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A B C D E F G
Input Output Output
Bottoms Overheads
wt % kg/hr kg/hr Wt % kg/hr Wt %
Flow 100% 1.0E+04
Asphaltene
15% 1.5E+03 1.5E+03 100% 0.0E+00 0%
LG 1.0% 1.0E+02 0.0E+00 0.0% 1.0E+02 1.2%
Isooctane 84% 8.4E+03 0.0E+00 0.0% 8.4E+03 99%
Totals 1.0E+04 1.5E+03 8.5E+03
Check, Input - output Okay overall mass balance
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A B C D
Check, Input - output =IF(C18-(D18+F18)= 0, "Okay overall mass balance", "Mass balance defective")
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Options
Canons
a) Pays for
lunch
b) Baseball
tickets
c) Wine
d) Trip to
China
Hold
paramount the
safety, health
and welfare of
the public.
Does not
apply
Does not
apply
Does not
apply
Does not
apply
Perform
services only
in the area of
your
competence
Does not
apply
Does not
apply
Does not
apply
Does not
apply
Issue public
statements
only in an
objective and
truthful
manner
Does not
apply
Does not
apply
Does not
apply
Does not
apply
Act for each
employer or
client as
faithful agents
or trustees
Depends on
your
company’s
policy, which
you are
obliged to
know
Depends on
your
company’s
policy, which
you are
obliged to
know
Depends on
your
company’s
policy, which
you are
obliged to
know
Depends on
your
company’s
policy, which
you are
obliged to
know
Avoid
deceptive acts
Does not
apply
Does not
apply
Does not
apply
Does not
apply
Conduct
themselves
honorably …
Probably Yes
Probably No
Probably No
Almost
certainly no
Solution: No tension here. Do only a).
Kosky, Balmer, Keat, Wise: Exploring Engineering, Fourth Edition
your
competence
Issue public
statements
only in an
objective and
truthful
manner
Does not
apply
Does not
apply
Does not
apply
Does not
apply
Act for each
employer or
client as
faithful agents
or trustees
You must
check
company
policy to
determine
reporting
requirement
Meets canon,
but many not
be necessary-
check policy
Meets canon
Unacceptable,
as it either is,
or appears to
be, an attempt
to evade
policy
Avoid
deceptive acts
Does not
apply
Does not
apply
Does not
apply
Unacceptable
Conduct
themselves
honorably …
Dishonorable
if it violates a
policy you
agreed to
Meets canon
Meets canon
Unacceptable
Solution: Often your ethical responsibilities are cloudy. In this case, if the exhibitor is
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themselves
honorably
…
Of course this is a trick question because no one can know the future. But, for example,
should have Einstein, a lifelong pacifist, buried E = mc2 in case it led to Hiroshima? If so,
should all new developments be stopped in case they lead to undesirable results? In the
Midgley case perhaps he would have best been advised to do d) – develop new
refrigerants that would be safer.
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faithful
agents or
trustees
while
working for
previous
company
destroy
records
Avoid
deceptive
acts
Yes – is not
deceptive
Yes –is not
deceptive
No – you
are
deceiving
your
employer
No- failure
to ask
permission
Conduct
themselves
honorably
…
No-
previous
employer
probably
owns the
idea
Yes
No-
previous
employer
probably
owns the
idea
No- can’t
publish
without
permission
It’s pretty clear you have to persuade your company’s supervisors that they should
embrace your new invention (if only because someone else will discover it anyway and
your company would not profit from the disclosure by another company). Do b).
