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A committee of engineers on which Alison Turner's serves has determined that the cooling water in a nuclear power plant falls slightly below minimum requirement set by the technical specifications under which the plant is licensed. However, it is possible to request a wavier from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to, in effect, violate the rules. All of Alison's colleagues on the committee believe that a wavier should be sought, because the particular cooling system is a backup system that some plants do not have at all. The vote is called for and Alison wonders how she should vote. Alison decides to go along with the vote. Her action best illustrates. A. The groupthink B. The egocentric thinking C. The Reasonable Care approach to professional responsibility D. The Good works approach to professional responsibility A lesson to be taken from the loss of the Challenger is: A. Learn to differentiate between primary management decisions and primary engineering decisions B. Engineers should learn to recognize when external pressures cause deviation from usual engineering practices. C. Complex engineering processes (like the decision to launch) need continuous review D. All of the above The term "at-will employment" means: A. The employee has the right to make a choice of work assignments B. The employee cannot be assigned projects that violate the code of ethics c. The employer may discharge an employee at any time for any reason D. The employee is allowed the freedom to set work hours, etc. Engineer Mohamed retains only those results of his investigation which fit his theory about the failure of a bridge. This is an example of A. A. Forging data. B. Cooking the data. C. Plagiarizing the data. D. Both A and B In order to avoid disasters engineers should make sure that technical information is available to those who need by A. Whistle blowing B. Withholding information c. Informing the public D. Conflict of interest What is the most important rule with respect to conflicts of interest? A. Actual conflicts of interest should always be avoided, but there is NO reason to try to overcome potential conflicts of interest. B. Apparent conflicts of interests must always be avoided. C. Actual conflicts of interest must be disclosed, but potential and apparent conflicts of interest need not be disclosed. D. Conflicts of interest of all types should be disclosed.

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A. The groupthink

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