MORAL REASONING AND CODE OF ETHICS

Name: ____________________________
Identification
1. Situations in which moral reasons come into conflict, or in which the applications of moral values are unclear, and it is not immediately obvious
what should be done.
2. These are decisions involving moral values.
3. It means knowing and appreciating the implications of morally-relevant facts.
4. It means that good judgment is exercised in integrating the relevant moral values and facts to arrive at a morally desirable solution.
5. These are dilemmas having solutions that are either right or wrong.
6. Dilemmas having two or more reasonable solutions, no one of which is mandatory, but one of which should be chosen.
7. It is a framework that unifies a number of best practices for organizational decision making.
8. This may refer to an explicit set of requirements to be satisfied by a material, design, product, or service.
9. It is a strategic planning method that some organizations use to make flexible long-term plans.
10. This refers to administrative and procedural activities implemented in a quality system so that requirements and goals for a product, service or
activity will be fulfilled.
11. He referred to his pragmatic theory of inquiry as instrumentalism, but late in life he said that technological is a better term for what he had
in mind.
12. She identified five aspects of engineering decisions that highlight important aspects of many moral decisions in general.
13. A guide of principles designed to help professionals conduct business honestly and with integrity.
14. Codes voice what it means to be a member of a profession committed to responsible conduct in promoting the safety, health, and welfare of the
public.
15. Codes give positive support to professionals seeking to act ethically.
Multiple Choices
1. These are situations in which moral reasons come into conflict.
a. Codes of Ethics
b. Ethical Relativism
c. Moral Choices
d. Ethical Dilemmas
2. It is the precision in using the key concepts (ideas) applicable in the situation.
a. Well-Reasoned
b. Informed
c. Right
d. Clear
3. He takes codes very seriously as a professions shared voice in articulating the responsibilities of its practitioners.
a. Daniel F. Cudzik
b. John Dewey
c. Stephen Unger
d. Kaiser Aluminum
4. Codes can present a positive image to the public of an ethically committed profession.
a. Well-Reasoned
b. Inspiration
c. Contributing to the Professions Imaged. Education and mutual understanding
5. In his view, codes are conventions established within professions to promote the public good. As such, they are morally authoritative.
a. John Dewey
b. Michael Davis
c. Stephen Unger
d. Daniel F. Cudzik
6. Because codes express a professions collective commitment to ethics, they provide a positive stimulus (motivation) for ethical conduct.
a. Inspiration
b. Contributing to the Professions Image
c. Education and mutual understanding
d. Well-Reasoned
7. It means that good judgment is exercised in integrating the relevant moral values and facts to arrive at a morally desirable solution.
a. Informed
b. Well-Reasoned
c. Right
d. Clear
8. Codes provide helpful guidance by articulating the main obligations of engineers.
a. Guidance
b. Clear
c. Informed
d. Inspiration
9. Codes can be used by professional societies and in the classroom to prompt discussion and reflection on moral issues.
a. Well-Reasoned
b. Inspiration
c. Contributing to the Professions Imaged. Education and mutual understanding
10. He designed the first aluminum in 1958, in the attempt to improve on heavier and more expensive tin cans.
a. John Dewey
b. Kaiser Aluminum
c. Stephen Unger
d. Daniel F. Cudzik
11. Hold paramount the safety, health, and welfare of the public and protect the environment in performance of their professional duties.
a. Responsibility to the employer
b. Responsibility to the public, and to protect the environment
c. Responsibility to yourself
d. Responsibility is to be Honest
12. It means being aware of alternative courses of action and what they entail.
a. Right
b. Clear
c. Well-Reasoned
d. Informed
13. He used engineering as a metaphor for thinking about moral reasoning in general.
a. Daniel F. Cudzik
b. Stephen Unger
c. John Dewey
d. Kaiser Aluminum
14. It is the decisions involving moral values.
a. Moral Dilemmas
b. Codes of Ethics
c. Ethical Relativism
d. Moral Choices
15. He envisioned a design for a small lever that was attached to the can but which was removed as the can opened.
a. Ermal Fraze
b. Daniel F. Cudzik
c. Caroline Whitbeck
d. John Dewey
16. He invented a simple, stay-attached opener of the sort familiar today.

