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Engineering Ethics
Engineering ethics is attracting increasing interest in engineering universities throughout the nation, at Texas A~M University, evidence of this interest in professional ethics culminated in the creation of a new course in engineering ethics, as well as a project funded by the National Science Foundation to develop material for introducing ethical issues into required undergraduate engineering courses. A small group of faculty and administrators actively supported the growing effort at Texas A~.M, yet this group must now expand to meet the needs of increasing numbers of students wishing to learn more about the value implications of their actions as professional engineers.
The increasing concern for the value dimension of engineering is, at least in part, a result of the attention that the media has given to cases such as the Challenger disaster, the Kansas City Hyatt-Regency Hotel walkways collapse, and the Exxon
A. Right
B. Wrong
C. Not mentioned
[单项选择]In software engineering and systems engineering, ______ is a description of a system’s behavior as it responds to a request that originates from outside of that system.
A. blackbox
B. business rule
C. use case
D. traceability matrix
[单项选择]Quake Engineering:
Looking at the Turkish Earthquake Damage
Despite the size of the devastating quake that ripped through Turkey, American structural engineers say there was something that might have alleviated the damage and saved lives. These images of the devastation in Turkey confirm what seismic engineers already know: that a powerful earthquake has an ally in a weak building. Jim Malley of Degenkolb Engineers, "This is the most common form of multi-story building In Turkey. It’s what we call a concrete frame." Structural engineer Jim Malley studied damaged buildings in Turkey in 1992 after a 6.8 (Richter Scale)quake left more than 600 dead. Jim Malley says, "These are very heavy buildings and it’s not uncommon for them to collapse In earthquakes because of the extra mass. The risk of building collapse increases when the first floor is a shop and glass windows replace brick walls. Undoubtedly, there was a glass store fr
A. Wooden structures.
B. Reinforced concrete single levels.
C. The concrete frame.
D. The dog bone fram
[简答题]Professional ethics concerns the moral issues that arise because of the specialist knowledge that professionals attain, and how the use of this knowledge should be governed when providing a service to the public. Write an essay of about 400 words on the following topic: Professional Ethics
In the first part of your writing you should state your main argument, and in the second part you should support your argument with appropriate details (or examples). In the last part you should bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or make a summary.
Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness.
Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks.
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Ethics and Mission Statement
As business emerged from the profit-oriented in 1980s, values and social responsibilities were being emphasized on corporate mission statements.
(34) Because greed was out, and ethics were in. Business and their employees
(35) became actively engaged in less activities that contributed to their communities.
(36) To spell out their goals, companies were increasingly developed codes of ethics.
(37) Mission statements that were written because they required consensus and
(38) commitment. Not everyone who, however, agreed with the trend toward the
(39) strong social stances of some public corporations. Respected economist Milton
(40) Friedman contended, "Many Few trends could so thoroughly undermine the very
(41) foundation of our free society as the acceptance by corporate offic
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Passage Three
Ethics Office Backs Interior Official
民族部支持内政部的官员
The Office of Government Ethics said the Interior Department’s No. 2 official, Steven Griles, did not appear to violate ethics rules by arranging meetings between Interior officials and his former lobbying clients and partners.
The office, after reviewing an 18-month investigation by the Interior Department’s inspector general, said it found no ethics violations by Griles in the department’s awarding of more than $1.6 million i contracts in 2001 and 2002 to Advanced Power Technologies Inc., a former client.
Interior Department Inspector General Earl Devaney said Griles’ behavior is the latest case of an Interior official falling to consider perceived impropriety in his actions. He also called the department’s underfunded ethics office "a train wreck waiting to happen. "
Interior S
A. Seeking out projects for former clients.
B. Holding dinner parties at the home of former lobbying partners.
C. Practicing favoritism.
D. Having insufficient funding.
