In this episode, we discuss the basics of engineering ethics as well as three ethical case studies within research, medical studies, and civil engineering. The specific case studies we discuss are Henrietta Lacks and HeLa Cells, the Tacoma Narrows First Suspension Bridge, and the Tuskegee Syphilis Study. 

Sources used:

1. https://www.nspe.org/sites/default/files/resources/pdfs/091814EthicsWebinar.pdf

2.  https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/henriettalacks/

3. https://media.nature.com/original/magazine-assets/d41586-020-02494-z/d41586-020-02494-z.pdf

4. https://www.cdc.gov/tuskegee/timeline.htm

5. https://www.tuskegee.edu/about-us/centers-of-excellence/bioethics-center/about-the-usphs-syphilis-study

6. https://www.history.com/news/the-infamous-40-year-tuskegee-study

7. https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/history/40-years-human-experimentation-america-tuskegee-study

8. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4568718/

9. https://www.cato.org/publications/policy-analysis/stingray-new-frontier-police-surveillance

10. https://www.aclu.org/issues/privacy-technology/surveillance-technologies/stingray-tracking-devices-whos-got-them

11. https://psychnews.psychiatryonline.org/doi/full/10.1176/pn.46.12.psychnews_46_12_16_2

12. https://www.simscale.com/blog/2018/07/tacoma-narrows-bridge-collapse/

13. https://www.wsdot.wa.gov/TNBhistory/Machine/machine3.htm

14. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/tacoma-narrows-bridge-collapses