Risk, Tradeoffs, and Informed Consent: "The Hundred-Year Flood"
Educational ResourceAuthor:Wujek, Joseph H.
Abstract:
An oil refining company considers building a refinery on a flood plain. Periodic huge floods raise issues regarding whether worker housing should be built there and, if so, what types of housing would be most appropriate, according to numerical calculations of the frequency of severe flooding and of damages.
Suitable for courses in construction, project management, engineering economics, and general engineering introductory, levels 1-4.
Keywords:
Ethics and Society, Public Health and Safety, Public Well-being, Research and Practice, Risk, Safety, Social Justice, Sustainability
Ethics and Society, Public Health and Safety, Public Well-being, Research and Practice, Risk, Safety, Social Justice, Sustainability
Rights:
All rights reserved (no additional license for public reuse)
All rights reserved (no additional license for public reuse)
Language:
English
English
Publisher:
Online Ethics Center
Online Ethics Center
Published Date:
2006
2006
Related Links:
https://onlineethics.org/cases/numerical-design-problems-ethical-content/risk-tradeoffs-and-informed-consent-hundred-year
Notes:
Case Study / Scenario|Technical / Numerical Case
