25'107 Intro' to Engineering Session 23: Incident at Morales, Part I

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25.107 Intro. to EngineeringSession 23
Incident at Morales, Part I

• David O. Kazmer, P.E., Ph.D.

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Module FourEngineering Ethics

• Dates/Topics
• 11/21 Introduction to Engineering Ethics
• 11/28 Incident at Morales, Part I
• 11/30 Incident at Morales, Part II
• 12/5 Engineering Society
• Important Notes
• Project 2 due during next weekslab sections
• Quiz next Tuesday, Dec. 5

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Agenda

• Incident at Morales
• View video
• Discussion

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Incident at MoralesOverview of Story

• Story involves the design and manufacturing of
  paint strippers
• More environmentally friendly
• Require new product and plant design
• Two competing companies
• Phaust, the employer
• Chemitoil, the competitor
• Other related companies
• Chemistré, French owner of Phaust
• L L Controls, a controls supplier

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Incident at MoralesCast of Characters

• Fred engineer hired by Phaust
• Wally Freds supervisor at Phaust
• Chuck VP of Engineering at Phaust
• Dominique Comptroller for Phaust
• Maria Freds wife U.S. EPA litigator
• Manuel plant manager of Morales plant

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Agenda

• Incident at Morales
• View part B of video
• Discussion for part B
• Who ensures component quality?
• Should L L controls be used?
• Are there other ethical issues?

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Agenda

• Incident at Morales
• View part C of video
• Discussion for part C
• What are the environmental concerns?
• Why is Wally angry?
• What are the coupling issues?
• What are the control issues?
• Whats the final analysis on Fred?