Examples Of Ethical Issues In Henry's Daughters
In the movie Henry’s Daughters, there are many ethical issues that are responsible for the decisions that the characters make, whether good or bad. Ethical issues are an integral part of making a decision in any professional field, but especially engineering because many engineering designs can endanger people’s lives if they fail. In engineering sometimes making the ethical decision goes beyond the job description, sometimes it means actively fighting for what you know is right. In the movie there are conflicting interests. There is the issue of political elections. For the senator, the support of some depends on certain business decisions. It is a mutually beneficial relationship, everyone wins that is supporting each other, but all others
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By him admitting that he was wrong it also helped put others people involved into the limelight. Regardless of whether he admitted it he probably would have gotten some sort of punishment, but in this case actions speak louder than words. The most important ethical decision is the decision to claim responsibility. The next most important issue would be how Laura deals with the situation as a third party evaluator. If she had not initiated the investigation it never would have been addressed and everything would have gone according to plan. As an outside observer it is an engineer’s responsibility to report anything he/she believe to be unethical. The second most important ethical decision in this case is to hold others responsible. The political issue also plays a large role. The backdoor politics in the movie, while being unethical, isn’t necessarily an ethical decision so much as it is the cause of facilitator of the unethical decisions. The underlying and less important ethical issues would be sexuality in the workplace and Julie’s work not being cited. The reason that they are not as important is because they are individual cases and they are not affecting more than two people. Lastly the government encroaching on privacy is not that big of an issue because it is hypothetical and
By him admitting that he was wrong it also helped put others people involved into the limelight. Regardless of whether he admitted it he probably would have gotten some sort of punishment, but in this case actions speak louder than words. The most important ethical decision is the decision to claim responsibility. The next most important issue would be how Laura deals with the situation as a third party evaluator. If she had not initiated the investigation it never would have been addressed and everything would have gone according to plan. As an outside observer it is an engineer’s responsibility to report anything he/she believe to be unethical. The second most important ethical decision in this case is to hold others responsible. The political issue also plays a large role. The backdoor politics in the movie, while being unethical, isn’t necessarily an ethical decision so much as it is the cause of facilitator of the unethical decisions. The underlying and less important ethical issues would be sexuality in the workplace and Julie’s work not being cited. The reason that they are not as important is because they are individual cases and they are not affecting more than two people. Lastly the government encroaching on privacy is not that big of an issue because it is hypothetical and