Engineering Ethics - EGAD Practice by Kai Zhuang https://padlet.com/kai267/4yb68wd4jvi9hvj4 en-us 2023-05-17 20:28:38 UTC 2023-05-24 23:26:38 UTC hello@padlet.com You are a professional engineer employed by the Ministry of Environment and Energy (MOEE), who has recently inherited your family's construction business. kai267 https://padlet.com/kai267/4yb68wd4jvi9hvj4/wish/2595239316 2023-05-17 20:30:45 UTC https://padlet.com/kai267/4yb68wd4jvi9hvj4/wish/2595239316 Although you were never involved (previously) in the business in any way, you are aware that it has contracted work from the MOEE from time to time in the past. kai267 https://padlet.com/kai267/4yb68wd4jvi9hvj4/wish/2595239412 2023-05-17 20:30:53 UTC https://padlet.com/kai267/4yb68wd4jvi9hvj4/wish/2595239412 In order to qualify for a significant early-retirement entitlement, you must continue your employment with MOEE for another four years. kai267 https://padlet.com/kai267/4yb68wd4jvi9hvj4/wish/2595239508 2023-05-17 20:31:01 UTC https://padlet.com/kai267/4yb68wd4jvi9hvj4/wish/2595239508 However, there is also an immediate need for you to take over operation of the family business. kai267 https://padlet.com/kai267/4yb68wd4jvi9hvj4/wish/2595240048 2023-05-17 20:31:54 UTC https://padlet.com/kai267/4yb68wd4jvi9hvj4/wish/2595240048 Fam's business vs your employer https://padlet.com/kai267/4yb68wd4jvi9hvj4/wish/2603865582 77.1 loyalty to employer issue, Need to avoid CoI 77.3]]> 2023-05-24 23:11:56 UTC https://padlet.com/kai267/4yb68wd4jvi9hvj4/wish/2603865582 marui1 https://padlet.com/kai267/4yb68wd4jvi9hvj4/wish/2603866921 Maybe get a relative or someone close and trustworthy to take over for a while and tell them to keep you updated from time to time about the business and help when needed the most.

]]> 2023-05-24 23:14:24 UTC https://padlet.com/kai267/4yb68wd4jvi9hvj4/wish/2603866921 https://padlet.com/kai267/4yb68wd4jvi9hvj4/wish/2603866940 Take over the family business while working for MOEE, but allow someone else to run operations for the family business while you oversee their work. Ensure that MOEE is informed of this.]]> 2023-05-24 23:14:26 UTC https://padlet.com/kai267/4yb68wd4jvi9hvj4/wish/2603866940 You may not know how to safely operate a engineering business failing in section 72 b) https://padlet.com/kai267/4yb68wd4jvi9hvj4/wish/2603867045 2023-05-24 23:14:37 UTC https://padlet.com/kai267/4yb68wd4jvi9hvj4/wish/2603867045 https://padlet.com/kai267/4yb68wd4jvi9hvj4/wish/2603867438 Hire someone on contract ]]> 2023-05-24 23:15:19 UTC https://padlet.com/kai267/4yb68wd4jvi9hvj4/wish/2603867438 72-2-e https://padlet.com/kai267/4yb68wd4jvi9hvj4/wish/2603867492 Basically being unprepared for the job]]> 2023-05-24 23:15:23 UTC https://padlet.com/kai267/4yb68wd4jvi9hvj4/wish/2603867492 Sell the business, retire early. https://padlet.com/kai267/4yb68wd4jvi9hvj4/wish/2603867523 2023-05-24 23:15:27 UTC https://padlet.com/kai267/4yb68wd4jvi9hvj4/wish/2603867523 https://padlet.com/kai267/4yb68wd4jvi9hvj4/wish/2603867710 You are asked to take over your family business, yet you do not have any experience with it. You also work in the MOEE and have greater experience there. Your family's company has contracted from from the MOEE before

