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| Best Definition of Technology |
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| technology as the system of physical objects, tools, knowledge, inventors, operators, ect. |
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Colorado Supreme Court Ruling:
Paul Lorenz v. Martin Marietta
(Fired for not modifying notes btwn NASA & Marietta)
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| Lorenz presented sufficient evidence in other trials to make at least a plausible case for wrongful discharge under "public policy" exception to the doctrine of employment at will. |
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Two "modest proposals" of textbook concerning:
obligations and rights of engineers regarding the environment |
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| Engineers should be required to protect the environment only when human health is threatened |
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Rights to creative products such as books, pictures, graphics, sculptures, music movies, and computer programs.
Copyrights protect the expression of the ideas but not the ideas themselves. |
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Words, phrases, designs, sounds, or symbols associated with goods or services.
ex: "Coca-Cola" |
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Documents issued by gvt that allow the owner of the patent to exclude others from making use of the patented info for 20 yrs
ex: the puncture-proof tire |
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| Criticisms of risk-benefit analysis |
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1. Impossible to foresee all of the risks
2. Impossible to know the cost associated with risks
3. Risk-benefit analysis allows for risks to be concentrated on a small segment of the population |
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| Public perception of risk |
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| The public over-estimates some risks and under-estimates others |
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| Government regulators' approach to risk |
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| Mostly concerned with the health and safety of the public |
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1. Reason forward from a hypothetical event to determine what the consequences could be
2. The probabilities often cannot be confirmed
3. It is impossible to determine all of the possibe "initiating" events of a disaster |
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| Standard of proof used in tort law |
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| "the preponderance of evidence" |
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| The Foreign Corrupt Practice Act of 1977 |
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| Prohibits some kinds of bribes and extortion payments |
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| Disobedience by contrary action could include |
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1. Joining a political party that is unpopular in the community
2. lobbying for passage of a law that your employer opposes
3. Being a member of an organization that opposes certain activities of your employer |
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| Ideal solution to boundary-crossing problems |
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| Avoids moral laxism and moral rigorism |
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Dr. Holtzapple's view of Global Warming |
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1. Temperature is the dependent variable and carbon dioxide is the independent variable
2. Evidence that human activities are causing climate change is as certain as anything in science |
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| Shannon Valor's view of "virtue of patience" |
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1. Given the way social networking technologies stand, they cannot be fostered just as easily through social networking technologies as it can be through real-life interactions
(it's easier to be patient in person than on the internet)
2. Patience, as with all virtues, is difficult to acquire.
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| Shannon Vallor's view of social-networking technologies |
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1. May be deficient in fostering many of the virtues, but they may also help in fostering virtues that have not been previously recognized or given their due, such as the virtue of tolerance |
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| New Jersy Supreme Courd ruling in the Grace Pierce case |
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1. A professional may have a special duty to abide by the codes of ethics of her profession
2. Dr. Pierce's resignation was premature |
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