Engineering Ethic of the Challenger Space Suttle - 754 Words

When it comes to engineering, building, and designing something that will be used by humans, safety is the most important step in the entire process. It should be taken very seriously by all who are involved in a project, but the engineers should be the ones who double, triple or even quadruple check safety issues. Mainly the engineers because it is in their code and law of ethics and safety is the first Canon on the list, â€Å"Hold paramount the safety, health, and welfare of the public.† (NSPE, 2012). There are very bad consequences that happen when someone decides not to fallow the Code of Ethics for Engineers, for example the Space shuttle Challenger disaster that happened in January of 1986. There were issues with parts and conflicts†¦show more content†¦Texas A amp; M Department of Mechanical Engineering. (2012). Retrieved from http://www.wasscholars.org/moodle/pluginfile.php/5617/mod_assign/intro/Challenger Disaster Ethics Overview.pdf Forrest, J. (2005, October 05). The space shuttle challenger disaster. Retrieved from http://dssresources.com/cases/spaceshuttlechallenger/index.html NSPE. (2012, December 2). National society of professional engineers. Retrieved from http://www.nspe.org/Ethics/CodeofEthics/index.html Greene, N. (n.d.). ask.com part 1: The launch and disaster. Retrieved fromShow MoreRelatedStephen P. Robbins Timothy A. Judge (2011) Organizational Behaviour 15th Edition New Jersey: Prentice Hall393164 Words   |  1573 PagesBounded Rationality, and Intuition 175 †¢ Common Biases and Errors in Decision Making 177 Influences on Decision Making: Individual Differences and Organizational Constraints 184 Individual Differences 184 †¢ Organizational Constraints 186 What About Ethics in Decision Making? 187 Three Ethical Decision Criteria 187 †¢ Improving Creativity in Decision Making 188 Summary and Implications for Managers 190 S A S A S A L L L Self-Assessment Library What Are My Gender Role Perceptions? 166 glOBalization