UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE INGENIERIA

COLLEGE OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

Ethical Dilemma in Engineering

Asignatura de Medidas Eléctricas

Roscoe is the head of engineering at a mechanical engineering company. His company

has been contracted by a company, U-sub, to make firing assemblies for torpedoes.
This contract calls for additional safety testing to ensure that the systems work
properly.
The contract stipulated that it was the responsibility of Roscoe’s company to pay for
this expensive additional testing. However, the CEO reminds Roscoe that their
company is in financial trouble and asks Roscoe to skip the extra testing and falsify the
paperwork by saying that the testing had occurred and that the systems passed. He
then goes on to tell Roscoe that if he doesn’t sign off on the testing, he will be fired.
Roscoe decides he cannot give in to his boss’s demands and quits. However he
suspects that his former boss will promote someone else who will be willing to sign off
on the testing.
Should Roscoe report the ethical violations of his former company?

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¿Cree usted que Roscoe debería reportar las violaciones éticas de la compañía?
Explicar en no menos de 5 ni más de 10 líneas (en español e inglés).