Demonstrates knowledge of principles/code of professional ethics

Responsibility in Engineering

Discuss some ethical issues faced in engineering design. Provide some examples from our text book and/or the internet and present ideas to resolve those issues. (write at least 3 paragraphs)
Research the case studies of space shuttle incidents of the Challenger” in 1986 and “Columbia” in 2003. Answer the following questions: (Use the template: Evaluation of Case Study)
- What are the factors that contributed to each incident?
- What were the similarities between the two cases? Do they reveal any common ethical issues?
- Discuss the concept of blame responsibility and causation in relation to these incidents.

Question 1:
Demonstrates knowledge of principles/code of professional ethics	20
Establishes an understanding of ethical issues involved in engineering design	10
Clearly presents well-reasoned ideas and concepts to resolve the issues	10
Question 2:
Demonstrates knowledge of principles/code of professional ethics	20 *click here for more information on this paper*
Clearly presents well-reasoned ideas and concepts to resolve the issues	10
Independently identifies or acquires additional knowledge and data needed for solving an open-ended problem or case study	Excellent	Competent	Needs Improvement
	Determines what knowledge is needed and obtains the information relevant to solving problem independently.	Determines what knowledge is needed to solve problem but needs help obtaining it.	Needs help identifying and obtaining the knowledge needed to solve the problem.
	20	12	5
Provides a well written report (Use submission template and include citation of source if applicable)