Deck 5: Engineering Ethics

Question 1

A conflict of interest is

A)a general disagreement between two or more individuals.
B)when an employee spends company time working on a personal project
C)a conflict between an employee and their manager.
D)a conflict between an individual's personal interests and their professional obligations.

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Most engineering professional societies have their own code of ethics

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Pretend you're an engineer in charge of managing the construction of a new highway.You decide to specify a proprietary paving material that happens to be manufactured by a company
That is owned by your brother-in-law.This situation represents a possible

A)professional responsibility
B)conflict of interest
C)code of ethics
D)all of the above

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Ethics refers to the study of morality and the moral choices that we all have to make in our
lives.

Question 5

The NSPE ethical code of conduct is used in making judgments about engineering related
cases brought before the board of ethics