ENGINEER 1P03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Decision-Making, Whistleblower, Lee Iacocca

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Engineering (General)
• Course: ENGINEER 1P03
• Professor: Robert Fleisig

Document Summary

Safety, health, the environment are not mentioned in the peo code of ethics. Regard the practitioner"s duty to the public welfare a paramount (it is in the code of ethics but not explicitly written) Has large fans in its car for stability because it is saying it is more sturdy (heavy) so it doesn"t blow around. Gas tank is in the crumple zone so if it got a rear impact at city speeds (50 kph), it would puncture the tank and explode. It was quite standard for the tank to be at the back. When that impact occurred, the door couldn"t be opened, so people often got burned inside. No american car with less than six cylinders. Should or should not ford compete with imports. Directive: pinto was not to weigh an ounce over 2000 pounds and not cost a cent over 2000$ . Rear differential got shredded apart by those bolts.