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Ethics I
Engineering 100Lecture 16
Lew Lipton
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Agenda
• Ethics in the news: Legal vs. Moral
• Ethics in Engineering: personal experiences
• Team exercise
• e!initions
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More Ethical Issues in the "ews Ma#or Executive Trials
• BERNARD J. EBBERS $ormer chairman and chie! executive o! %orld&om
• • L. DENNIS KOZLOWSKI
$ormer T'co International &E(• • JOHN RIGAS
$ormer Adelphia chairman and &E(
• TIMOTHY RIGAS; MICHAEL RIGAS
Former CFO; E xec. V.P., Operations
• RICHARD M. SCRUSHY $ormer )ealth*outh &orp. chairman and &E(
• JEFFREY SKILLING & KEN LAY
$ormer &E(s o! Enron
• JACK GRUBMANFormer Salomon Smith Barney telecom analyst
THIS ISN’T S!"" !TT#$ FF#CTIN% ON"& CO'P"# OF B( PP"#S
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oes the End +usti!' the Means,
%*+ -/06• $annie Maes executives deli2eratel' created 3illusions3 a2out pro!its to
4eep investors happ' and to enrich themselves. At $annie5 3the ends #usti!ied the means53 and senior management massaged the 2oo4s inorder to reap 3maximum5 undeserved 2onuses.3
" Times -//06• ...it !it the administrations pattern o! asserting 2road executive authorit'
at the expense o! the legislative and #udicial 2ranches. 3It is consistentwith a unilateral approach to the use o! authorit' in %ashington5 .&.53
said 7hilip +. &ooper5 a pro!essor at 7ortland *tate 8niversit'. 3I clearl'have serious concerns a2out what happened53 )ouse Ma#orit' Leader95 (hio; +ohn
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Brie) &lass Exercise
A friend tells me I must stop buying handbags from street
vendors on Fifth Avenue in Midtown. I never buy bags
with logos on them -- Kate Spade, Louis uitton, et!. --
"ust the ni!e generi! ones. #hey$re so mu!h !heaper than
the ones in the stores. Must I stop% – The Ethicist in the New York Times
Discuss in your Teams the ethics of this action
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/22/magazine/22ETHICIST.html
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eal Ethical ilemmas I=ve $aced 9I;
I was shown stolen drawings o! a competitors piece
o! e>uipment and was told to use the in!ormation asa 2asis !or devising test procedures !or a competingproduct m' compan' was designing. *hould I haveresigned !rom the compan',
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eal Ethical ilemmas I=ve $aced 9II;
I was told 2' &it' inspectors that m' compan'was violating environmental regulations relatingto accepta2le levels o! heav' metals in wastewater 2eing released 2' the compan'=s industrial!acilit'. *hould I have tried to ?dilute@ the metals2' running more water or !ix the pro2lem in a
more !undamental wa',
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Moral evelopment
• 7reconventional: ight conduct is what2ene!its the individual. $ear o! punishment sel!grati!ication
• &onventional: "orms o! !amil'5 group5 orsociet' are accepted uncriticall' as rightBMoral C Legal
• 7ostconventional: All actions and preceptssu2#ected to critical anal'sis 2ased onuniversall'applied principles
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Ethical *tandards: Legal C Moral,
• At least /1 companies have received su2poenas orare 2eing investigated in a widening scandal over
2ac4dating stoc4 options. 9"..Times -/06;
• Allows executives to purchase stoc4 at !avora2le
dates 9and prices;B the' reap DM in extra pa'.
• Is this illegal, Ma'2epro2a2l' not.
• Is this immoral, es.
!oral stan*ar*s aren’t the same as le+al stan*ar*s
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&on!lict in Ethics
• Mismatch 2etween good intentions and goodactions – )uman 2eings are imper!ect
– e.g.5 driving while drun4
• ood intentions are not enough
• Ethical 2ehavior re>uires actuall' *oin+ what isright
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$(eat "aes )(ess *200&+
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Exercise: Ethics in our Li!e
• Team mem2ers descri2e an ethical situationinvolving them or people the' 4now 9'ou donthave to reveal the choice made;
• Team decides on one situation that is the
hardest to call.• Team mem2ers voice opinions on situation
• Team reports on situation and opinions
o-l* yo- *o anythin+ *i))erent no/
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)omewor4: iscuss F eport in &lass"ov. /G
*uppose +ames is a chemical engineer who changed emplo'ment !rom&ompan' A to &ompan'
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"ext Agenda
• &odes o! ethics
• Ethical Tests• %h' 2e ethical