An event that is still fresh on peoples mind is the Horizon oil spill which took place in the Gulf of Mexico. This situation has some serious ethical questions with it. Did the engineers knowingly overlook the possible failure of the pipe because their boss was more concerned with profit?
The issue of the engineers not taking a stand or not allowing the chance to be heard about this issue has two sides two it. The first being it is hard for an employee to go against the wishes if their boss. The second being the risk taken for the pipe to fail and cause an environmental disaster. In this situation the engineers decided to take the easy way out and please their boss which caused this tragedy.
In their defense it appears the engineers were doing their best to follow orders although this would be understandable in most circumstances the outcome of their risk taking was not justified. A regard to ethics over position must be maintained in order to provide safety to ourselves and our environment.
Thank you,
Dave Dickey
This is a good example of how the leaders rule the other employees. This is very common in the industry today. The owners of the business will do to maximize their profits. Therefore, the employees will have to work for them even though it is ethically or morally correct or wrong. In such a situation, it is difficult for the employee to choose which side they need to be. If they work, against the owners, their jobs will be in risk. It is really pathetic.
ReplyDeleteNice picture, I am surprised you took the side that the risk was too small. There are always things you can do to prevent this, they maybe could have found an easy and inexpensive way to prevent this from happening who knows.
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