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| PointyDC |
| Ugh, after 3 weeks of partying, drinking, puffing and generally doing jack, school's on Monday. I'm havin a go at some homework due back first day, but god damn.. i just cant concentrate!!! Hahahah. All i'll say is, good luck to those going back to school/uni this week, or in the next little while :) |
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| Bedrock |
| yeah big good luck goin out to the aussie ta's doing their HSC or TEE or whatever! |
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| DJ Dowlz |
OMG, this just reminded me that I have a 2,500 word essay due in on Tuesday!!! If anybody knows anything about the ethics of whistle-blowing please help me!
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P.S. Good luck to all of those Year 12 TAs out there. |
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| PointyDC |
| quote: | Originally posted by DJ Dowlz
...the ethics of whistle-blowing please help me!
:( :nervous: :( :nervous: :(
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You must be ting me no?... if not, good luck bro!! heheheh :) |
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| DJ Dowlz |
| quote: | Originally posted by PointyDC
You must be ting me no?... if not, good luck bro!! heheheh :) |
I wish I was!!!
Dan Applegate was a senior engineer with Convair, subcontractors for the design and building of the McDonnell-Douglas DC-10 aircraft. In 1972, Applegate voiced his concerns to management about potential design faults in the aircraft’s cargo doors. In his view, the aircraft’s cargo doors could potentially open mid-flight. Should this occur, there would be instantaneous depressurisation of the cargo area. It follows that the passenger cabin, which lay just above, would buckle under the pressure. He believed that if this were to happen, the plane’s essential control lines would be cut and the pilot’s control of the aircraft lost. A potentially fatal crash would seem immanent. Management however, believed that his proposed changes would be too costly to implement and so the necessary changes were never made. Applegate never “blew the whistle” and in 1974, a DC10 aircraft crashed on the outskirts of Paris, killing all 346 people onboard. It was later ascertained that the crash was due to the same technical fault Applegate had foreseen two years prior to that tragic day. (Grace 1998:148)
This essay will examine the ethical issues faced by workers just like Dan Applegate – employees who are placed in a position in which the knowledge of illegal or unethical company activity becomes known to them. Firstly it will examine the definition of whistle blowing...
Get the picture? I really need to reword that. It doesn't flow well. |
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| SQ-K |
Here's a slightly reworded intro; runs a little better (hopefully)...
This essay will examine the ethical issues faced by workers just like Dan Applegate -– employees who are placed in a position whereby illegal or unethical company activity becomes known to them. Firstly the definition of whistle blowing will be examined...
What uni are you at, DJ Dowlz? If your library has access to the ProQuest or LexisNexis electronic databases, use those. They're a goldmine of journal and newspaper articles.
I'm a 4th year management student, so I know a little bit about this sorta thing :) I did fairly well in ethics, so PM me for any help. |
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| Wasted_Space |
2500? On Tuesday? Pfft.
Try writing a 3000 word company law essay the night before its due, then finishing it off on the day its due. Now that takes talent. |
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| DJ Dowlz |
| Thanx SQ-K for the changes! I've actually got quite a number of photocopied chapters from ethics books, so research ain't a problem. But thanks for the advice about ProQuest etc. It's a pity I'm not actually in Adelaide atm so I can't access the library. But oh well. Professional Ethics is only an elective subject for me (I'm studying 2nd year med). |
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| webmeister |
muahaha
i crammed a semester's worth of research into a 3,000 word feature article - all in the one night :D
started my research about 9pm the night before it was due...
and speaking of braindead....tequila shots rule urrgh
too much alkeyhole :D |
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| JoeCool |
fark you eh!
wheres my tequila.... :( |
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| hey cheggy |
| Dolwz, you could include something about the Spaceshuttle that blew up as well. It kind of relates, except the whistle blower was supressed until, cabam, bye bye space shuttle. |
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| DJ Dowlz |
| quote: | Originally posted by hey cheggy
Dolwz, you could include something about the Spaceshuttle that blew up as well. It kind of relates, except the whistle blower was supressed until, cabam, bye bye space shuttle. |
Yah I read about that. Similiar story to the above. A guy in the engineering firm said you shouldn't launch it at low temperatures, his manager didn't pass it on, NASA did the launch and then they had the "slight technical problem". |
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