answers are correct statements nor are they considered ethical
practice.
D.
is an accepted way of protecting a project from across the board cuts and is
considered ethical practice. - ANSWER-C
Ethicana --- In the video Ethicana, the term "appreciation" is used in the sense of
appreciating the support of highly placed governmental officials for a large project
funded by an international agency. Even though the "appreciation" takes the form of
diverting project funds into the personal accounts of these officials, this is not
considered a bribe. - ANSWER-False
Ethicana --- The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act applies to US companies dealing with
foreign government officials as well as foreign companies that sell their stock on US
stock exchanges or have business operations in the United States. - ANSWER-True
Ethicana ---
When working on an engineering project in a foreign country, there is no ethical
difference between handing a cash payment to a government employee to expedite
service and paying a bribe to a high ranking government official to get a contract. -
ANSWER-False
Ethicana ---
Ethical responsibilities and obligations do not stop at international borders. -
ANSWER-True
The New Cheating Economy ----
At Penn State, professor Craig Grimes has been accused of defrauding the National
Institutes of Health and Advanced Research Projects Agency of federal grant
monies, to the tune of $3 million. Grimes requested grants to study the measurement
of gases in a patient's blood, but the money was not spent for this research. Instead,
clinical trials were never performed, and the grant funds were misappropriated,
largely for the personal use of Grimes. Grimes has been charged with making false
statements, money laundering, and fraud. He faces up to 35 years in prison and a
fine of $750,000. - ANSWER-True
The New Cheating Economy ----
, For Bengü Sezen at Columbia University, over the course of a decade, conducted a
massive and sustained effort to manipulate and falsify research data. She even
created fictitious people and organizations to back up her data and results. Sezen
was found guilty of 21 counts of research misconduct, with at least nine papers
found to be falsified, fabricated, plagiarized, or unable to be replicated. - ANSWER-
True
The New Cheating Economy ----
Dr. Anil Potti resigned from his job at Duke University amid questions of research
fraud. It was discovered that Potti exaggerated his credentials, claiming incorrectly
that he was a Rhodes scholar. The American Cancer Society suspended hundreds
of thousands of grant dollars that were to be used for Potti's work. Nine of Potti's
papers on individualized treatments for cancer have been retracted. - ANSWER-True
Incident at Morales --- In "Incident at Morales", which of the following engineering
decisions, if any, raise ethical issues? (Incorrect answers result in negative partial
credit)
A. Whether to use more expensive controls manufactured by Lutz and Lutz, which
has inside influence with Phaust.
B. Whether to purchase lower strength, less expensive stainless steel alloy pipes
and connectors or more expensive high strength pipes and connectors made with a
special order stainless steel alloy.
C. Whether to line the evaporation ponds to prevent ground water contamination.
D. Seeking advice from engineers who had built a similar plant at Big Spring, Texas -
ANSWER-A, B, C
Incident at Morales ---
Technically competent, ethically sensitive, reasonable people may have different
perspectives and can disagree when faced with complex ethical issues - ANSWER-
True
Incident at Morales ---
While ethics is an integral component of engineering practice, ordinary business
decision-making should take precedence over engineering ethics. - ANSWER-False
Incident at Morales ---
Although the chemical process was designed for automated operation, Fred allowed
Manuel to volunteer to control the process manually. Under what conditions would
this be a safe and reasonable thing to do? Pick the best answer.
A.
If the system provided a "maintenance" mode for manual operation, then this would
be a safe and reasonable thing to do during regular production.
B.
If the company's workman's compensation insurance allowed manual operation of
automated production then this would be a reasonable and safe thing to do.
C.
Manual operation would never be a safe and reasonable thing to do under any
circumstances.
D.
