Engineers have skills, knowledge, and perspectives that can improve public decision making. For exam- ple, serving on municipal assemblies and school boards involves decisions on roads and schools. Often the public role is a part-time one, and engineers who accept such assignments will also have full-time jobs as employees or owners of engineering ?rms.

(a) What are some of the ethical issues that can arise from con?icts between the public- and private- sector roles?

(b) What guidelines for process or outcomes are there in your hometown?

(c) Summarize and analyze an example from the news.