1. Could Allan McDonald have prevented the accident? Did he act ethically? Looking at the IEEE code of ethics describe which codes applied to his situation.

Allan McDonald act ethically because he warned the Launch Control center of NASA and as well as he refused to sign the recommendation for the launch of the rocket because of the safety concerns because he was concerned about the people who were in the rocket ad also about the explosion of the Space Shuttle Challenger because it can cause so much damage. Allan McDonald try to prevent the accident but and he act ethically but he might can prevent the accident because McDonald was lacking hard evidence to show it to the NASA, if he had the hard evidence than he can prevent the accident. By looking at the code of ethics, two code of ethics will be applied in this situation; “to improve the understanding by individuals and society of the capabilities and societal implications of conventional and emerging technologies, including intelligent systems” and “to maintain and improve our technical competence and to undertake technological tasks for others only if qualified by training or experience, or after full disclosure of pertinent limitations”. These are the code of ethics which are applied in this situation because Allan McDonald can improve the understanding of the people working at NASA and also improves their technical competence s that they can understand the technological tasks and it will enhance the capabilities of the persons to earn about the implications of the emerging technologies so that in future no such incident or problem might occur.

2. Could Morton-Thiokol have prevented the accident? Did they act ethically?

Morton-Thiokol Incorporation has manufactured the booster rocket for the NASA Company, which cause the Space shuttle challenger to explode and due to this explosion seven astronauts were killed and there was a loss of million dollars. Morton-Thiokol can prevent this accident from occurring because the engineers which have made the rocket booster, know its consequences sooner or later before the launch of the Space Shuttle Challenger and the four engineers working together have warned the NASA about the consequences but NASA has pressurized the mangers of the Morton-Thiokol to keep their manager hats on and let them do what they want to do. And by overruling the warning of the engineers, the managers in the Morton-Thiokol told NASA o go ahead and launch the Space Shuttle Challenger and after the launching of the Space Shuttle Challenger, right after 73 seconds to explodes and seven astronauts died at the spot. The Morton-Thiokol Incorporation act unethically and risk the life of the seven astronauts. They can prevent this accident and can save the life of the people as well as the loss which has occurred due to this incident. The incorporation could think more ethically and more intellectually before taking any step and before risking the lives of people. All this occurs due to the fault of Morton-Thiokol Incorporation because they don’t want to create a bad impact of their organization in the market and don’ want to be in loss.

Companies often want to have the public see their company in only in a positive light. Why does the truth matter?

Companies often want to have the public to see their company in the positive light because, they want their organization to have a positive impact on the people and in different markets so that they can be more successful and can have more standards in the market. But hiding the flaws of the organization and covering up the truth is very harmful for the organization in the future because the organization don’t want to see its flaws and weaknesses, but a company must look over its flaws and weaknesses and overcome it because these problems might create some serious situations in the Future. Truth is a necessary element because by speaking the truth and overcoming all the deficiencies the company will be able to accept the flaws and will be able to succeed in the market because covering up and hiding the flaws is a crime and later on these crimes are opened up in front of the public and the company has to face much loss but if the organization is honest and speak the truth to its customers and employees then it can safe itself from the consequences and can stay in the market for a long time otherwise the lie cannot be hidden for a long time and later on the consequences are faced. So companies must focus on truth and honesty rather than faking up and hiding the flaws. The Morton-Thiokol must be truthful and honest to the NASA so that they can prevent the accident from happening and will not be banned in the future.