Topic - THERANOS SCANDAL

You are to apply the process of ethical analysis and apply theoretical ethical principles to what happened to the Theranos corporation. Seen as an epic failure of moral and ethical culture, engineers stood in a position of trust to produce a safe effective product.That did not happen, and a massive fraud cost investors and patients.Applying what you have learned in the course, from the readings and the Discussion postings, analyze what happened, who was a fault and what solutions could be applied to prevent this from happening in the future.

You are to apply the process of ethical analysis and apply theoretical ethical principles to the Theranos scandal.Outside research will be necessary.You are to answer the following questions:

What was the engineering issue that Theranos sought to solve?

What role did the engineers play in developing the techniques, devices and/or products, and in promoting them?

What were the technical problems in the case?

Who were the stakeholders in the case?

What were the ethical problems in the case?

Why weren't there more whistleblowers?

What were the engineers' responses to the ethical problems?

What were the corporate responses to the ethical problems?

What professional codes or standards were implicated?

What was the role of government oversight or regulation?

What are your recommendations about the Theranos scandal?

How could it have been prevented?

A reminder again to cite and quote heavily.Consider the following references:

Case study: Lessons learned from Theranos' corporate culture

https://medium.com/the-coleman-fung-institute/case-study-lessons-learned-from-theranos-corporate-culture-1a836515c139

A NEW LOOK INSIDE THERANOS' DYSFUNCTIONAL CORPORATE CULTURE

https://www.wired.com/story/a-new-look-inside-theranos-dysfunctional-corporate-culture/

Schadenfreude for Theranos and satisfaction in how engineering doesn't lie

https://www.designworldonline.com/schadenfreude-for-theranos-and-satisfaction-in-how-engineering-doesnt-lie/