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he tell the CEO that Mr. Early Retirement is wrong. Mr. Concerned’s
compassion requires that he consider how others will suffer if they use
faulty equipment. Using virtue ethics, Mr. Concerned is obligated to tell
the CEO that the product is not ready to transfer to manufacturing.
ENGINEERING ETHICS CODES
In the previous section, we reviewed four classic ethical theories and
demonstrated how these theories could influence our engineering decision
process. However, we are not suggesting that the direct influence of Kant,
Aristotle, or another philosopher impacts our daily decisions. Rather, these
theories and others we have learned provide a framework for our ethical
decisions.
Other sources for our decision framework ...