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The Price of Engineering Ethics, a Personal Story
Robert A. Leishear
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DOI:10.17265/2159-5313/2024.01.004
Leishear Engineering, LLC, Aiken, USA
There are costs for doing the right thing, but regret is not one of those costs. I learned this lesson the hard way throughout a 42-year engineering career. As a young engineer, raising a family, I was more adaptable to management mandates, i.e., I was more willing to be unethical to keep my job to make money and have health insurance for my family. As I grew in age, experience, and stamina, I was less adaptable, i.e., I was more ethical. This article tells this story through events at various times in my engineering career. Ethics define how we do the right thing.
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