Jan/Feb 2012

ON ETHICS
Financial Shenanigans

If an engineer discovers that his firm's owner is asking clients to transfer payments from the financially struggling firm to a new company that he recently created, what are the engineer's ethical obligations?

Think you know the answer? Then you'll want to take part in NSPE's 2012 Milton F. Lunch Ethics Contest and have a chance to win $1,000. Current NSPE members can participate through their NSPE state societies and NSPE chapters (including student chapters).

Contestants, who may work in teams, are asked to review the facts of the case and develop a discussion and conclusion following the format of the NSPE Board of Ethical Review. All entries must be 750 words or fewer and received by April 13, 2012.

Entries will be judged on quality of form and presentation, demonstration of the ethical implications of the case, and comprehensive analysis of the case and arguments supporting the conclusions.

The contest is in memory of Milton Lunch, NSPE's general counsel from the 1940s to the 1980s. Lunch was instrumental in establishing the NSPE Board of Ethical Review and developing the NSPE Code of Ethics.

Information about the 2012 Milton F. Lunch Ethics Contest can be found at www.nspe. org/Ethics.