Repeat Example 1.3 using the NSPE Code of Engineering Ethics. Solve using the Engineering Ethics Matrix.

Example 1.3

The following scenario is a common situation faced by engineering students. Read it and discuss how you would respond. What are your ethical responsibilities?
You and your roommate are both enrolled in the same engineering class. Your roommate spent the weekend partying and did not do the homework that is due on Monday. You did the homework, and your roommate asks to see it. You are afraid he or she will just copy it and turn it in as his or her own work. What are you ethically obligated to do?

a. Show your roommate the homework.

b. Show the homework but ask your roommate not to copy it.

c. Show the homework and tell the roommate that if the homework is copied, you will tell the professor.

d. Refuse to show the homework.

e. Refuse to show the homework but offer to spend time tutoring the roommate.