Ethics Presentation Aberdeen

7/25/2019 Ethics Presentation Aberdeen

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Case Study: The AberdeenThree

Professional Ethics

Presented By,

N Praveen Devaraajan


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What is Aberdeen

The Aberdeen Provin! "roundO U.S. army facility located in Aberdeen, Maryland

O Established October 20th,1917 ( months after the U.S. enter !!1"O Oldest acti#e $ro#in% %ro&nd

#$rovin! !round%O Military reser#ation 'here

'ea$ons and other militarytechnolo%y are tested

O ncl&din% military tactics


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&ther Active '(S( Provin! "rounds

Du!)ay P("( *+-+.Present/O Salt )a*e +ity, Utah (122 s-.miles"

0ort Belvoir *++1.Present/O airfa/ +o&nty, ir%inia (1 s-.miles"

2u3a P( "( *+-1. Present/O Sonoran 3esert, Ari4ona (1,07 s-.miles"


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4ore '(S( Provin! "rounds

5e6erson P("( *+-7.+8/O Madison, ndiana (152 s-.miles"

Sandy 9oo P("( *+;1-.++/O Atlantic +oast of 6e' ersey

O 8e$laced by Aberdeen

Paci


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Che3ical Testin! at Aberdeen

Warfare A!entsO Anticholinesterase ner#e a%ents

O 6er#e A%ent Antidotes (Atro$ine : Sco$olamine"

O 6er#e A%ent 8e;acti#ators (O antidote 2;AM +hloride"

O M&stard A%ents

O sychoacti#e a%ents ()S3, +, cannaboids,


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The #Aberdeen ?% Case

The SituationO 3isre%ard for safety, stora%e, and dis$osal of chemicals by

chemical en%ineers that res&lted in the dischar%e of ha4ardo&schemicals into the $&blic en#ironments s&rro&nd the Aberdeenro#in% >ro&nds from 19;19.

Se$te3ber +1th, +;8O S&lf&r Acid tan* lea*s 200 %allons into nearby ri#er.

O n#esti%ators disco#ered chemical retainin% di*es to be corrodedand lea*in% chemicals into the %ro&nd.


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Previous @ns$ection iolations

O lammable and cancer;ca&sin% s&bstances left in the o$en

O +hemicals that become lethal if mi/ed *e$t in the same room

O )ea*in% dr&ms of to/ic s&bstances

O 6&mero&s dr&ms of chemicals mis$laced and &nlabeled

O Smashed chemical dr&ms and s$illed 'astes


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The Three

Willia3 DeeO 3e#elo$ed binary chemical 'ea$ons and led the chemical

'ea$ons de#elo$mental team.

obert ent

O n char%e of de#elo$in% $rocesses &sed to man&fact&rechemical 'ea$ons.

Carl "e$$

O Mana%er at $ilot $lant.

Conviction

O Each char%ed 'ith 5 co&nts of #iolatin% the 8eso&rce +onser#ationand 8eco#ery Act (8+8A"

O aced &$ to 1 years in $rison : ?70,000 in fines

O Sentenced to years $robation : 1000 ho&rs comm&nity ser#ice


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esource Conservation ecovery Act

O

assed by +on%ress in 197 (9 years before incident"

O ro#ided technical and financial

assistance for the $lans andfacilities &sed to reco#er ener%yand other reso&rces fromdiscarded materials.

O m$lemented criminal fines for #iolations of the o$en d&m$in% orha4ardo&s 'aste dis$osal %&idelines.


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Fey Ethical Princi$les

The Social ContractO En%ineers m&st al'ays be a'are of their obli%ation to $rotect the

$&blic 'elfare.

O @he $&blic has $ro#ided en%ineers, thro&%h ta/es a means to aned&cation, and thro&%h le%islation the ability to license andre%&late themsel#es.

es$onsibility to subordinates

O Em$loyees 'or*in% &nder conditions

O 3ealin% 'ith &n*no'n chemicals


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9o) could this incident have

been avoided eGuest for Ar3y Clean.'$ 0unds

follo)in! initial violations(

0unds )ould not have ca3efro3 the en!ineersH bud!etand )ould have been $aidfully by the ar3y(


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What other actions could be

taen Better 3ana!e3ent of the haardous3aterial identi


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What other actions could be

taen Pro$er dis$osal treat3ent and stora!e ofche3icals( Better co33unication )ith

those $hysically res$onsiblefor handlin! the che3icals(

&bli!ation to let su$eriorsno) that the che3icals )erenot bein! handled $ro$erly(


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Ethical @ssues )ith

B@TP&4AC2 4ain! sure it as an accurate re$resentation of history( All countries are re$resented correctly(

'sin! ideas of other rival !a3e

creators(


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What ste$s can WE tae

@t )ill be run eIciently on the &$eratin! Syste3s$eci


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