ACTIVITY NO.

/ TITLE : Activity 1 – Engineering Ethics

INSTRUCTION: Identify and discuss of what action will you do in given problems listed
below. Each number includes actual difficulty that a professional engineers
encountered. Based on engineering ethics, responsibilities and obligation how will you
handle the existing dilemma with high degree of professionalism and respect towards
your co-workers.

Note
 Answer each question with at least 2-3 paragraphs
 Place yourself in each given situation so you can answer it, in a natural approach
 You can base on engineering ethics- learning material in responding in each
situations
 Activity will be submitted on our google classroom with file name:
CPEN120_SURNAME_ACTIVITY1
 Put your answer in word document with the format of: arial, 12 and single
spacing see sample template below.
 Answer only no need to copy the listed problems
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Problem 1

Anne is an engineer working for a company that has an opportunity to tender for some
work on the construction of a new building. However, neither Anne nor anyone else at
the company is familiar with one of the materials that the client wants to use in the
project. Anne’s boss suggests that they submit a tender for the work without saying
anything about their lack of experience with the material, and in the meantime, Anne
can take the opportunity to learn what she can. Should Anne go along with this?

Problem 2

Bill is a software engineer who is asked to give an opinion in court as to the level of
security offered by a company’s data protection procedures. Bill suspects that the
system may not be completely secure, though he has not had the opportunity to inspect
it as thoroughly as he would like. Should Bill accept the request to appear as an expert
witness? If so, how should he phrase his testimony?

Problem 3

Claire is a mechanical engineer working on the design of a new make of car. The car
has passed all of the legally required safety checks, nevertheless Claire believes that
there may be a problem with the transmission, that will only manifest itself after a few
years’ use. Claire has informed her manager, who has informed her that he does not
believe the issue is severe enough to delay production until it is fixed. What should
Claire do?

Problem 4

Faisal is a technician working on the central heating system for a building which is
occupied by a large financial services company. One day, while carrying out
maintenance work in one of the building’s corridors, he overhears two executives talking
about a debt crisis at the company, something which has not yet been communicated to
the public. Later, Faisal’s friend, who owns shares in the company, asks him if he knows
anything about the company’s financial health. Should Faisal warn his friend about what
he has heard?

Problem 5

You work for a surveillance technology company, developing behavior recognition

systems to protect people from the threat of terrorism – a project that you believe in.
However, you have misgivings about the company’s new venture into developing
hidden cameras for individual use, although you recognize that your company are
legally entitled to develop these monitoring products. What do you do?
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NAMEMR. JEROME V. JOCOSOL

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ACTIVITY 1

Problem 1

Problem 2

Problem 3

Problem 4

Problem 5