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2025
Sustainable Development and Resilient Infrastructure
Case #24-05
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Questions:
- Engineer K personally believes the Sustainable Approach is better. Should Engineer K have only presented information about the Sustainable Approach?
- Does Engineer K have any ethical obligations after the City approves the Traditional Approach?
Conclusions:
- Engineer K should present both approaches to the City if Engineer K believes both are viable solutions.
- Because Engineer K has entered into a contract to design the new flood water control system, Engineer K has an ethical obligation to act as a faithful agent or trustee. Engineer K is ethically obligated to fulfill their contractual obligations to the City and continue to design the Traditional Approach as approved by the City.
2022
Sustainability - Lawn Irrigation Design
Case #22-10
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Questions:
- Was it ethical for Cutting Edge Engineering and Engineer Jaylani to accept the irrigation system design task?
- Was it ethical for Engineer Intern Wasser to refuse to perform the task of design development for the proposed irrigation system?
- If the traditional lawn irrigation system design is an ethical expression of engineering work, what can Engineer Jaylani’s firm do to complete the...
Conclusions:
- It was ethical for Engineer Jaylani to accept the irrigation system design task.
- As a matter of personal conviction, it was ethically permissible, but extreme, for Engineer Intern Wasser to refuse the task of design development for the proposed irrigation system. Performing the design task would not have been manifestly unethical, and refusal likely cost Wasser his job.
- Under the facts, traditional lawn irrigation system design is an ethical expression of engineering work. In awareness of sustainability principles, Engineer Jaylani’s firm is in a position to better serve its clients and the public by introducing and offering “green” irrigation alternatives.