- Aria Builds Engines For Newly Designed Aircraft Aria Recently Signed A Contract With Aircraft Manufacturer Bocha To Sup 1 (93.24 KiB) Viewed 34 times
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Aria builds engines for newly designed aircraft. Aria recently signed a contract with aircraft manufacturer Bocha to supply Bocha with a guarantee that the engine will produce 50 Megawatts of power. In addition to supplying the engine, Aria is also responsible for providing technical advice and on-site support during engine start-up, testing and commissioning. In addition, Bocha hired another independent component manufacturer, Calaris, to build other engine-related subsystems and to install the engine provided by Aria. Three months later, Calaris installed the engine and is now ready for testing to ensure the engine is functioning properly with the rest of the aircraft and producing the specified power. Aria sent Andy, an experienced engineering professional, to the site to witness the test and provide technical advice to Calaris. On site, Andy discovered that many Calaris workers were working in an unsafe manner without hard hats, goggles or safety shoes. In fact, Andy realized that Calaris didn't have any safety procedures for its own employees. Additionally, while Calaris was testing, Andy noticed that Calaris staff didn't fully follow the official testing procedures established for the project. According to their test procedure, the engine achieved a guaranteed power of 50 MW. In reality, however, the engine only produced 48 Megawatts. Andy realized that if they had tested it correctly, the power output of the engine would have been reduced. Andy worries that under the contract, Aria will need to compensate Bocha financially for the lack of output power. Andy didn't tell anyone about the problems with the test program, and no one noticed them.
1. In this context, what is Andy's professional misconduct? 2. Given that the unsafe practices involve the work of Calaris workers, not his own company's Aria, what are Andy's responsibilities regarding the potential danger to Calaris workers? 3. Comments on Andy's obligations regarding the test procedure and the engine's failure to operate at guaranteed power. 4. Would your answers to questions 1 to 3 above change if it were the case that the engine was producing 50 Megawatts of guaranteed power, but it actually produced 51 megawatts due to the correct testing by Calaris workers? Please explain why.