]]> 2023-05-24 23:15:51 UTC https://padlet.com/kai267/4yb68wd4jvi9hvj4/wish/2603867710 You got the best of both worlds https://padlet.com/kai267/4yb68wd4jvi9hvj4/wish/2603867855 Try to do two jobs and moonlight the operations until you can give a reasonable replacement to your family's business]]> 2023-05-24 23:16:02 UTC https://padlet.com/kai267/4yb68wd4jvi9hvj4/wish/2603867855 During my employment of 4 years, find ways to take back the business from MOEE https://padlet.com/kai267/4yb68wd4jvi9hvj4/wish/2603868160 2023-05-24 23:16:27 UTC https://padlet.com/kai267/4yb68wd4jvi9hvj4/wish/2603868160 https://padlet.com/kai267/4yb68wd4jvi9hvj4/wish/2603868207 Confidentiality and Data Protection: don’t provide information from MOEE to your family business]]> 2023-05-24 23:16:33 UTC https://padlet.com/kai267/4yb68wd4jvi9hvj4/wish/2603868207 https://padlet.com/kai267/4yb68wd4jvi9hvj4/wish/2603868377 Hire a family relative to run the business while continuing work for MOEE]]> 2023-05-24 23:16:44 UTC https://padlet.com/kai267/4yb68wd4jvi9hvj4/wish/2603868377 Seek someone to aid in the family business until you can obtain the required training to safely operate it. https://padlet.com/kai267/4yb68wd4jvi9hvj4/wish/2603868535 2023-05-24 23:17:04 UTC https://padlet.com/kai267/4yb68wd4jvi9hvj4/wish/2603868535 https://padlet.com/kai267/4yb68wd4jvi9hvj4/wish/2603868640 Hire someone within or who has similar experience with your family's business to operate it; in that sense, the hired person would be a 'proxy'.]]> 2023-05-24 23:17:17 UTC https://padlet.com/kai267/4yb68wd4jvi9hvj4/wish/2603868640 Outsource my job to a developing country that has necessary skills for the family business and remain employed with MOEE for physiological security https://padlet.com/kai267/4yb68wd4jvi9hvj4/wish/2603869043 2023-05-24 23:18:03 UTC https://padlet.com/kai267/4yb68wd4jvi9hvj4/wish/2603869043 Family rights vs Employer https://padlet.com/kai267/4yb68wd4jvi9hvj4/wish/2603869066 2023-05-24 23:18:05 UTC https://padlet.com/kai267/4yb68wd4jvi9hvj4/wish/2603869066 https://padlet.com/kai267/4yb68wd4jvi9hvj4/wish/2603869216 77.1 - May be a violation of personal honour to not take over your family business and may be a violation of professional integrity since this would leave the workers in your construction company unemployed.]]> 2023-05-24 23:18:20 UTC https://padlet.com/kai267/4yb68wd4jvi9hvj4/wish/2603869216 https://padlet.com/kai267/4yb68wd4jvi9hvj4/wish/2603869282 Negotiate a flexible working schedule so that you can manage you family business while working (or get a temporary manager until you can run it)]]> 2023-05-24 23:18:26 UTC https://padlet.com/kai267/4yb68wd4jvi9hvj4/wish/2603869282 72.2.i.4 "failure to make prompt, voluntary and complete disclosure of an interest, direct or indirect, that might in any way be, or be construed as, prejudicial to the professional judgment of the practitioner inrendering service to the public, to an employer or to a client, and in particular, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, carrying out any of the following acts without making such a prior disclosure:" https://padlet.com/kai267/4yb68wd4jvi9hvj4/wish/2603869343 not being dedicated to engineering employer and conflict of interest]]> 2023-05-24 23:18:31 UTC https://padlet.com/kai267/4yb68wd4jvi9hvj4/wish/2603869343 Resign from MOEE and run fam's business https://padlet.com/kai267/4yb68wd4jvi9hvj4/wish/2603869384 Sacrifice early retirement]]> 2023-05-24 23:18:35 UTC https://padlet.com/kai267/4yb68wd4jvi9hvj4/wish/2603869384 77-8 https://padlet.com/kai267/4yb68wd4jvi9hvj4/wish/2603869488 "A practitioner shall maintain the honour and integrity of the practitioner’s profession and without fear or favour " 

