When a Conflict of Interest Arises, an Engineer Must

question 5

Multiple Choice

When a conflict of interest arises, an engineer must

• A) trust his or her conscience.
• B) make a cost-benefit analysis.
• C) disclose and resolve it.
• D) None of the above

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