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Designed as a textbook for courses in ethics, this book provides the material needed to understand the accidents in which more that 700 people were killed - accidents that many believe were the result of unethical actions and inactions by individuals, organizations, and government agencies. An introduction to ethical analysis and discussions of the ethical responsibilities involved are also provided. The case study offers material for a sustained inquiry into every level of ethical responsibility reflecting the rich ethical complexity of actual events.
The DC-10 Case presents these issues through a collection of original and published articles, excerpts from official accident reports, congressional hearings, and other writing on the DC-10. The authors allow the readers to examine the ethical issues of airline safety as they actually occur, taking account of the circumstances in which they arise.
"Ethics cases are seldom treated in sufficient detail, as this one is, to bring out the difficulties individuals in complex institutional settings face. The authors do address issues peculiar to the case (the FAA response) but the importance goes well beyond the case chosen." — Robert G. Price, Pennylvania State University
Preface
Introduction
Ethical Analysis of Case Studies
John H. Fielder
HISTORY AND EARLY WARNINGS
1. Regulatory and Institutional Framework
2. High Risks, Sinking Fortunes
John Newhouse
3. Floors, Doors, Latches, and Locks
John Fielder
4. The 1970 Ground Testing Incident
Paul Eddy, Elaine Potter, and Bruce Page
5. National Transportation Safety Board Report on the Windsor Incident
6. The Applegate Memorandum
Paul Eddy, Elaine Potter, and Bruce Page
7. Fat, Dumb, and Happy: The Failure of the FAA
Paul Eddy, Elaine Potter, and Bruce Page
8. Compliance with Service Bulletin SB 52-37
9. Conclusions of the U.S. Senate Oversight Hearings and Investigation of the DC-10 Aircraft
THE 1974 PARIS CRASH
10. French Government Report on the 1974 Paris Crash
11. Engineers Who Kill: Professional Ethics and the Paramountcy of Public Safety
Kenneth Kipnis
12. Whistleblowing, Ethical Obligation, and the DC-10
Douglas Birsch
13. What is Hamlet to McDonnell Douglas or McDonnell Douglas to Hamlet?: DC-10
Peter French
Commentary
Homer Sewell
14. Statement of John C. Brizendine, President, Douglas Aircraft Company, McDonnell Douglas Corporation
THE 1979 CHICAGO CRASH
15. National Transportation Safety Board Report on the 1979 Chicago Crash
16. The DC-10: A Special Report
McDonnell Douglas
17. Two Models of Professional Responsibility
Martin Curd and Larry May
THE 1989 SIOUX CITY CRASH
18. National Transportation Safety Board Report on the 1989 Sioux City Crash
19. The 1989 Sioux City Crash
John Fielder
THE AVIATION SAFETY SYSTEM
20. Statement of Ralph Nader
21. Aviation Safety: Management Improvement Needed in FAA's Airworthiness Directive Program
22. The FAA, the Carriers, and Safety
Charles Perrow
23. International Airline Passengers Association Critique of the DC-10
24. Moral Responsibility for Engineers
Kenneth D. Alpern
Commentary
Andrew Oldenquist
Commentary
Samuel C. Florman
Selected Bibliography
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Code of Ethics
Index