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<ed 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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