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Freshman Engineering Seminar Homework 3: Personal and Engineering Ethics

This assignment will be due at the start of class on Wednesday, 30 September 2015

Part 1

1) Read Chapter 1 of Citizen Engineer by David Douglas and Greg Papadopoulos with John Boutelle (http://files.citizenengineer.org/chapters/CEFinal_Chapter1.pdf)

2) Read pages 121-122 of the FE Handbook (posted online at http://www.ecoccs.com/public_fe_reference_handbook.pdf)

3) Read the NSPE Codes of Ethics (http://www.nspe.org/sites/default/files/resources/pdfs/Ethics/CodeofEthics/Code-2007-July.pdf)

4) Read “Applying the Principles of Green Engineering to Cradle-to-Cradle Design” by William McDonough, Michael Braungart, Paul T. Anastas and Julie B. Zimmerman, Environ. Sci. Technol., 2003, 37 (23) located at http://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdfplus/10.1021/es0326322.

Part 2

Answer the following questions:

*1) Relative to the practice of engineering, which one of the following best defines “ethics”? a) Application of United States laws. b) Rules of conduct. c) Personal values. d) Recognition of Cultural differences.

*2) Gary’s friend Joe works for a competing engineering firm that also received a proposal to do some work for the City. Gary is aware that on two previous contracts that Joe’s firm had won with the City, were completed over budget and behind schedule. During the interview with the City, Gary should do which of the following to help win the bid for his firm?

1. Gary should mention that his firm has a demonstrated record of meeting project cost and schedule and not mention anything about the records of competing firms. 2. Gary should not mention the previous success record of his friend’s firm. 3. Gary should hint that on previous City projects, his friend’s firm was over budget and that his firm has a demonstrated record of meeting project cost and schedule. 4. Gary should mention that his friends firm, in general, has difficulty in controlling project costs and schedule.

a) Selection 1) b) Selection 2)

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c) Selection 3) d) Selection 4)

*3) Jack, working for a local Civil engineering firm, is a Construction Engineer on a road re- surfacing project for the City. During re-surfacing, a business owner who’s property borders the road re-surface project, approaches Jack and asks him to extend the driveway apron to his property an additional 10 feet onto his property. The business owner offers to pay Jack for the additional cost. Jack should do which of the following?

a) Jack should not do the additional work. b) Jack should extend the driveway and forward any additional monies to the City. c) Jack should accept the money only if the City approves of it. d) Jack should submit a change request before performing any additional work.

*4) Which one of the following is not included in the practice of engineering?

a) Operation and maintenance of equipment. b) Evaluating equipment selection alternatives. c) The inspection of equipment. d) Design of equipment.

*5) Kris is a project manager in a local Environmental Engineering Consulting firm. Kris has been offered by his employer to manage a stream restoration project for a City in which he serves as a member of the City Council. Kris should do which of the following?

a) Kris should accept the work only if his company knows he is on the City Council. b) Kris should accept the work but not be technically involved. c) Kris should decline the work. d) Kris can accept the work only if he divulges his relationship with the City to the general public by placing a notice in the local newspaper.

*6) The purpose for establishing rules of professional conduct for engineers is to:

a) Safeguard life, health, and property. b) Promote the public’s welfare c) Maintain a high standard of integrity. d) All of the above

*7) Registrants or licensed engineers are only permitted to approve drawings and documents which are under their direct supervision. Which one of the following best defines a person who has direct supervision of a project?

a) A person who checks design calculations b) A person who reviews all the discipline specifications c) A person who reviews the construction specification. d) A person in control of documenting, developing, and planning the work.

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*8) Relative to the practice of engineering, a conflict of interest occurs when:

a) State and Federal regulations don’t agree. b) new regulations affect a completed project. c) an employee, employer, or client’s interest is put above that of the general public. d) All of the above.

*9) Relative to the engineering profession, the code of ethics applies to which one of the following?

a) Degreed engineers b) Licensed engineers c) Land Surveyors d) All of the above

@ 10) What are 2 examples of intellectual property as discussed in Citizen Engineer?

@ 11) What are the benefits of being a Citizen Engineer?

@ 12) What are 4 Principles of Green Engineering?

@ 13) What is the Model U?

@ 14) Which company is the Model U associated with?

Part 3

You, as a future engineer, shall think of 10 of your own ideas to submit to the U.S. National Academy of Engineering (NAE) Grand Challenges for Engineering. You can obtain inspiration by visiting www.engineeringchallenges.org, but the ideas must be your own.

Your ideas should be STEM-related and if you choose to do so, then feel free to limit your ideas to your particular engineering discipline.

* Question source: PPI, 2012, “Online FE Exam / EIT Exam Study Guide, Organized to NCEES Handbook”, <http://www.eitexam.com/>, Accessed: 8 September 2013.

@ For these questions, either use one of the reading selections or another resource to answer these questions. Cite these resources in the Works Cited section.

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Homework Guidelines

Homework must be typed single spaced or neatly handwritten here.

Please review your work for punctuation, spelling, and other grammatical errors.

Please make sure that you have properly cited any references that you have used in your answers. Use the citation format found in the Capstone Design Manual (http://www.ecoccs.com/Capstone_Design_Manual.pdf).

Please use the following format for this homework assignment:

Freshman Engineering Seminar Homework 3: Personal and Engineering Ethics

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