EG 2401 Engineering Professionalism / Page 1 NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF BENG. (Semester 1: 2012-13) EG 2401 - ENGINEERING PROFESSIONALISM Novemnber/December 2012 - Time Allowed: 2 Hours INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES: 1. This paper contains FOUR (4) pages and total of FOUR (4) questions. 2, Answer ALL questions. Each question cartes 25 mark. Write legibly so that your answers ean be read. This is very important. Also, write in standard English, avoiding the use of slang terms and “sms” language. 4, This is closed book examination, Read each question carefully before answering. In answering the questions, show your reasoning clearly, wherever necessary 6. Where answer formats or length fi possible. 7. You have been given a bookie “Professional Engineers (Code of Professional Conduct and Ethics) Rules under Professional Engineers Act (Singipore)'. You may use information fom this in answering the questions, as necessary 8, Youhave also been given a booklet "Code of Biies” which contains 1) Code of Ethics by ABET (USA) and 2) Code of Ethies from NSPE (National Society of Profesional Engineers), USA. You may use them in answering the question, es necessery. 9, Caleuators ae not necessary for this examination, and shall not be permitted for any use. Ananannnnnn ae specified, please keep to them as closely as[EG 2401 Engineering Professionalism / Page 2 Question 1 @) Apply, inthe following tabular format, the four normative ethics theories discussed in class (with sub-parts as applicable) to the Bhopal Tragedy with regard to the Union Carbide Corporation and the Government of India, In each case state the ethical ‘requirement, and if each party sified ot violated it (13 marks) TheoryiPar | Union Carbide Corporation ‘Government of naa (More rows as needed) (©) List tvo conceptual issues from the Hyat-Regency walkway collapse, and show their ethical detsion points on a flow chart (marks) (6) List swe ethics violations from the Columbia disaster, and assess them with aline drawing, ‘€ no need for numerical evaluation). (marks) (©, List the names of two ethics exemplars, and briefly explain the jusiiestion for one of thes. (marks) (expected length of answer: (@) 1% pages, (10d, % page each total 3 pages) Question 2 Engineer isan eleetical engineer working for Company X. Company X purchases wafers for microprocessor chips ftom another company ard then dice, packages, and sells them, Engineer A is asigned the tsk of testing these wafers. Alera while, he is instucted by his ‘manager, Engineer B, to alter the testing process in such a manner that the quality of the purchased wafers is made to seem lower than it really is, which has the effect of lowering the price paid. Engineer A, being an upright engineer objects to this practice and refuses to go ‘long. Eventually, he is discharged, ‘With reference to relevant Code of thie, discuss what you would do if you wer in Engineer A's shoes? Discuss also how you view the ction of Engineer B, (@5 marks) Question 3 (@) One of the criteria to help ensure a sat design is “am engineer must attempt fo foresee ‘potential misuses of product and design to avoid these problems”. Answer the following ‘questions:BG 2401 Engineering Professionalism / Page 3 (i Specify an example and ue this example to ilusvate how you can apply this criterion. Gmarks) Gta general, what potential difficulties may an engineer encounter in tying to apply this criterion? Give examples to illustrate each of your points, (marks) For oth (i) and (i), the examples can be fictional, Avoid using examples fom the lesture notes, and examples which are not similar to those in the notes will be piven higher marks, (6) Hats, in his book, advocsted the fllowing two propossls on professional engineering obligations regarding non-health-elated issues: (@ Although engineers should be required to hold paramount human health in the performance of their engineering work, they should no be required as professionals to Inject non-health related eovizonmental concerns into ther engineering work. (Gi) Engineers should have the right t0 organizational disobedience with regard to ‘environmental issue, 85 required by their own personal belief or their own individual ‘nterpretations of what professional obligation requires. For each proposal, use I example to illusiste how it an be applied. Examples wiich are not similar 10 those in the notes will be given higher marks. Why are such proposals being ormulsted? (13 marks) Question 4 (@) Name four ways in which an owmer can deal with his intelectual property. (marks) (©) Whatkinds of rights does copyright consist of? (@matis) (©) Under what circumstances does an author NOT own the copyright in his own works? (Qmeris) (®) Vivien rims a small boutique in 2 comer of a shopping cente selling Tshirts, jeans and accessories for teenagers and young adults. One day, she receives a letter fom ‘Company A, informing her that she might have infringed their registered trademark “Rain Tree”, Company A claims to be a highend boutique, well-known throughout Singapore and whose jewel-stdded evening gowns have been wom by many local celebrities a the recent Super-Siar Avsards Vivien discovers that she has on display 2 rack of merchandise bearing the abel "Rain-T". She has not registred this label in Singapore. In their leer, Company A threatens to fle a law suit against Vivien, alleging that she Las infinged thelr trademark in that, her trademark isthe same oF similar other epstered trademark.o EG 2401 Engineering Professionalism / Page 4 (@— Whatean Vivien do to protect hersel? (marke) Gi) What could happen to Company A if they do not star the trademark ingement action against Vivien? Gmarks) Gil) 1FCompany A actully sues Vivien and fils, eeause the Court finds tha there has been no trademark infringement, what further steps can Vivien take? Explain what problems she is likely to encounter in doing 80, i any. marks) In practice, how does one keep a patentable invention “new or novel”? Smarks) END OF QUESTION PAPER