a. Kaiser Aluminum
b. Daniel F. Cudzik
c. John Dewey
d. Stephen Unger
17. Act in professional matters for each employer or client as faithful agents or trustees, avoiding conflicts of interest and never breaching
confidentiality.
a. Responsibility is to be Honest
b. Responsibility to the public, and to protect the environment
c. Responsibility to yourself
d. Responsibility to the employer
18. This person suggests that engineering design is in many respects a model for designing courses of action in many moral situations, in
engineering and elsewhere.
a. Stephen Unger
b. Kaiser Aluminum
c. Caroline Whitbeck
d. Daniel F. Cudzik
19. It is the moral responsibilities of engineers as seen by the profession and as represented by a professional society.
a. Codes of Ethics
b. Ethical Relativism
c. Moral Choices
d. Ethical Dilemmas
20. It is the obligations connected with a particular social role as a professional.
Moral Choices
a. Role Responsibilities
b. Ethical Dilemmas
c. Codes of Ethics
d. Moral Choices
True or False
1.
Ethical (or moral) dilemmas are situations in which moral reasons come into conflict, or in which the applications of moral values are
clear, and it is not immediately obvious what should be done.
2.
An ethical (or moral) dilemma arises in engineering, as elsewhere, because moral values are many and varied and can make competing
claims.
3.
Informed means knowing and appreciating the implications of morally-relevant facts.
4.
Moral clarity: Identify the relevant moral values.
5.
Conceptual clarity: Be clear about key concepts.
6.
Right means that one course of action is obligatory, and failing to do that action is ethical.
7.
Decision engineering is a framework that unifies a number of best practices for organizational decision making.
8.
Scenario planning, also called scenario thinking or scenario analysis, is a strategic planning method that some organizations use to make
flexible long-term plans. It is in large part an adaptation and generalization of classic methods used by military intelligence.
9.
John Dewey used engineering as a metaphor for thinking about moral dilemma in general.
10. A code of rights document may outline the mission and values of the business or organization, how professionals are supposed to
approach problems, the ethical principles based on organizations core values and the standards to which the professional will be held.
11. Engineers shall issue public statements only in an objective and truthful manner.
12. Engineers shall avoid deceptive acts.
13. Engineers shall be guided in all their relations by the highest standards of honesty and integrity.
14. Engineers shall be influenced in their professional duties by conflicting interests.
15. The chemical engineer shall be guided in all his relations by the highest standards of honor and integrity and shall act with fairness and
impartiality to all.
Matching Type
1. It refers to an explicit set of requirements to be satisfied by a material, design, product, or service.
2. It ethics ideally carries a statement by the top-ranked officer of the corporation indicating his or her personal commitment to and backing of the
code.
3. It refers to administrative and procedural activities implemented in a quality system so that requirements and goals for a product, service or
activity will be fulfilled.
4. He used engineering as a metaphor for thinking about moral reasoning in general.
5. In powerful way, codes voice what it means to be a member of a profession committed to responsible conduct in promoting the safety, health,
and welfare of the public.
6. A strategic planning method that some organizations use to make flexible long-term plans.
7. She identifies five aspects of engineering decisions that highlight important aspects of many moral decisions in general.
8. It means that good judgment is exercised in integrating the relevant moral values and facts to arrive at a morally desirable solution.
9. Any set of conventions, whether codes of ethics or actual conduct, should be open to __________.
10. In his view, codes are conventions established within professions to promote the public good. As such, they are morally authoritative.
11. It is a framework that unifies a number of best practices for organizational decision making.
12. As he writes, codes recognize obligations that already exist
13. Codes can be used by professional societies and in the classroom to prompt discussion and reflection on moral issues.
14. A code of ethics functions as a commitment by the profession as a whole that engineers will serve the public health, safety, and welfare.
15. The diversity of moral viewpoints among individual engineers makes it essential that professions establish explicit standards, in particular
minimum standards.
a. Scenario Planning
b. Specification
c. Quality Assurance
d. Caroline Whitbeck
e. Decision Engineering
f. Preamble
g. Inspiration

l. Michael Davis
m. Well- reasoned
n. Serving and Protecting People
o. Educational and Mutual Understanding
p. Support and Responsible Professional
q. Shared Standards
r. Stephen Unger

h. Informed
i. Scrutiny

s. Aware
t. Instrumentalism

j. Ethical Dillema
k. John Dewey

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11. b

Identification

12. d

1. Ethical Dilemmas

13. c

2. Moral Choices

14. d

3. Informed

15. a

4. Well-reasoned

16. b

5. Right-Wrong Dilemmas

17. d

6. Better-Worse Dilemmas

18. c

7. Decision Engineering

19. a

8. Specification

20. a

9. Scenario Planning

True or False

10. Quality Assurance

11. John Dewey
12. Caroline Whitbeck
13. Code of Ethics
14. Inspiration
15. Support for Responsible Professionals
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