Ethical Issues In The Space Shuttle Challenger
On January 28, 1986, at approximately 11:39a.m. the space shuttle challenger exploded in front of the whole world, whether you were sitting, standing, or listening, it was a tragedy that should have been and could have been easily prevented. It involved physically killing seven passengers aboard the space shuttle Challenger and mentally killing their families and close friends that were not aboard. If only NASA had just listen and Morton Thiokol stood by their engineers, then maybe those seven passengers would still be alive, and this sad tragedy would have never happened.
In reading the articles concerning the explosion of the Challenger and the action taken by Boisjoly, I found there to be many ethical issues. To understand just what ethical issues were involved, you must understand what exactly being ethical means. Ethics is defined as society’s accepted …show more content…
He began by warning his managers at Morton Thiokol that the O-ring joints would fail on the Challenger’s mission and cause the explosion, then they went to NASA, and from there Boisjoly spilled the entire truth to the whole world. Morton Thiokol had to of known this day would come considering, they hired Boisjoly in 1980, to keep the O-rings joints operational because they were already determined to be faulty, but Morton felled to do there job and because of that, seven people lost their lives. Morton acted unethical when they gave the go ahead for NASA to launch the Challenger on that cold January 28, 1986, day because they found it to be difficult to balance ethics and other goals such as pleasing NASA and advancing in the business world. NASA on the other hand, also acted in an unethical manner because they were made aware of the O-rings being faulty and told the conscious that would happen if the Challenger was launched, but pushed Morton to change there mind because they didn’t want to have another cancellation of the
In reading the articles concerning the explosion of the Challenger and the action taken by Boisjoly, I found there to be many ethical issues. To understand just what ethical issues were involved, you must understand what exactly being ethical means. Ethics is defined as society’s accepted …show more content…
He began by warning his managers at Morton Thiokol that the O-ring joints would fail on the Challenger’s mission and cause the explosion, then they went to NASA, and from there Boisjoly spilled the entire truth to the whole world. Morton Thiokol had to of known this day would come considering, they hired Boisjoly in 1980, to keep the O-rings joints operational because they were already determined to be faulty, but Morton felled to do there job and because of that, seven people lost their lives. Morton acted unethical when they gave the go ahead for NASA to launch the Challenger on that cold January 28, 1986, day because they found it to be difficult to balance ethics and other goals such as pleasing NASA and advancing in the business world. NASA on the other hand, also acted in an unethical manner because they were made aware of the O-rings being faulty and told the conscious that would happen if the Challenger was launched, but pushed Morton to change there mind because they didn’t want to have another cancellation of the