Engineer Salem is working in the municipality as a civil engineer. His main resp

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Engineer Salem is working in the municipality as a civil engineer. His main responsibility is to review new buildings engineering plans and approve it for construction. After working for 10 years in the municipality, he was offered a work opportunity with EMR Construction Company EMR is facing financial crises due to safety violations and unacceptable quality performance in many projects completed. Engineer Salem accepted to work with EMR Company to help in resolving some of the construction problems and other company performance crises. While working with EMR Company, Salem noticed that many of the company's projects were approved by his colleagues at the municipality even though it have many safety violations. Furthermore, Engineer Salem was requested by EMR's manager in many occasions to advice how projects can be modified so it would easily pass the municipality safety standard. Sometimes modifying a construction project would mean reducing the safety standard to minimize construction cost and imposing more risk on residents. Engineer Salem realized that he is involved in a situation with opposed obligations that cannot all be satisfied, and cannot continue in a situation that would violate his moral values. Read this case carefully and answer the following questions? 1- What is the ethical dilemma of this case? (Write ethical and moral obligations) 2- What are the ethical issues involved in this case? (20 POINTS) (30 POINTS) Think of Moral/Ethical issues as: a. Unfair actions that would have the potential to help or harm others. b. Any negative impact on society, environment, employer, individuals, or health due to project, actions, or decision taken. What Engineer Salem should do in this case based on NSPE code of ethics-Use two Canons? What Engineer Salem should do in this case based on Moral theories and beliefs (apply Virtue Ethics, 3- (Ethical Framework) (20 POINTS) 4- (Moral Framework) Use Duty and Rights Ethics)? 20 POINTS) 5- (Preventive Ethics): (5 POINTS) (5 POINTS-extra credit) What could be UNETHICAL or IMMROAL behavior in this case (Choose one)? 6- Bnous Question: would this case have a conflict of interest? Explain How.

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1. Here the ethical dilemma is there is never a right way to do the wrong thing - An active role in developing a culture of safety is the primary ethics and moral responsibility of a proffessional.Any deviation will have catastrpohic effect in the society or the end users.

2.In this case the safety standards are compromised which will have harm on the safety of the residents who will be the end users.

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