DO ENGINEERS NEED ETHICS? Ethics are moral principles that govern a person’s behaviour or the conducting of an activity. Charles Fleddermann describes engineering ethics as “a body of philosophy indicating the way engineers should conduct themselves in their professional capacity.”[1]. Ethics and morals work in tandem in the engineering workplace which contributes to order harmony and expectations. Ethics can also be viewed as values. Values are embedded in our characters and last longer and are
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wonder how much and how far a school voucher should offer individual families and whether or not they should be restricted to certain schools. Part of the controversy surrounding school vouchers includes the use of taxpayers’ money‚ the educational needs of children‚ and the terms of the 1st amendment that separate the church and state. Taxpayers are concerned that their money is not going into local schools and that the money they are paying is increasing due to school voucher expenses. Similarly
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Raiborn/Kinney Chapter 14 question 51: Colson Manufacturing (Balance Scorecard‚ EVA) A) Why would the use of EVA discourage a high growth strategy? Economic Value Added (EVA) => A measure of the extent to which income exceeds the dollar cost of capital. In essence‚ it is the value generated from funds invested in a business. It can be calculated as income minus (invested capital times the cost of capital percentage). This measure is an easy- to-understand method that recognises improvements
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thereby enabling an organization to do well. On the other hand‚ leadership is entirely different. It can be described as taking an organization to the future‚ exploring and successfully exploiting opportunities that come up. Leadership is about having vision‚ empowerment and most importantly providing useful change in the organization. The main differences between leaders and managers are: the relationship between the followers and managers and leaders‚ how leaders and managers solve problems‚ and
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If you’re a smartphone user‚ you’re undoubtedly familiar with the pain of pinching and scrolling your way across full-size websites on your phone. Chances are you’ve also attempted to visit a website on a mobile device only to realize that it won’t open because it was built with Flash and your phone doesn’t support it. Now imagine it’s your potential customers pinching‚ scrolling and muddling their way through your website. If your website isn’t optimized for mobile‚ it could have a greater impact
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COMPONENTS OF AN ORGANIZATION An organization is a group of individuals who work together to achieve a common objective/goal. For this to happen‚ the organization has to have elements which ensure its sustainability and success. These elements are: Common purpose Co-ordinated efforts Division of labor Hierarchy of authority Span of control Departmentalization Centralization and decentralization COMMON PURPOSE Common purpose is the means for unifying members. An organization without purpose soon begins
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how hard a person tries. This is the element most of us focus on when we talk about motivation. However‚ high intensity is unlikely to lead to favourable job-performance outcomes unless the effort is channelled in a direction that benefits the organization. Therefore‚ we have to consider the quality of effort as well as its intensity. Effort that is directed toward‚ and consistent with‚ the organization’s goals is the kind of effort that we should be seeking. Finally‚ motivation has a persistence
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J. Chem. Chem. Eng. 5 (2011) 897-902 Remote Control of Fed-Batch Fermentation Systems Eric Moreau3‚ Floyd Inman‚ III1‚ Sunita Singh2‚ Heather Walters1 and Leonard Holmes1* 1. Biotechnology Research and Training Center‚ University of North Carolina at Pembroke‚ Pembroke‚ NC‚ USA 2. Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering‚ Bhopal‚ Madhya Pradesh‚ India 3.Université de Picardie Jules Verne‚ Amiens‚ France Received: June 14‚ 2011 / Accepted: July 11‚ 2011 / Published: October 10‚ 2011
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What is an Organization? by Sumitava Mukherjee “An Organization is a system of consciously coordinated activities or efforts of two or more persons”.- Chester Barnard‚ Management Consultant. This definition of Barnard implies formal planning‚ division of labor and leadership. Organizations can also be thought as “social entities that are goal directed‚ deliberately structured activity systems with a permeable boundary” according to Bedeian and Zamnuto. There are a couple of things to be noted. If
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problems and needs. The core idea behind "learning organization" is that organizations of all kinds will not survive‚ let alone thrive‚ if they do not acquire an ability to adapt continuously to an increasingly unpredictable future. Or in other words‚ in order to survive and succeed for businesses‚ it is essential to establish or build stronger relationships with customers‚ where there are rapidly changing‚ turbulent and/or highly competitive market. Through learning‚ organizations may be better
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