Braudy Dinner Workshop on Navigating Ethical Decision-Making in Business, Engineering, and Law

Braudy Workshop on Navigating Ethical Decision-Making in Engineering, Law, and Business

As recent events have highlighted, the intersection of business, law, and engineering is a crucial nexus where the stakes can be very high, and consequences can be stark.  From the recent case of Knight Capital, where a software glitch that ran for an hour cost an investment firm $440 Million, pushing it to near bankruptcy and affecting the greater stock market, to the high profile Apple-Samsung contest over willful violation of patents, it is evident that technical project management today requires not only the ability to converse in the worlds of business, law, and engineering, but also ethical consideration of such decision-making.

The Bovay Program in History and Ethics of Engineering hosts a workshop each year funded Dr. Robert and Judi Braudy (B.S. ’65, M. Eng. ’66 Cornell) that brings together students from Johnson, the Law School, and the Engineering College (Master of Engineering students) as well as faculty from the three schools around the topic of Ethics in Engineering Management.  The workshop is an opportunity for students from the three schools to interact with each other and experience the intertwining the three perspectives that are at the heart of technical project management.  In the past, students have enjoyed the close interaction with faculty from all of the schools as well as with the other students.  Dr. Robert and Judi Braudy themselves participate in the workshop.  Last year, students discussed the infamous Ford Pinto case. This year participants will compare the Pinto Case, the Toyota Prius acceleration case, and the recent GM ignition switch case and ask questions about the auto recall process as a whole. Facilitators will provide students and faculty with information about the cases , so no advanced preparation is required.  Our overriding question will be how is it that decision making led to very similar issues with the Pinto and the GM ignition switch forty years apart?

Dinner will be provided for all participants.

A goal of the workshop is to foster cross-communication and networking between Engineering, Business, and Law students.  Don't miss this terrific opportunity to meet people outside of Sage!

This is the sixth year the workshop has been held.  Johnson students who have participated in the past have expressed appreciation for the opportunity to interact with students from different disciplines as well as with faculty from the different schools and colleges.

Special Registration Note:
Please note that because slots are limited and dinner is being provided, if you sign up for the workshop, you must attend.

Graduation Credit:
All Johnson students are eligible to use up to 1.5 credit hours from Leadership Skills Program and/or Managerial Skills Program workshops toward the MBA degree credit-hour requirements. Johnson students who attend this workshop will receive 0.1 LSP credits.