Dicer Ethics Case Study

Dicers Ethics Case Analysis After analyzing the ASCE’s Code of Ethics and AIC Code of Ethics of Constructors, I came to an assumption that a great chunk of major companies often generates decisions that often have questionable ethics. Whether to sacrifice safety conductor on site just to save a few dollars or providing deceptive advice to obtain the upper hand, unethical forms of conduct is weakening the industry of construction, thus codes of ethics were developed widely across multiple businesses. As I investigated the case study involving an electrical engineer, who worked for Dicers, there were multiple instances where the company has failed to comply with multiple forms of ethical misconduct. The engineer that has worked for Dicer was …show more content…
Dicer is a prime example in which a major business degrades the quality of another company to pay them less. According to the AIC Code of Ethics for Constructors, “A Constructor shall not engage in any deceptive practice, or in any practice which creates an unfair advantage for the Constructor or another”. Dicer has deliberately down-played the wafer company’s quality in order to pay them a smaller sum, even though the quality has not been altered. Dicer has been accused of deceptive practices in which their testing is not …show more content…
The electrical engineer the has opposed the methods Dicer has proposed versus participating in Dicer’s unethical actions was not necessarily the best line of action, but much more appreciated than him submitting to his company. There are many situations in which the engineer could have geared towards, however if the electrical engineer specifically aimed towards speaking with higher management to dwell deeper into investigation, without releasing the issue to the public, would have supposedly been the best decision. If the engineer addressed the issue with higher development, rather than negating his work, the engineer could’ve corrected the issue and received notoriety. The electrical engineer that did not subdue the situation could possibly allow his other participating engineers to follow the unethical practices due to the fear of authority, causing more harm in the long run. However, if the engineer explained the situation to upper management, he could have directed the company into a better direction, essentially correcting the issue rather than dodging it. To apply some credit towards the engineer’s decision of not cooperating with the supervisor’s requested task, within the ASCE’s Code of Ethics, canon 6 states that “engineers shall not knowingly engage in business or professional practices of a fraudulent, dishonest or unethical culture”, in which the engineer