Reminders for Project:
• Review the engineering code of ethics.
• Review the example ethics cases from 2013
• Complete the case study according to template and provided rubric f
• This project must be completed as individuals
• Submit your Project in a MS Word file via the drop box.
• Deadline of the project is November 26, 2014 until 10.00 pm
ETHICS CASE:
A company which has recently been cited for state environmental law violations is seeking a variance from a state environmental regulation because the cost to comply would be very high. The company plant is in need of modernization. Engineer A works for the state environmental department and has been assigned to review the variance request. Engineer A is very experienced, having worked on the original regulation as a technical expert, and he is also familiar with industry practices and operations. Following a review, Engineer A makes a preliminary recommendation that the state environmental department decline to issue the variance, and he informs the agency head, who is not an engineer, of this matter. Following a meeting between the agency head, and the company, the agency head directs Engineer A to issue the variance. Part of Engineer A's responsibility will be to testify at the state pollution control board hearing describing the technical grounds for approving the request.
Question:
What are Engineer A's obligations under these circumstances?