If there are some safety concerns, how bad are they?
Ethics and the Law
safe? If there are some safety concerns, how bad are they? What are the effects of doing nothing? The answers to these questions are often only partly known.
So, to a large extent, an engineer’s job is to manage the unknown. How does an engineer accomplish this? Really, as an engineer you can never be absolutely cer- tain that your design will never harm anyone or cause detrimental changes to soci- ety. But you must test your design as thoroughly as time and resources permit to ensure that it operates safely and as planned. Also, you must use your creativity to attempt to foresee the possible consequences of your work.