Ethics in Engineering Lecture Package 7 PDF
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This document is a lecture package on ethics in engineering. It discusses the limitations of design, the risks of operating outside the design envelope, and other relevant topics. It also provides additional information about the Challenger disaster of 1986, with references to a BBC documentary and a Wikipedia article.
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Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg FEBE1004A – EAD 1B Lecture Packages – Package #7 Ethics in Engineering Topics 1. Limitations to design...
Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg FEBE1004A – EAD 1B Lecture Packages – Package #7 Ethics in Engineering Topics 1. Limitations to design covered: 2. The risk of operating outside the design envelope 3. The impacts of business / public pressure 4. A cascade of small problems often leads to a catastrophe 5. The responsibility borne by engineers, to “do the right thing” 1. The Challenger Disaster 1986 Detailed View the BBC's documentary: “Challenger: go for launch”, directed by Philip Day, a co-production of Blast! Films and JWM description: Productions for the BBC, 2000. An extensive write-up can be found at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Challenger_disaster Page 1 of 1
