Engineering ethic - Case Study Example

27 September Engineering Ethics Turner Construction has shown a strong reaction against the city comptroller’s audit according to which, the locally-based Turner Construction Company was assisted y the agency to retrieve above $3 million upon a contract of the facilities management and construction. The city comptroller said that the payments were dubious. In just three years, the contract inflated in worth from $7.5 million to $74 million. Turner was found to have been overpaid in numerous municipal projects.

Not just this, Turner’s quality of work and labor rates were also heavily criticized in the report. “The audit alleges "[u]nnecessary costs for material loading, storage and transportation," the installation of temporary roofing, insurance paid prior to work cancellation and "[e]xcessive construction management costs," totaling more than $1.4 million” (Klasfeld). In this case, the violation is primarily bribery. Such cases happen when several influential and dominant members in the contractor and the consultant firms allow bribery for the entertainment of mutual interests.

Current and new engineers should beware of the way the contractor-consultant bond can have negative implications for the client. Moreover, Turner Construction Company has conventionally maintained a very good name in the American construction industry. Such allegations from the city comptroller can cause a lot of harm to the company’s image. New engineers should abstain from such unethical construction practices not only because they are wrong but also they tarnish the image of a company, which is the most fundamental asset of any company.

In order to prevent such a situation from repeating itself, auditing should be made an essential component of every stage of the project. Particularly, there should be pre-payment auditing. In addition to that, proper documentation, reimbursement and adequate use of allowance are compulsory for avoiding such ethical misconducts in the construction practices. I have lived in hostel during my undergraduate studies. Hostel life is completely different from the life at home. You constantly remain among friends and foes.

In my hostel, there is a culture of calling one another by awkward names. One of my hostel mates had gynecomastia, because of which, boys started to call him Booby. Coincidently, his name was Bob. Bob got so irritated with his hostel name Booby that he made a cut into his chest with a blade. The matter was taken to the adjutant, who called all hostel boys and said that if Bob reports him about anybody calling him Booby, he will be expelled from the college. I think the adjutant’s decision was correct because boys stopped calling Bob by that name after that.

I leaned how calling others by awkward names can upset them to the extent that they cause serious harm to themselves. Then onwards, I decided never to call others names.To read the Ethical Business Conduct Guidelines of the Boeing Company, I was surprised that the management encourages all employees to report against one another if any of them behaves or acts unethically. By doing so, the company promotes a culture wherein every employee is an auditor. I actually appreciate such a culture specifically because the management guarantees complete safety to the reporters, so the system becomes more transparent and conducive for ethical practices on every level.

Works Cited:Klasfeld, Adam. “Turner Construction Caught Up In New York City Cost Dispute.” 3 Mar. 2011. Web. 27 Sep. 2011. .