Ethics_In_Engineering

Ethics In Engineering Ethics is no longer just associated with lawyers and businessmen. Nowadays engineers and scientists have to worry about ethics as much as they have to worry about the completion of their projects. Since many of the projects are used by the public when completed, engineers have to make sure that codes are followed and that all decisions are ethically based. The primary causes of engineering failure are usually considered to be human factors, design flaws, material failures, extreme conditions or environments, and a combination of all of the above. The engineering failures that are caused by human factors and design flaws are either from accidents or most importantly unethical decisions. The following is a case study about an engineering ethics case. In 1986, the city of Pitcher Wyoming wanted to build a new stadium that would accommodate football and other major events. The city formed the Wyoming Woolies Stadium Authority to build, own, and operate the stadium once completed. The authority hired Matrix Engineering Associates to design the site and structure. Matrix Engineering Associates hired sub-consultant SoilTest Geotechnical Engineers to test the soil, supervise borings, and make any design recommendations. Benson-Marquardt Construction engineering, matrix, soiltest, dennis, stadium, project, soil, site, since, order, one, ethics, design, construction, about, work, slabs, public, out, noticed, hired, ethically, engineers, dennis’, decisions, day, completed, city, boss, because, authority, wyoming, worry, wanted, sub-consultant