Decision engineering

Structural Engineering and Ethical Decision Making INTRODUCTION Currently in the state of California, designers employed in the building industry follow the 1997 Uniform Building Code (UBC 97). The UBC 97 is intended to be a minimum requirement for both engineers and architects to follow in the design of any structural building or bridge. There are exceptions to the use of the UBC; local jurisdictions have the right to adopt other codes for there use. For instances some counties or cities

My decision to major in engineering was heavily influenced by several factors. One influence on my decision was my dad. My dad is a software engineer, and my whole life I thought what he did was incredible. When I was young, he would spend time teaching me to code and in high school he assisted coaching the software portion of my robotics team. While working with my dad to write code for robotics I fully realized what went into coding, and I immediately loved it. He would also bring computers home

The decision to pursue masters in engineering management has not happened suddenly. Over the past 5 years, several aspects of my studies and work built the passion and interest in the field. I enjoyed my engineering education in general and did fairly well. However, I particularly excelled in courses that dealt with management, communications and humanities. The following graph shows the overall picture. After my undergraduate studies, I decided to gain expertise in management but I also did not

stood by. When someone’s self-interest and pride gets in the way of engineering, it can neglect the welfare of the public, and cause them harm. This case study highlights many irresponsible, and ethical failures in a professional work environment. Jerry Mason failed to abide by the following impediments for responsible action; self-interest, ignorance, and group thinking. Ethics should always be the base of any engineering project. There are some instances where people, like Jerry Mason, become

One of the biggest decisions that I have made in my life has been where to go to college. Our counselors were telling us from the tenth grade to have our colleges picked out and start doing well on the SATs. I knew even from that age I wanted to go into engineering, I loved to work with my hands and always wanted to help build new things. I did not know at the time which type of engineering or which school that I wanted to go into. I spoke with my parents about my future career and at first they

virtually any profession, engineering included. As has been instilled in my perceptions about my chosen career field since my first day at Texas A&M University, engineering is far beyond the intellect to do calculus and write computer code; engineering is making decisions that will affect countless others and could even hold others’ life at stake. For this reason, Aristotle’s duality of intellectual and moral virtues deserves a more substantial introspective role in the engineering field. Within Nichomachean

Every engineer should follow these cannons (everybody in any profession should also) but, realistically, these rules are sometimes pushed aside. When the decision is made to overlook ethics, terrible things can sometimes happen. Engineering disasters occur every day, and I believe that most of the time it is material impurities/failure. However, an engineer isn’t perfect, and unethical behavior has been the cause of countless disasters such as

The video "Incident at Morales" shines light on many different ethical issues that come up in the engineering profession. The three main ethical issues are the fact that ethical considerations are an integral part of making engineering decisions, ethical obligations do not stop at state or national boarders, and engineers should always strive to protect the health, safety, and welfare of the public. Other ethical issues brought up in the film are hiring workers that once worked for a competitor to

Engineering dilemma. ‘Engineering ethics’ refer to the ethical issues involved in the engineering profession. Ethics are concerned with moral decisions in professional behaviour. Whilst morality generally refers to any aspect of human action, ethics is concerned with making the ‘right’ decisions in a professional context. Engineering ethics and consideration of the impact of engineering on the environment are issues of relevance and importance to any engineer or engineering student. Ethics is concerned

mankind has made leaps and bounds in advancing technology and engineering capability. From skyscrapers to nuclear reactors, engineers continue to design and build things that previous generations would have thought impossible or could have never imagined. With each success in innovation, the world seems to be jetting towards a technological wonderland. However, not every project goes smoothly, and some even fail disastrously. Engineering disasters have made their mark on history just as prominently