Question: Question 3: Abdul Rahman is an engineer working in the quality control department at a computer chip plant. Abdul Rahman's subordinate generally identifies defective production

Question 3: Abdul Rahman is an engineer working in the quality control department at a computer chip plant. Abdul Rahman's subordinate generally identifies defective production rate in manufactured chips at a rate of 1 in 150. The general industry practice is for defective chips to be repaired or destroyed. David, Abdul Rahman's superior, recently announced that defective chips are to be destroyed because it is more expensive to repair a defective chip than it is to make a new chip. Abdul Rahman proceeds on the basis of David's instructions. A few months later, David informs Abdul Rahman that his quality control staff is rejecting too many chips, which is having an effect on overall plant output and ultimately company profitability. David advises Abdul Rahman's staff to allow a higher percentage of chips to pass through quality control. David notes that in the end, these issues can be best handled under the company's warranty policy under which the company agrees to replace defective chips based upon customer complaints. However, Abdul Rahman objected to this practice and refused to go along, and as a result he was transferred to another department and replaced with incompetence new staff, Halid. Halid is a person that follow all David's instruction without considering rules, regulations and specification. If you are under Abdul Rahman's situation, write a report in 1000-1500 words on his ethical obligation under the circumstances and justify your answer in terms of engineering ethics and all relevant rules and regulation under Engineers Act to support your argument together with statistical data. [30 marks]
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