Computing Cases Header, Picture of a Keyboard with the text "ComputingCases.org" printed over it

General

Teaching Tools

Teaching with Cases

Social Impact Analysis

Computer Ethics Curriculum

Curricula Index

Case Materials

Therac-25

Machado

Hughes Aircraft

Ethics in Computing Links

Contact Us

Hughes Goodearl Exercise

This exercise follows Margeret Goodearl through four separate incidents in which she decides to report improper testing of hybrid chips at Hughes. In the final episode, her actual decision is to report the incident outside Hughes — to blow the whistle. Students are stopped at each incident and asked to evaluate the alternatives.

Learning Objectives

Instructor Guidelines

Exercise Resources