1st case:

Eradication of rampant climate change is a challenge for the engineers, especially when the court comes
into the scenario. The statement above has somehow emphasized that this obligation will be held
responsible mostly by mechanical, petroleum, and chemical engineers, as the concerns with fuel economy
standards and its related studies are under their field of expertise.

The engineers affected of this situation must at least follow their code of ethics as a responsibility. First,
they shall honor and respect the supreme authority of the State, the Rule of Law, the primacy of the
general welfare, and the fundamental rights of persons. Knowing that the court rejected the proposal for
fuel economy standards for vehicles made by the administration has a certain reason—its unjustified
standard set between the light trucks and passenger cars. Light trucks have larger engines compared to a
standard passenger car, which means it has more carbon emission given that it has less proposed average
fuel economy. It is without any doubt in favor of the court’s side; therefore, the engineers must be aware
that they need to solve this problem.

Second, the specified engineers shall cooperate fully with the State in the pursuit of national development
plans and programs. Engineers under the expertise of fuels and automotive technology must collaborate
with each other, giving their supported opinions about this case. This collaborative effort between the
engineers and the government could contribute good effect specifically in environmental aspect, as the
concern is centered to improve fuel economy to vehicles. Law comes into the case as well, since several
environmental acts are published and it could be helpful as a reference to this case study.

Last, the engineers shall update and enhance constantly his professional knowledge and skills through
assiduous research and study. With this, they’ll seek alternatives that could even provide better ideas to
improve the proposed fuel economy standard. This will open the doors in the field of research for
engineers as studies about optimizing fuel economy standard (or even better if vehicles are included)
flocks, since they shall be receptive to new ideas and suggestions from others, to encourage, and accredit
the authors thereof. These suggestions from colleagues and associates shall be given more attention.

Aside from following the code of ethics, it’s an obligation of an engineer to know that s/he must be
responsible to monitor the current situation of the environment since one of the major contributors of air
pollution is the smoke emitted by the vehicles. Also, engineers must be aware about the current economic
status of the state in such a way that the resources that they’ll use for the future development of this case
won’t decrease the performance of the state’s economy.

Opportunities are open for the environmentalists, economists, and businessmen as they provide more
improvements of the development of this case, the market study of resources, and target selling of the
soon-developed product to customers. When ideas are puzzled together, it’s either the new proposal will
be sent over to the court.

2nd case: