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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

Almost

certainly no

Solution: No tension here. Do only a).

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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

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

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–

probably

owns the

idea

Yes

No–

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).