engineering ethics - incident at morales, mexico
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Juan RangelMichael YassaMyles VillanuevaLorenc HoxhaThuan Tran Mohd Faiz Abdillah
EGR 402: Incident at Morales
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• Fred Martinez, a licensed professional engineer
• Signed on to work for Phaust Chemicals.
• Tasked to design a new plant in Morales Mexico.
• He believes he has fulfilled his ethical responsibility to design a safe and efficient plant, but he and his colleagues are told by corporate headquarters to both cut budgets and get the plant on line faster.
Fred Martinez
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Ethics Analysis
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Ethical Issues
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Lutz and Lutz Controls
• Wally claims that Lutz and Lutz controls are the best among the available alternatives.
• He also claims that the fact that Chuck's brother-in-law works with Lutz and Lutz is not a relevant factor.
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Couplings
• In choosing both the type of couplings and piping as well as to use a local (Mexico) supplier without a plant inspection, what factors should Fred take into account?
• How does Fred balance safety and reliability with the need to cut costs due to the parent company's recent acquisitions?
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Ethical Tests
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• Harm test: Phaust did not care about the long-term quality of the plant.
• Colleague test: Professional colleagues may have said that I should have not joined
and processed the project of the plant.
• Publicity test: The death of Manuel caused by the usage of cheap pipe and control
is an embarrassing mark for the company and for me, who took care of the project.
• Common practice test:If everyone produces a product with inconsistent quality, then people
will be harmed in the process
Ethical tests:
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Issues are defined in a stakeholder roles
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Issues are defined in a stakeholder roles:
• Budget cut from the company’s parent.• Instead of using high pressure alloy for pipe running to
and from mixing vessels, Fred used steel pipe.• Used flanges and couplings that cannot sustain for high
pressure and high temperature for an extended period.• Determined whether or not line evaporation pond which
has all the waste from the plant.
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Responsibility
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Responsibility:
• Chuck and Wally should take their share of the responsibility on this incident because they tried to meet up with the budget cuts by buying cheap materials, but they didn’t care if there would be any consequences in using the materials.
• Many factors caused the problems: pressure from the parent company, managers, budget cuts, and low quality materials.
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Improving The Conditions
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How Improving The Conditions
• L&L controls and switch
• Replace or repair cheap and brittle couplings and flanges
• Work conditions with the higher ups
• International laws and standards
• Worker protection and rights
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Questions???
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