4 Engineering Ethics: An Industrial Perspective
instituting ethics policies and codes of conduct to address issues related
to unethical or illegal conduct. Although none of the other texts
mention SOX, I believe it will enable engineers to conduct their jobs in
an ethical manner.
A REAL WORLD EXAMPLE
We begin our discussion of how to determine our personal threshold for
action by examining the real world events that geodesic engineer Jack
Spadaro encountered. Spadaro was second in command of a team selected
by the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) to investigate a
coal slurry spill that occurred on October 11, 2000. Coal slurry refers to the
wastewater and impurities that result from coal washing and processing.
An embankment made of coarse ...