1-39 One of the important responsibilities of municipal assemblies and school boards is public infrastructure, such as roads and schools. Especially for this respon- sibility, engineers bring skills, knowledge, and per- spectives that can improve public decision making. Often the public role is a part-time one, engineers that fulfill it will also have full-time jobs as employees or owners of engineering firms.

(a) What are some of the ethical issues that can arise from conflicts 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 situation from the local newspaper, your hometown news- paper, or a news magazine.