Write Memos Far up the Corporate Ladder
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Question:
The bench tests showed that temperature can adversely affect the resiliency, and therefore the effectiveness, of the O-rings, yet management at Thiokol and NASA shows no interest in planning a design change. What general courses of action are reasonable for an engineer in this sort of situation?
Answer: Write memos far up the corporate ladder.
What would you say?
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"Write Memos Far up the Corporate Ladder"
Online Ethics Center for Engineering
5/21/2006
National Academy of Engineering
Accessed: Thursday, February 09, 2012
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