ENGR 2392 Final Exam with Complete Solutions

ENGR 2392 Final Exam with Complete Solutions incident at Morales --- In "Incident at Morales", which of the following engineering decisions, if any, present ethical considerations? 1. Whether to use expensive controls manufactured by Lutz and Lutz, which has an inside track with Phaust. 2.Whether to purchase pipes and connectors made with stainless steel or a high pressure alloy. 3Whether to line the evaporation ponds to prevent ground water contamination. Incident at Morales --- What is the primary motivation for Phaust hiring a licensed Professional Engineer (P.E.) away from Chemitoil, a competitor? To obtain proprietary knowledge of a competitor's product and production processes While ethics is an integral component of engineering practice, ordinary business decision-making should take precedence over engineering ethics. False Technically competent, ethically sensitive, reasonable people may have different perspectives and can disagree when faced with complex ethical issues True Inflating a project budget as a hedge against potential budget cuts . A. - correct None of the other answers are correct statements nor are they considered ethical practice. B. is the same as providing contingency funds and considered ethical practice. C. is the standard way of protecting a project from across the board cuts and considered ethical practice. D. is expected by senior management and considered ethical practice. [x1] information is information about the physical condition or characteristics of individuals. x = Biometric What are the ethical implications when Henry, a lobbyist, hosts a senator on his expensive yacht? CorrectA. Henry is attempting to buy the senator's influence. CorrectB. Henry is creating a situation in which the senator may feel an obligation to reciprocate in an unethical way. CorrectD. Henry is creating the impression that the senator will have his support in his next bid for re-election. When working on an engineering project in a foreign country, there is no ethical difference between making a "grease" payment to a government employee to expedite service and paying a bribe to a high ranking government official to get a contract. False Which of the statements below best chracterizes the ethics of engineer Unoco in the video Ethicana? CorrectC. Unoco's ethical behavior is ambiguous. At times he acts ethically and at other times he acts unethically. 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. False 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. True In the video Ethicana, Martine and Mano, ask potential suppliers and contractors for contributions for the technical college in order to be selected. Even though they do not personally benefit, such requests can be viewed as unethical. True Ethical responsibilities and obligations do not stop at international borders. True Ethical issues rarely arise in the conduct of ordinary technical and business decision-making in engineering practice. False