An Engineer

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An Engineers Responsibility to Society While
Practicing Business
Larry Jones Patrius Robinson Tedrick
Rollings Shannah Trailor Donna Wright
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Obligations

• Engineers shall at all times strive to serve the
  public interest.
• Engineers shall seek opportunities to participate
  in civic affairs career guidance for youths and
  work for the advancement of the safety, health,
  and well-being of their community.

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Fred Cuny
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Fred Cuny

• Became an engineer after dreams of being a pilot
  were shattered due to injury.
• He visited Nigeria where he decided to help
  administer relief for the war and famine stricken
  inhabitants.
• Noticing numerous flaws in the disaster relief
  system, including food distribution and apathy,
  Cuny decided to devote his engineering expertise
  to humanitarian efforts.

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Fred Cuny

• Cuny started his own crisis management firm,
  INTERTECT, in 1971.
• Among his many humanitarian acts, Cuny and his
  firm made their presence felt in Guatemala after
  the 1976 earthquake, where he showed the
  residents how to build earthquake resistant
  houses.
• Defying the UN, Cuny also aided Ethiopians with
  food and supplies during a severe famine.
• Although he disappeared in 1995, his legacy
  continues to live on.

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William LeMessurier

• Successful structural engineer
• Flaw was found in his building plans
• Dilemma tell and his carrer might be ruined or
  let it go and rely on the contractors word -

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William LeMessurier

• Consequences reputation still in tact building
  still standing and safe factor has been extended

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INEZ AUSTIN

• Austin was requested to propose a document that
  would certify the safety of pumping dangerous
  combinations of liquid wastes to stabilize the
  tanks.
• Austin's draft report was returned (without her
  safety cautions) for her signature of approval.
  She refused to sign it.
• Austin received almost no technical assignments
  for a three-year period.
• She was excluded from meetings, sexual harassed
  and wiretapped.

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Inez Austin

• The only crime Austin committed was adhering to
  ethical conduct and following government
  policies. In the face of overwhelming adversity,
  Austin followed her ethical convictions and
  responsibilities to society.
• In 1992, Inez Austin received the Scientific
  Freedom and Responsibility Award from the
  American Association for the Advancement of
  Science (AAAS) "for her courageous and persistent
  efforts to prevent potential safety hazards
  involving nuclear waste contamination, Ms.
  Austin's stand in the face of harassment and
  intimidation reflects the paramount professional
  duty of engineers -- to protect the public's
  health and safety -- and has served as an
  inspiration to her co-workers.
• Austin was fired in 1996, but was later rewarded
  a settlement in a civil suit against her former
  employers.

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Roger Boisjoly

• Given the Prize for Scientific Freedom and
  Responsibility by the American Association for
  the Advancement of Science, Roger Boisjoly
  exemplifies what a professional engineer should
  be.
• By the year 1985 Roger had accumulated more that
  twenty five years of experience in the field of
  aeronautics.
• In that same year he was called upon to improve
  the O-rings of the Challenger Space Shuttle.

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Boisjoly

• These rings are used to connect portions of
  Morton Thiokol's Solid Rocket Booster that is
  responsible for bringing the Space Shuttle into
  orbit.
• Boisjoly presented information to impress upon
  management that the launch should be delayed.

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Boisjoly

• Manager Arnie Thompson stated that they needed to
  make a management decision after the phone was
  temporarily muted from the other participants in
  the conference.
• Thompson appeared to push the launch after which
  Boisjoly showed pictures proving that low
  temperatures were causing the hot gas blow-by. He
  was ignored.
• The teleconference resumed with Joe Kilminster.

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Boisjoly

• After the shuttle cleared the tower Rogers friend
  Bob told him that theyd dodged a bullet, and God
  had answered his prayers for a successful launch.
  Thirteen seconds later the shuttle self
  destructed in the air and the devastated Boisjoly
  retired himself to his office the rest of the day.

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NSPE Code of Ethics for EngineersEngineers'
Creed

• As a Professional Engineer, I dedicate my
  professional knowledge and skill to the
  advancement and betterment of human welfare.
• I pledge
• To give the utmost of performanceTo participate
  in none but honest enterpriseTo live and work
  according to the laws of man and the highest
  standards of professional conduct To place
  service before profit, the honor and standing of
  the profession before personal advantage, and the
  public welfare above all other considerations. In
  humility and with need for Divine Guidance, I
  make this pledge.
• Adopted by National Society of Professional
  Engineers, June 1954