Eng Economy Ethics Paper Due 9 SEP There are many ethical dilemmas that you will face in your careers. In this paper, you will respond to one of the ethical dilemmas provided. Include your thoughts on how it should be handled. Specifically, students should identify: − − − − What is the ethical problem identified in the case study? What is the barrier to the behaving ethically? Why would the antagonist allow this type of behavior in the first place? How would you go about resolving the ethical dilemma? The paper needs to be formatted as follows: 12 point, Times New Roman font References need to be according to APA Page limit is 1 ½ -2 pages including references You need to include at least 4 references from a peer reviewed journal. Internet sources do not count towards the reference count. Off the Clock Written by Clare Bartlett, a 2014-2015 Hackworth Fellow in Engineering Ethics at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University. August 2015 Sarah was recently promoted to a managerial position at her industrial engineering company. With her new position, she is now responsible for overseeing the company’s production factory, meaning approximately 50 factory workers now report to her. Although Sarah previously worked as an engineer and does not have any experience running a factory, she is excited to begin her new position. At the end of her first day, Sarah is confused to see her factory workers continuing to work well past the end of their 8-hour shift. She then goes to the factory supervisor (who reports to her) to express concern because the factory does not have the budget to pay so many workers overtime. The supervisor smiles at Sarah and explains that the factory meets production goals by making the factory workers work off the clock. The workers are well aware of this expectation and went along with it in order to keep their jobs. Sarah is shocked to learn this illegal practice had become part of the company culture, but the supervisor explains that the company’s CEO (who is Sarah’s boss) is well aware of this expectation. What should Sarah do? Foul on the Field Written by Nabilah Deen, a 2014-2015 Hackworth Fellow in Engineering Ethics at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University. August 2015 Holly has been working at a large construction company for three years. Although an intern, Holly has earned the respect of her peers. Her supervisor (and project manager), along with her coworkers, constantly support her by teaching her new materials and encouraging her to tackle new tasks. For one specific project, her supervisor chose her to visit the jobsite for the construction of flood retaining walls. Holly is familiar with the protocol required by her company, and her boss trusts her to always wear protective equipment every time she goes into the field. However, when she went to the job site for this project, she heard someone yell, “Be careful not to break a nail!” while she was walking down a particularly steep mud slope. She dismissed the comment at first, but throughout the remainder of the project, different construction workers would make condescending remarks and gestures at her. They would call her ‘Princess’ or hold out their arms as though expecting her to fall, slip, or hurt herself. Holly feels she is being treated disrespectfully because of her gender, but never brings it up to her supervisor as the workers were subcontracted from various companies by the General Contractor. Holly doesn’t feel right getting other people in trouble for such little comments, and is worried long term about how her success might be affected if she makes a complaint. Should Holly say something? The ol’ Switcheroo Marty just started his job working for a general contractor. He is excited about his new position as a project engineer and will be on one of the company’s biggest projects. The project is a large event arena, utilizes state of the art interactive technology, and is expected to see high usage. Marty is even more excited and proud because the project is near his home town. Part of Marty’s job will be to keep up with the inventory as they come onto the job site. He checks the deliveries in and works any discrepancies. As Marty starts working on some of the interior components, he notices that some of the components do not match up with what was specified in the drawings. Marty takes this finding to his supervisor who is the site superintendent. The superintendent tells Marty to not worry about it, that the materials are equivalent but Marty does not agree. Marty would go to the project manager to ask for the issue to be re-evaluated but he knows that the superintendent and project manager are good friends. What should Marty do? It is with mixed feelings … Jan works for a vehicle manufacturer that manufacture’s fighting vehicles for the government. She has been managing production for several years and is bringing in a new product line to the facility. Jan has also met Shea, who has been helping mentor and groom her for a project management position that Jan has been trying to work into. Shea works it out to where Jan’s production line reports through Shea. After a few months in production, Jan starts seeing discrepancies in her reported hours for production work. At first she attributes the discrepancies to variation in reported times for the workers but as production rates increase, the variances no longer appear to be attributed to the workers. She reports this to Shea. Shea tells her that the production hours are fine and not to worry about it. Jan eventually determines that the hours reported against her line are actually coming from an older line that reports through Shea and that has been less profitable. Jan again approaches Shea but is again rebuked. What should Jan do? Does she run the risk of getting in trouble if she doesn’t report it?
