# Professionalism
## Table of Contents

* Foreword

### Biomedical Engineering

* HeLa Cells and Timeless Ethics
* Fishbein and the NIH
* Matthias Rath and Cellular Medicine
* Frances Oldham Kelsey and Thalidomide
* The Guatemala Syphilis Experiment
* Peter Buxtun and the Tuskegee Syphilis Study
* Purdue Pharma and OxyContin
* David Franklin, Parke-Davis, and Neurontin
* Vioxx: Merck and the FDA
* Love Canal, New York
* Kenneth Kendrick and Peanuts
* Peter Rost and Pfizer
* Resistance to Polio Vaccination in Northern Nigeria
* Kunal Saha and the World Bank
* Hwang Woo-suk and Stem Cells
* Eli Lilly and Zyprexa
* Kit Foshee and Beef Product Incorporated
* Andrew Wakefield and the MMR Vaccine
* Medical Ghostwriting
* Conrad Gorinsky, the Wapishana, and Biopiracy
* Victoria Hampshire and Lester Crawford
* Luk Van Parijs and Data Fabrication
* Martin Shkreli, Turing Pharmaceuticals, and Daraprim
* Metal-on-Metal Hip Implants
* Tyler Shultz, Elizabeth Holmes, and Theranos
* The FDA Nine
* April Evans and NASA
* Krebiozen
* Jonathan Lundgren and USDA
* Martin Keller, SmithKline Beecham, and Study 329
* Fen-Phen and American Home Products
* The Disneyland Measles Outbreak of 2014-2015
* Rhona Applebaum, Coca-Cola, and Health Research
* Yoshitaka Fujii and Medical Research Fraud
* Shiv Chopra and Livestock
* Medicine, AI, and Professional Discretion
* Stanley Pons, Martin Fleischmann, and Cold Fusion
* Dr Daniel Merenstein, Medical Screening, and Professional Discretion
* Vicky Phelan, Grainne Flanelly, David Gibbons, and Cervical Check
* PIP
* He Jiankui and Designer Babies
* Insulin: The Deadly Price

### Chemical Engineering

* Union Carbide and Bhopal
* Myron Mehlman and Mobil Corporation
* Times Beach, Missouri
* Frederic Whitehurst and the FBI
* Jeffrey Wigand and Brown & Williamson
* Deborah Rice and the American Chemistry Council
* Mark Whitacre and Archer Daniels Midland
* Manjunath Shanmughan and the Indian Oil Corporation
* BP Texas City Refinery Explosion
* Mectizan Donation Program
* Freedom Industries and the Elk River
* PEPCON Ammonium Perchlorate Plant Explosion
* The Valero Refinery Fire
* Gepp, Dee, and Lentz, and the leak at Aberdeen Proving Ground
* The Case of Marlene Garcia-Esperat
* Greenpeace, Donors Trust, and climate change research
* Lenny Bernstein, Exxon, and Climate Change
* Raymond Orbach, Charles Groat, and Fracking Research
* Tianjin Chemical Storage Explosions
* Arthur Galston and Agent Orange
* Toxic Gas Releases at Honeywell’s Baton Rouge Refrigerant Plant
* Mona Hanna-Attisha and Lead Exposure in Flint, Michigan
* DuPont, C8, and Parkersburg, West Virginia
* Thomas Midgely Jr. and the Rise and Fall of Tetraethyl Lead
* Port of Beirut Chemical Explosion

### Civil Engineering

* Boston's Big Dig Project
* Bruce Boler and the EPA
* Collapse of the TV Antenna in Missouri City, Texas
* Collapse of the “Swinging Bridge,” Heber Springs, Arkansas
* Ed Turner and the City of Idaho Falls
* The Flint Water Supply
* Jack Gillum and the Hyatt Regency Skywalks
* Manoj Kumar Gupta and Shiv Das
* Satyendra Dubey and the National Highways Authority of India
* URS and the I-35 Bridge
* William LeMessurier and the CitiCorp Building
* The GE Three
* San Bruno Pipeline Explosion
* FIU Pedestrian Bridge Collapse

