Chapter 15
Objective and Truthful Manner
Matt Johnson
Jeff Marsh
Joey Luen
Dave Gostomski Kyle Niblo
Sunday, September 15
• Chris is sitting in his yard when he hears
the phone ring, it’s Sarah
• Sarah tells Chris he is right about the
overhang and tells him to put on CNN
• A reporter is standing in front of a pile of
rubble and announces that there are four
definite fatalities and at least 20 hurt
• The reporter continues to say that there is
no evidence of foul play and the collapse
may be due to a construction error
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The reporter then talks with the governor
who solemnly swears to bring the culprit
of this disaster to justice
Then, the reporter talks with a structural
engineering expert that looks as though
he just graduated from engineering school
The engineer is prodded by the reporter
and eventually says there must have been
a mistake somewhere
He then states that if the contractor is not
at fault then the design must have been
wrong
• The reporter explains that Pines
Engineering did the design and asks the
young engineer his opinion of the
company to which the engineer responds
“OK”
• The reporter asks him to explain why
Pines Engineering is only OK and he says
that he heard foremen on another job
talking about how Pines messed up a
design
• The reporter then sums up the interview
by saying that although why the building
collapsed is undetermined, Pines
Engineering seems to be at fault because
of a shoddy history
Ethical Issues
• According to the Code of Ethics, it is
unethical to speak badly of fellow
engineers
• The Engineer that was interviewed should
not have spoken to the media about the
situation in the manner that he did