Without honour and can be considered as "favouritism".]]> 2023-05-24 23:18:47 UTC https://padlet.com/kai267/4yb68wd4jvi9hvj4/wish/2603869488 You are cooperating with the MOEE and fulfilling your agreement while ensuring that you are not operating a business unsafely. Considering what is right for your employees and customers. https://padlet.com/kai267/4yb68wd4jvi9hvj4/wish/2603869526 2023-05-24 23:18:52 UTC https://padlet.com/kai267/4yb68wd4jvi9hvj4/wish/2603869526 Take responsibility and negotiate with MOEE to plead your situation to them, and inform them of the commitment you have to your family's legacy https://padlet.com/kai267/4yb68wd4jvi9hvj4/wish/2603869543 2023-05-24 23:18:55 UTC https://padlet.com/kai267/4yb68wd4jvi9hvj4/wish/2603869543 https://padlet.com/kai267/4yb68wd4jvi9hvj4/wish/2603869889 77.1 says that the practitioner must act in terms of knowledge and developments in the area of PE services.

]]> 2023-05-24 23:19:33 UTC https://padlet.com/kai267/4yb68wd4jvi9hvj4/wish/2603869889 https://padlet.com/kai267/4yb68wd4jvi9hvj4/wish/2603869940 Hire someone suitable to take care of the family business until you are able to qualify for early-retirement while maintaining ownership of the construction company.]]> 2023-05-24 23:19:39 UTC https://padlet.com/kai267/4yb68wd4jvi9hvj4/wish/2603869940 May find the best person to run the company as the CEO, could work on salary or maybe contract. When you are ready, you can take over the position. https://padlet.com/kai267/4yb68wd4jvi9hvj4/wish/2603870282 2023-05-24 23:20:17 UTC https://padlet.com/kai267/4yb68wd4jvi9hvj4/wish/2603870282 Accept the family business https://padlet.com/kai267/4yb68wd4jvi9hvj4/wish/2603870436 But still hire people that has more experience and can help you grow the business.

]]> 2023-05-24 23:20:32 UTC https://padlet.com/kai267/4yb68wd4jvi9hvj4/wish/2603870436 https://padlet.com/kai267/4yb68wd4jvi9hvj4/wish/2603870972 You are required to have fairness and transparency with MOEE when negotiating a more flexible work schedule to make sure you aren’t having any conflict of interest and make sure you are communicating clearly with everyone.
Also will be required to have a really good time management to work and manage a business ]]> 2023-05-24 23:21:35 UTC https://padlet.com/kai267/4yb68wd4jvi9hvj4/wish/2603870972 Resigning from MOEE avoids violating 77.3 and 77.4 (CoI) https://padlet.com/kai267/4yb68wd4jvi9hvj4/wish/2603871398 2023-05-24 23:22:17 UTC https://padlet.com/kai267/4yb68wd4jvi9hvj4/wish/2603871398 https://padlet.com/kai267/4yb68wd4jvi9hvj4/wish/2603871481 Negotiate with MOEE to have a flexible working schedule and run your family business to the best of your ability (will be tough few years but it will pass) ]]> 2023-05-24 23:22:26 UTC https://padlet.com/kai267/4yb68wd4jvi9hvj4/wish/2603871481 You are fulfilling your employment period with MOEE in order to qualify for early retirement but also gaining the necessary skills required to take back the company https://padlet.com/kai267/4yb68wd4jvi9hvj4/wish/2603871667 2023-05-24 23:22:47 UTC https://padlet.com/kai267/4yb68wd4jvi9hvj4/wish/2603871667 72-5 https://padlet.com/kai267/4yb68wd4jvi9hvj4/wish/2603871709 He might not be competent enough in project management, thus if he takes the job, he might be putting people's lives at risk]]> 2023-05-24 23:22:52 UTC https://padlet.com/kai267/4yb68wd4jvi9hvj4/wish/2603871709 77-3 https://padlet.com/kai267/4yb68wd4jvi9hvj4/wish/2603872126 "avoid or disclose a
conflict of interest that might influence the practitioner’s actions or judgment." 

Hiring a more experienced to the job will not only help the company but also help me gain years of experiences that they accumulated that can be shared with me.]]> 2023-05-24 23:23:33 UTC https://padlet.com/kai267/4yb68wd4jvi9hvj4/wish/2603872126 Selling fam's business or getting someone else to take over avoids violating 77.3 and 77.4 (CoI) https://padlet.com/kai267/4yb68wd4jvi9hvj4/wish/2603872227 2023-05-24 23:23:44 UTC https://padlet.com/kai267/4yb68wd4jvi9hvj4/wish/2603872227