### Computer Science and Engineering

* Aaron Swartz and Information Freedom
* Shawn Carpenter and Sandia National Laboratories
* Mark Klein and Room 641A
* Therac-25
* Kevin Mitnick
* BitTorrent and BitCoin
* Kim Dotcom and Megaupload
* Sockpuppetry
* Lulzsec
* Corruption at the National Security Agency
* Edward Snowden and the NSA
* Google Street View and Wi-Spy
* The Death of Elaine Herzberg
* Response to Sony Hack of 2014
* Ariane 5 Flight 501
* David Barksdale and Digital Privacy
* Ellen Pao, Reddit, and the trolls
* Phillip Rogaway, Computer Scientists, and Government Surveillance
* Honest Shanghai
* Thorlaug Agustsdottir: Free Speech and Abuse on Social Media
* Apple, the FBI, Personal Data
* Tor, CMU, and the FBI
* Volkswagen's Emissions Scandal
* Predictive Policing
* Zenimax v. Oculus VR
* Geofeedia, Social Media, and Law Enforcement
* Margaret Goodearl, Ruth Ibarra, and Hughes Microelectronics
* Apple Batteries: Transparency, Trust, and Technology
* Vigilant Solutions, Law Enforcement, and Privacy
* Justin Rosenstein and the Like Button
* Tristan Harris, Time Well Spent, and Smartphones
* The Developers Union
* The Equifax Data Leak
* Chamath Palihapitiya and Facebook
* Ashok Chandwaney, Sophie Zhang, and Facebook
* Knightscope and Autonomous Data Machines
* Cody Wilson and the Liberator
* The Firing of James Damore
* The Right to Repair
* Apple, iPhone Software, and Planned Obsolescence
* Amazon, Rekognition, and Law Enforcement
* The 2015 Open Letter in Autonomous Weapons
* Microsoft Employees, Project JEDI, and HoloLens
* Mike Davidson, Rahul Vohra, and Superhuman
* The Rise and Fall of the Advanced Technology External Advisory Council
* Google Employees and Project Maven
* Andy Rubin, Google, and Sexual Harassment in Tech
* Data Ownership
* Software Vulnerability Disclosure
* Ian Bogost, Nadia Eghbal, and Software Engineers
* Barry Lynn, New America Foundation, and Google
* The Google Walkouts of 2018
* Parler and the Capitol Insurrection of 2021
* Timnit Gebru and Ethical AI at Google
* Tom Yardic and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota
* The GitHub Employee Dismissal of January 8, 2021
* Suspension of @realDonaldTrump
* Sexism, Riot Games, and a Class Action Lawsuit
* Cher Scarlett and Tech Labor Advocacy
* Rebekah Jones, Ron DeSantis, and the Florida Department of Health
* Tang Mingfang, Foxconn, and Amazon
* Facebook, Cambridge Analytica, and User Data
* Frances Haugen and Facebook
* Labor Organizing at Google
* Thomas le Bonniec and Siri

### Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

* Mars Climate Orbiter
* Air France Flight 447
* Ernest Fitzgerald and the Lockheed C-5A
* Rodney Rocha and Columbia
* The Ford Pinto Gas Tank Controversy
* The Toyota Recalls of 2009-2010
* Mark Lund and the FAA
* The Explosion on ''Deepwater Horizon''
* Roger Boisjoly, Morton Thiokol, and NASA
* LaMia Flight 2933
* The Loss of USS Thresher
* Apollo 1
* Apollo 13
* Iridium 33 and Kosmos 2251
* David Lappa and the Lawrence Livermore National Lab
* Northeast Blackout of 2003
* The Loss of Ocean Ranger
* China Airlines Flight 611
* Chesley Sullenberger and US Airways Flight 1549
* Vince Weldon and the 787
* Don Baker and Smart Meters
* John Houbolt and Lunar Orbit Rendezvous
* Takata Corporation and Airbags
* Tom Williams and the Wings of the A380
* TWA Flight 800
* Larry Gibson and Mountaintop Removal
* Frances (Poppy) Northcutt, Apollo, and Women in Tech
* William McNeilly and Trident
* The Loss of Petrobras Platform 36

### Systems and Information Engineering

* Salvador Castro and Air-Shields, Inc
* The Aviation Safety Reporting System
* Ladbroke Grove Rail Collision
* The MGM Grand Hotel Fire
* William Sanjour and the EPA
* Fort Totten Metro Crash

### Nuclear Engineering

* George Galatis and Millstone 1
* Chernobyl Disaster
* Walter Tamosaitis and the Hanford Site

