A reflection paper

Dieselgate example

1. Auto manufacturer develops engine software to pass epa exhaust emission

tests, but the software causes 40x more pollution in real-world driving

2. 580000 dare sold in the us over a decade, 11m ars worldwide

3. us fined the company up to $25B in civil fines, with ongoing investigations and

lawsuits worldwide

4. lead engineer james liang pleaded guilty, received 40month prison sentene,

example:

Natural history building -1908

Designs called for rebar every 6 inches in the floor but.. then falling

A minor change becomes a major

You may lose your reputation

You may ause comparies to fail

You may be sent to jail

Statistis& Ethics

All actions in stat must be truthful and credible

Stat is concerned with honest and principled collection and interpretation

Ensure that data is collected in a fair and unbiased way so as not to favor certain

viewpoints

Ensure that question to be addressed can in fact be addressed with avavilable

information

I will respect information. I will not abuse information entrusted to me

I will give credit to others. I will not take all the glory for myself

I will be help others. I will not focus on personal gain

I will respect ownership. I will not take things just because I can

I will accept responsibility for my actions. I will not blame other for my mistakes

exaggerate or overreach

I will maintain data integrity. I will not manipulate data

I will archive my data sets. I will not destroy data

I will be proud of my contributions. I will not demand recognition or reward

I may have to work hard.

I will be unbiased. I will not favor a result

I will be factual.

Stat is about impartial, fair, unbiased interpretation

Stat recognizes and is up front about the limitations of methods and assumptions

A statistician should always strive to present only what is reasonable to infer, to

make limitation

Advice

Write down your ethical standards

Read them regularly

State them in the positive and negative

What I will do and what I won’t to

It allows you perform a self-evaluation

You are establishing your reputation

Your reputation is the only thing you take with you when leave a job

27% of new hire termination are due to unethical behavior

the goal is to keep the job, not lose it over matter

internet CEO claimed to have a degree that he didn’t have

update. It has been speculated that CEO was dismissed by the board of director

due to difference

EG3:

Company A sends an engineer to get hired at company B

Company B dires the engineer

The engineer collects product information and regularly reports to company A

The engineer eventually

You have to practice it

Ask a question:

I thought the best way was__?

Wouldn’t it be better if we did that?

Permits re-revalution of the issue

Deflect the decision back to the requester

Spill your coffee-deflect and exit

What if the boss doesn’t back down?

Gives you the order to do what he/she wants

Threatens you-you do this

Eg4:

You have a meeting with your boss. You agree on the next steps to resolve an

issue

Small change:

Beware of a request for a small change

Incremental steps are how it begins

No one will ask you within the first six months to steal a millon dollars

Instead, it’s small

Eg6:

Entitlements

What are you entitled to

This is a disturbing trend

You feel you are owed=for what

Salary, health/dental/ vision/life insurance, vacation, stock, options,

Rationalization phrases

Just this once