The engineers are the inventor and constructor for all innovative items and consequently are dependable to the general public because of their execution. While engineers are the primary technical facilitators, they are a long way from being the sole party in the development of the items. Their obligation is imparted to administration, their employer, general society and others. Yet their aptitude places them in a remarkable position to screen activities, to distinguish hazard, and give customers and general society with the data required to settle on sensible choices. The responsibilities of engineers to the general public by and large fall under a main areas: to safeguard safety, health and welfare of the public.
For safety, health and welfare
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In other word, engineers in performing their configuration work must attempt to plan in such a path as to stay away from disappointment of the project or product. All the more vitally, they must evade cataclysmic disappointment which could bring about misfortune in property, harm to nature's turf of the client of that innovation, and perhaps damage or death toll. Through investigation and study of engineering catastrophes, the primary causes of engineering disasters are usually considered to be design flow, material failure, human factor and extreme condition or environments. Engineering work unavoidably include different sorts of dangers. Regardless of the fact that engineers did not innovate yet rather design product in the same route a seemingly endless amount of time, the possibility of creating mischief would even now exist. New hazards might be found in products, process and materials that were once thought to be protected. New machines are made and new compound combined, dependably without full learning of their long haul consequences for human or nature's domain. In order to design more secure and more dependable equipment and installations, the engineer must perceive the particular conceivable outcomes that can result in wellbeing or working issue. They should likewise figure out which of these need to be made preparations for and choose a proper blueprint.
There is a case that related to safety, health and welfare of the public which is Highland Tower in Malaysia. The case name is Steven Phoa Cheng Loon v Highland Properties Sdn Bhd (2000) which is the case arising from collapse of Highland Tower, Ampang. The decision made by the courts in Highland Tower case affirmed that engineers do bear such an obligation in the execution of engineering professional
Their health was critical in ensuring
Just earlier this very year, there was a horrible fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory where 146 workers perished. Some died from the fire and others from jumping from the windows in order to escape it. Triangle Shirtwaist has brought the plight of these poor workers to the forefront as the public takes notice of the lack of safety measures in place at not just this factory, but many similar workplaces, and demands that something be done to prevent such a tragedy from occurring again. I believe one of the first steps to creating a safer workplace is having government regulations in place that prevent the mistreatment of workers and ensure that employees can escape in case of emergency. The regulations themselves should not be just broad, but address the many issues that workers face in order to give the workers the safest and healthiest working environment possible.
They also help support the staff of doctors, nurses and technicians needed to support this
Unlike Utilitarian ethics, a consequentialist moral theory, or Kantian ethics, a moral theory based on the alignment of one’s will and one’s duty, Aristotle’s Virtues Ethics does not discuss morality of single actions but rather “what sort of person should one be? What does it mean to live a good life?” This is important for engineers to ask a similar question in their professional career, “What does it mean to be a good engineer?” because they impact society’s ability to innovate and progress technologically, while maintaining or increasing society’s quality of life. The effects engineers have has been discussed in class, including examples like the development of the lightbulb, radio, and concrete.
The company failed to ensure that the walls of the excavation be sloped or supported as required by regulation. 3. Why was it “unavailing R. Williams to argue that employees must take greater care to avoid placing themselves in harm’s way”? What role, if any, should employees’ actions have in determining liability under the OSH Act? According to our text, a claim like this misconstrues the purpose of the OSHA safety standards.
It can also aid in alerting the staff of the problem areas within the correctional facility, so official can remedy the issue. Inmates
We take forward that obligation to insure that others are treated
No federal regulation of safety and no enforcement of state or
The appeal was dismissed and it was held that s.17 was governed by the principles in Ghaidan v Godin-Mendoza [2004] UKHL 30. Also, there are other examples of cases where Godin-Mendoza’s case was applied.
Safeguarding is a part of our duty of care, our responsibility to keep service users safe, secure and free from risk of abuse or neglect. By abiding by our duty of care, acting in their best interests and considering their whole wellbeing, we are expected to ensure that we do safeguard and protect individuals under our care. Another part of our duty of care is to empower service users, to support them to make decisions (choice) for themselves and maintain their independence as much as possible. Duty of care also means we must protect an individual’s rights to safety, their own beliefs, to adequate nutrition and all of the other human rights they are legally entitled to.
1. To make sure the care and treatment can continue to be given safely no matter which staff are on duty, 24 hours a day, seven days a week 2. To record the care that has been given to the patient/client 3. To make sure there is an accurate record to be used as ‘evidence’ when there is a complaint from a patient/client about the
This case deals with risk management at an ultimate level. It definitely displays the importance of risk management and how it should be handled. Why is risk management important? One may ask such a silly question, but it needs to be addressed so that an organization can survive and prosper. We can think of risk management and best employment practices coming down to Human Resource (HR) professionals, but the management team must also take part in striving to abide by all the laws.
In utilitarian and Kantian view of ethics, such virtuous values are not taken into consideration. This short paper suggests how future engineers should apply the virtues and excellences in their fields and why virtuous engineers are more likely to contribute to society and make it better. In Aristotle’s view, virtue(arête) is defined as an essential factor to achieve happiness of an individual, while happiness(eudaimonia) is defined as an ultimate objective of human-being. Aristotle insisted that the order of priority may decide whether one’s goal should be considered as a means or the goal itself.
In the said case, the counsel for the appellants tried to argue before the Court of Appeal that the decision in the case Rama Chandran v The Industrial Court of Malaysia & Anor was wrong. Because the court was heard in the Federal Court, the Court of Appeal disagreed. It was also