### Other Cases in Professional Ethics

* Alexander Coward and the UC Berkeley Department of Mathematics
* Archer Blood and the Blood Telegram
* The U.N. and Cholera in Haiti
* Ethics and ADHD Diagnosis
* John Stumpf, Wells Fargo, and Salesmanship
* A Matter of Honor: Lou Bloomfield and Academic Dishonesty
* Ball Don't Lie: The Moral Code of the NBA
* Cheating Scandal at Malmstrom Air Force Base
* Rolling Stone & UVA: A Case on Professional Journalism
* Amy Stroupe and BB&T
* Badminton Scandal of the 2012 Olympics
* Bernie Madoff's Ponzi Scheme
* The Bogdanov Affair
* BP's Response to the Deepwater Horizon Spill
* Bradley Birkenfeld, the UBS Whistle-blower
* Brett Crozier and the U.S. Navy
* Chelsea Manning: Integrity Vs. Professionalism
* British American Tobacco and the Promotion of Smoking
* Canadian Caper
* The Case of Bowe Bergdahl
* The Case of Juan Williams, Vivian Schiller, and Ellen Weiss
* Cynthia Cooper and Worldcom
* Dan Graves and ITT Educational Services
* Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
* David Lewis and EPA
* The Dismissal of President Teresa Sullivan
* Electronic Sports Ethics: Professionalism in an Unestablished Industry
* Frank Serpico and NYPD
* FDA and the Emergency Use Authorization
* Greenwashing
* Greg Smith, Goldman Sachs and the New York Times
* Hillsborough Disaster
* Hugh Thompson, William Calley, and the My Lai Massacre
* Huy Fong Foods, Sriracha, and the City of Irwindale
* Jane Akre, Steve Wilson, and Posilac
* Jeffrey Sterling and Operation Merlin
* Joe Darby, Samuel Provance, and Abu Ghraib
* Joe Paterno and the Penn State Board of Trustees
* Joel Clement and the Department of the Interior
* Jordan Belfort and Stratton Oakmont
* Johnson & Johnson's Response to the 1982 Tylenol Poisonings
* Julia Bluhm, SPARK, and Seventeen Magazine
* Julia Davis and the Department of Homeland Security
* Justin Hopson and the Lords of Discipline
* Kennedy, Clinton, and Changing Norms of Journalism
* Lance Armstrong, the Tour de France, and a Culture of Cheating
* Lou van den Dries, George Orwell, and Mandatory Ethics Training
* The Mann Gulch Fire
* Marc Hauser and Research Fraud
* Marsha Coleman-Adebayo and EPA
* Michael de Guzman and the Bre-X Scandal
* Michael Mann, Ken Cuccinelli, and the Hockey Stick
* Michael Woodford and Olympus
* Operation Red Wings and the Rules of Engagement
* Oscar Pistorius and the Rise of the Iron Man Era
* The Over Prosecution of Kurt Mix
* The Swatting of Andrew Finch
* The Work Climate at Google
* Pamela Davis and Operation Board Games
* Perry Fellwock and the NSA
* Piper Alpha Oil Rig Disaster
* Professionalism in Social Media
* Professionalism in ''The Intern''
* Sean Hoare and Andy Coulson
* Sherron Watkins and Enron
* Sign Stealing in Major League Baseball
* Robert MacLean and Unsecured TSA Communication
* The Sokal Affair
* Southwest Airlines Flight Cancellations of December 2022
* Stanford Research Scandal
* Startup Deception
* Susan Fowler, Uber, and Workplace Sexual Harassment
* The Case of Wisheart, Dhasmana, and Roylance
* The Durham Fish Oil Trials
* The Pat Tillman case
* Typhoid Mary
* Jose Rodriguez and the CIA Interrogation Tapes
* YouTube Censorship
* Dr. Malachi Love-Robinson
* Driving for Uber
* Who Is an Engineer? Burton Siegal and the State of Illinois
* Monsanto's Seed Patents
* Conflict of Interest Wikipedia Editing: Sunshine Sachs and Jack Craver
* The Case of Daphne Caruana Galizia
* Anarchist Cookbook
* The Sinking of the Titanic
* Vtubers and the Ethics of Synthetic Media
* Tim Bray, Maren Costa, Emily Cunningham, and Amazon
* Fraud in U.S. Collegiate Athetics
* The Hippocratic Oath for Technologists
* The Johnson & Johnson Baby Powder Case
* Avondale Mills, Norfolk Southern, and the E.P.A

### Research Ethics

* Alexandra Elbakyan and Sci-Hub
* Scott Reuben and Research Fraud
* Shih Chi Liu and the NSF
* Climategate
* Albert Costa, Janet Geipel, Ethics, and Language
* Sabotage In Academia

### Thinkers, Ideas and Problems

* Ethics and Autonomous AI
* The Dilbert Principle
* Office Ethics according to The Office
* Office Ethics according to Office Space
* E.F. Schumacher
* Ted Kaczynski
* Diffusion of Responsibility
* Irving Janis and Groupthink
* Bill Joy and Technological Risks
* Marketing of Pharmaceuticals
* Balancing Individual Rights vs Welfare of Society
* Pekka Himanen and The Hacker Ethic
* Hacktivism
* Nimbyism
* Valuing of Human Life in Risk Analysis
* The Precautionary Principle
* The IRS Whistleblowers Program
* Human subjects in clinical research
* Adderall in Academics
* Using Animals in Research
* James Shikwati and Aid to Africa
* Diane Vaughan and the normalization of deviance
* Defensive Medicine
* Drinking Culture in China
* Growth Hacking
* Moonlighting
* Corporate Psychopaths
* Salami Slicing and the Least Publishable Unit
* Stanford Prison Experiment
* Environmental Racism
* Restaurant Ethics according to Bob's Burgers
* Workplace Harassment Training
* Sexual Orientation Conversion Therapy
* Ikigai at Work
* The Right to Be Forgotten
* Voluntourism
* Thomas H. Murray
* Market Influences on Clinical Trials
* Norbert Wiener and the Expert’s Responsibility for Weapons