Sustainable development – ethics for engineering

Part I – Sustainable Development – maximum 3 pages – 35 marks
Select one Sustainable Development project – from your own research or from one of the following links:
https://fcm.ca/en/programs/green-municipal-fund/compendium/gmfs-compendium-success-stories

http://www.pmnetwork-digital.com/pmnetwork/may_june_2020/MobilePagedReplica.action?pm=2&folio=24#pg26
Provide a short overview/introduction to summarize the project.
Explain how this project satisfies the Brundtland Report’s definition of Sustainable Development.
Discuss how the development of this project relates to two (unique) Engineers Canada Guidelines in Sustainable Development (
https://engineerscanada.ca/publications/national-guideline-on-sustainable-development-and-environmental-stewardship#-engineers-andsustainable-development), by imagining how these guidelines could have informed the development, or how they are reflected in the project’s
outcome.
rubric:
Format, Style & References (APA or Chicago format) per requirements; Maximum Length: 3 pages Times New Roman, 12pt, Double spaced, 1-
inch margins, page numbers.
/5
Introduction (2 marks) and description (4 marks) of the project.
/6
How the project satisfies the definition of Sustainability. Define Sustainability (2 marks) and at least 2 examples of how this satisfies the
definition (2 x 5 marks)

Organizational Behavior – Decision models

Suppose the City of Ottawa needs to build a waste-treatment plant in the region. Mayor Jim Watson asks you for your recommendation about
how he should go about making this complex decision that has many stakeholders with diverse interests. Where would you advise him to start?
What would be the rest of the steps? Which decision model(s) are featuring in the process you are designing for him? What are the pros and
cons of your design?
Note: I have included the professor’s powerpoint showing decision models. Only use one model.

What Poses the Most Danger to Teams: Groupthink or Mismanaged Agreement?

Leaders who collaborate with groups on particular projects are much more capable of
maximizing their productivity compared to working alone. However, there are a couple of
concepts leaders must be aware of and that is both groupthink and mismanaged agreement.
According to Social psychologist Irving (in Johnson, 2016), Groupthink is when a team of people
unanimously agree to a certain idea or behavior in order to save their unity within the group.
Their membership in the group is much more important to them than disagreeing with a certain
idea that may isolate them from the rest of the group. This particular concept is normal and
occurs in many areas of our lives. However, it can become dangerous especially when serious
misconduct occurs, and people refrain from addressing the ethical violation in order to save their
group membership. In contrast, groups that are mismanaged may find themselves participating
in projects, behavior, or even ideas that they disagree with due to the failure of communicating
and expressing their beliefs that may result in misleading assumptions (Johnson, 2016).
According to psychologists, people fall into mismanaged agreements when they are too anxious
or afraid to speak up and/or fear that they will be excluded from a particular group (Johnson,
2016). In my opinion, I believe both aforementioned concepts pose serious risks to teams or
organizations and are very similar to each other. They both require an individual or group to
speak up against ideas that may hurt goals within organizations.

Employee Rights and Discipline

1. Read Ch. 13
2. Read case study 1 in chapter 13 called Discharged for off-duty behavior.
3. Use Ch. 13 and Case study 1 to answer the questions in case study 1 NO OUTSIDE
SOURCES!!!

Whole Foods Company/ SWOT Analysis

Select 1 global company from Business Source Complete: SWOT Analyses to use for the next 5
weeks (this will sometimes be referred to as “your company”).
Create a chart or outline that conveys the following information:
Whole Foods
Industry
A brief history of company
At least 3 milestones from the company’s history
3 resources (in addition to Business Source Complete) where you can locate company
information in future weeks. This may include company websites, current employees, journals,
etc.
Define 1 new unique business opportunity the company can do to increase their competitive
advantage.
Identify a function of management that is needed for this opportunity.
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