WorksheetsSENIMAR
Total questions: 6
Worksheet time: 4mins
In the video program, Testing Water ... and Ethics, the
ultimate solution selected by the decision makers to
their ethical dilemma actually protected the
engineering firm's self interest by maintaining its
established relationship with its client even though
that required the firm and its engineers to violate the
full reporting duty of the NSPE Code of Ethics.
According to the program epilogue, this was an
ethically viable alternative under these facts because:
Jim Duffy simply deferred his judgment
about what was right to his immediate
supervisors even though he clearly
disagreed with their decision.
The Company decided to go along with this
important client, but if the client had not
been one of such great significance to the
firm, the Company would have simply
reported the results from all wells.
After considering and exploring several
ethically viable alternatives, the Company
decided on a course of action that it
believed would minimize the bad and
maximize the good consequences in the
long term
Jim Duffy was primarily interested in one
dimension of the problem, the obligation to
tell the truth, not loyalty to the Company
and his boss.
In the video, Testing Water ... and Ethics, the final
resolution protected the self-interests of the
engineering firm while delivering what the client
wants by compromising as noted in question 1. Which
of these statements illustrates why the decision is also
consistent with the Josephson Ethical Decision
Making Criteria?
There was no ethical dilemma in this case, making
the decision maker's pursuit of self-interest
acceptable under these circumstances.
Since there was a true ethical dilemma in this case,
the decision maker must always sacrifice his self-
interest to protect the real stakeholders.
Because Anderson Properties is a significant client
of Porter-Rodman Engineering, Promise keeping,
e.g. fulfill contract promises, is more important
than abiding by the law, e.g. an ethical duty to
report completely.
The decision maker selected the option that
sacrificed the ethical principle of Abiding by the
Law to advance the ethical principle of Promise
Keeping in order to produce the greatest balance
of good results over bad results.
Based on the text readings on the law, indemnities,
and standard of care, which of the following statements are
NOT correct based upon the
prevailing themes of those columns?
If a client requires you to agree by contract
to "abide by the highest professional standards,"
he is simply requiring you to agree to the same
standard imposed by the common law of
negligence if no such provision is included.
At a minimum, a limited form indemnity
provision is necessary in engineering contracts
because without one, the engineer could not be
held accountable for negligent acts.
A limited form indemnity agreement in an
engineering contract is redundant because the
limited form indemnity makes an engineer liable
for negligence as a matter of contract law just as
does tort law.
In the case of "The City of San Diablo v. Delacourt
Engineering" in the readings, Delacout Engineering
agreed to "hold harmless, indemnify and defend the
City from and against any and all claims or liability
arising out of ... the work." Which of the following
statements are true about this case?
Delacourt was not negligent in the
performance of its duties and the judge dismissed
the negligence claim filed against Delacourt by
the victim's family.
Delacourt was negligent in the
performance of its duties, and it also had to pay
the City's legal costs and damages after the boy
drowned.
Whether Delacourt was negligent or not
was irrelevant with respect to the legal duty for
Delacourt to reimburse the City for its legal costs
and damages in the case.
It is clear that an enforceable contract
need not be written in legalese, typically sounding like
a lawyer, to be enforced by the court, and plain simple
language is a better approach.
TRUE
FALSE
You must place all contract
agreements in written form, signed by both
parties, and it is necessary to hire an attorney
to create the contract, otherwise a court will
not enforce the terms.
TRUE
FALSE
