Religion 491/492 Section 17

Exam 1

Mar 17-23, 1997

 

Closed Book/Closed Notes Exam - Time Limit 2 hrs. Be sure to write neatly and use good English in your written answers. Do not discuss the contents of this exam with others.

 

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1. (10 points) Develop a case study that involves a significant conflict of interest. Make the case relative to your chosen major. Resolve your case study.

 

Major:__________________________

 

 

 

 

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Resolution:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ideals studied: Balance, Courage, Endurance, Forgiveness, Friendship, Humility, Integrity, Loyalty, Magnanimity, Opportunity, Purity, Self Regard, Service, Tolerance, Trust, Truth, Wealth

 

2. (5 Points) Given the cannon: "Engineers shall issue public statements only in an objective and truthful manner"

 

Develop two guidelines for this cannon based on two separate ideals of your choice. (Note: Use different ideals in questions 2 and 3)

 

    1. Ideal ________________

      2. Guideline:

       

       

       

       

    2. Ideal __________________

Guideline:

 

 

 

 

 

3 . (5 Points) Given the cannon: "Engineers shall hold paramount the safety, health and welfare of the public in the performance of their professional duties"

 

Develop two guidelines for this cannon based on two separate ideals of your choice. (Note: Use different ideals in questions 2 and 3)

 

    1. Ideal ________________

      2. Guideline:

       

       

       

       

       

    2. Ideal __________________

Guideline:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. (5 points) Consider the video "Gilbane Gold" that we viewed in class. For each of the characters of the video as listed below, identify an established cannon from a professional code of ethics that may have been broken (or kept). Explain what effect of breaking (or keeping) the cannon had and what would have been the potential effect if the cannon had not been broken (or kept).

 

A. Dave Jackson, The Young Environmental Engineer working for Z CORP

Cannon:

 

 

 

Effect of breaking (or keeping) to the cannon

 

 

 

 

 

Potential effect if cannon had not been broken (kept).

 

 

 

 

 

B. Diane Collins, Z CORP vice president in charge of the Gilbane plant

Cannon:

 

 

 

Effect of breaking (or keeping) the cannon

 

 

 

 

 

Potential effect if cannon had not been broken (kept).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5. (5 points) Consider the video "The Truesteel Affair" that we viewed in class. For each of the characters of the video listed below, identify an "ideal" that we studied in Christ’s Ideals for Living that the individual could have applied to help lessen the ethical problems develop. Explain how the ideal would be applied and what effect you think it may have had.

 

Robert Williams, The Structural Engineer

Ideal:

 

 

 

How the ideal should be applied:

 

 

 

 

Potential effect of applying the ideal:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mr. Carter, The Owner of the business

 

 

Ideal:

 

 

 

 

How the ideal should be applied:

 

 

 

 

 

Potential effect of applying the ideal: