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FACULTY OF ENGINEERING, TECHNOLOGY, APPLIED DESIGN AND FINE ART

UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2023/2024
DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
THIRD YEAR SEMESTER ONE ASSIGNMENTS FOR BACHELOR OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
BME3106 ENGINEERING ETHICS
Date: Wednesday, October 26, 2023 Time: 8.00am - 11.00am
Instructions to Candidates
 This Examination contains Three questions,
 Attempt any two questions; Each question carries 20 marks each
 Begin each question on a fresh page.
 Do not start answering questions until you are told to do so
 All rough work should be done in your answer booklet
 Writing on the question paper is Strictly Prohibited
 Any form of Examination Malpractice will lead to disciplinary action
You should have the following in this Examination
 Answer Book, Scientific Calculator
QUESTION ONE
(a) Define the following ethical terms
(i) Risk according to William W Lowrance 2 marks
(ii) Acceptability of Risk 2 marks
(iii) Morals dilemmas 2marks
(b) Discuss
(i) five advantages of codes of ethics 5 marks
(ii) importance of being responsible for safety 4 marks
(iii) four risk benefit analysis 5 marks
QUESTION TWO
(a) Define the following ethical terms
(i) Team work 2 marks
(ii) Moral language 2 marks
(iii) Moral consent 2 marks
(b) Discuss the following practices in our society:
(i) Gifts 2 marks
(ii) Bribes 2 marks
(iii) Kickbacks 2 marks
(iv) Commission 2 marks
(c) A client made a contract requisition for production of 50 pieces of bags of tea grade eight
in two days, paid all requires money, after two days the client couldn’t receive the delivery
on time as agreed. Discuss the possible ethical failures that the company exhibited
to customers. 6 marks
QUESTION THREE
(a) Define the following terms
(i) Executive Authority 2 marks
(ii) Expert Authority 2 marks
(iii) Data hacking 2 marks
(b) Discuss
(i) effect of collective bargain to conflicts resolution in an organization 4 marks
(ii) the performance of consulting engineers as compared to company engineers 4 marks
(iii) impact of employee intimidation at work 6 marks
Good Luck